Seminar Archives 2006-2007
Thursday, January 19th, 2006
“An Advocate’s Perspective on how the Juvenile Justice System Responds to Youth Violence”
Lael Chester, JD, Executive Director, Citizens for Juvenile Justice
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
“Violence Prevention as a Strategic Approach for Improving the Physical and Mental Health of Human Populations”
James Mercy, PhD, Associate Director for Science, Division of Science, Division of Violence Prevention, CDC
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Thursday, March 16th, 2006
“Suicide Prevention: A National Imperative On the Move”
Jerry Reed, MSWExecutive Director, Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
“Strategies to Reduce Illegal Gun Trafficking”
Jon Vernick, JD, MPH, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Thursday, May 11th, 2006
“Event Dynamics and the Role of Third Parties in Urban Youth Violence”
Deanna L. Wilkinson, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Human Development & Family Science
College of Human Ecology, Ohio State University
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
“Injury Surveillance”
Victoria Espitia-Hardeman, MSc. Epidemiologist at the Division of Violence Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
“While You Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention”
David Hemenway, Ph.D., Professor of Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health
Director, Harvard Injury Control Research Center
For a copy of the presentation, please click on the Hemenway Seminar
link.
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
“Beyond Bruising: How Violence & Hostility May Impact Lung Disease”
Rosalind Wright, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Society, Human Development & Health
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
For a copy of the presentation, please click on the Wright Seminar
link
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Monday, November 13, 2006
“Lethal Politics: Tracking Gun Talk in America”
Joan Burbick, PhD
Professor, English and American Studies at Washington State University
Author of Gun Show Nation: Gun Culture and American Democracy, just published by the New Press. Previous publications include: Rodeo Queens and the American Dream, Healing the Republic, and Thoreau’s Alternative History
For a copy of the presentation, please click on the Burbick Seminar link
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
“Why it is time for a public health approach to preventing suicide”
Matthew Miller, MD, ScD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Health Policy & Management
Associate Director, Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Co-sponsored by the Mental Health Student Consortium
For a copy of the presentation, please click on the Miller Seminar link
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Thursday, December 14, 2006
“Remote Control (an interactive theater piece acting to prevent sexual assault & partner violence)”
Deana’s Educational Theater
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
“Stopping the Flow of Guns to Criminals”
Daniel Webster, MPH, ScD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
“Risk factors for PTSD among Primary Care Patients”
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Social and
Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health
Boston Medical Center, Director, Preventive Medicine Residency, Associate Director, General Internal Medicine Fellowship
For a copy of the presentation, click on the Liebschutz Seminar link
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
“Violence in Transition: Some Reflections on the State of Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
Graeme Simpson, Director, Country Programs Unit
International Center for Transitional Justice
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Impaired Driving Policy in the U.S. and Canada: A Tale of Two Countries
Linda Degutis, DrPH, MSN, Associate Professor of Surgery (Emergency Medicine) & Public Health
Research Director, Emergency Medicine, Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness
Yale University, Section of Emergency Medicine
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Action Research for Crime Prevention and Control: Research Can Make a Difference
Lois Felson Mock , Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice
