All seminars are located at 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Kresge G-2, from 12:30-1:30PM, unless otherwise noted.
2009-2010 Seminar Series
Monday, December 7, 2009
Investing in Peace
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd
Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission
Location: Kresge, G2
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Past Seminars:
Friday, September 19, 2008
Public health prevention of deaths from pesticide self-poisoning
Michael Eddleston, MA, PhD, MRCP, Clinical Lecturer, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Edinburgh, and Scottish Poisons Information Bureau, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
Location: FXB-G12
See link for a pdf of the presentation.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
News and Views from the Brady Campaign
Becca Knox, Research Director, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Location: Kresge, G3
Thursday, October 16, 2008***Note time change to 12:30-1:20PM***
Trauma Center Care in the United States: Access and Inequities
Amado Alejandro Báez MD, MSc, MPH
Associate Director, Emergency Medical Services
Director, Operational Medicine Institute
Department of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital
Location: Kresge, 502
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Injurious Burden of Poverty: Analysis of Socio-Economic Disparities in Injury Rates
Eric Fleegler, MD, MPH, FAAP
Attending, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Location: Kresge, 502
See link for a pdf of the presentation.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Building the Tools for Estimating the Global Burden of Injuries
Kavi Bhalla, PhD
Research Scientist, Harvard Initiative for Global Health
Location: Kresge, G-2
See link for a pdf of the presentation.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Community-Level Interventions to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
Beth Molnar, ScD
Assistant Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Location: Kresge, G3
See link for a pdf of the presentation.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Violence, Sex Trafficking and STI/HIV among Commercial Sex Workers
Michele R. Decker, ScD
Instructor and Research Associate
Associate Director, Violence Against Women Prevention Practice
Department of Society, Human Development & Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center: Reflections from the Field
Rachel Fazzino, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Anabela Quelha, Mass Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
Mayra Rodriguez Howard, South Boston Community Health Center
Ulric Johnson, Teens Advocating a Global Vision (TAGV)
The Boston Ten Point Coalition
Location: Kresge, G3
Friday, May 8, 2009
Preventing War and Its Health and Environmental Consequences
Victor Sidel, MD
Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Location: Kresge, G2
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - Please note room changed to FXB G13
Chris Brown and Rihanna: An analysis of magazine coverage of a celebrity teen dating violence incident,
February-April 2009
Emily F. Rothman, ScD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Boston University School of Public Health
Anita Nageswaran
MPH Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health
MD Candidate, UCSF School of Medicine
Location: FXB, G13
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Planning for Suicide Prevention in Massachusetts
Ellen Connorton, MSW, MPA, Sc.D candidate
Chair, Policy Committee and Strategic Planning Steering Committee
Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention
Location: Kresge, G2
See link for a pdf of the presentation.
Also two handouts here and here.
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Geography of Violence, Alcohol Outlets and Drug Markets in Boston: Improving Policy, Policing and Research
Robert Lipton, PhD
Scientific Director of Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Location: Kresge, G2
See link for a pdf of the presentation.