Seminar Archives 2008-2009

Seminar Archives 08-09

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.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008  

News and Views from the Brady Campaign
Becca Knox, Research Director, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Location: Kresge, G3

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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