Part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series which introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.
Impact of Extreme Heat on Global Health and Possible Solutions
This event is part of the Center for Global Health Equity’s 2023-2024 Distinguished Seminar Series: Climate Vulnerability and Health—How are we Responding?
Climate change is already having dramatic effects on human health and well-being. How are we adapting to these new realities and mitigating health risks for the world’s most vulnerable communities? The Center for Global Health Equity’s 2023-2024 distinguished seminar series will engage global experts who are responding to these challenges. Join our conversations and explore emerging solutions for protecting health in the face of climate change.
Join us for the first seminar of the series: Impact of Extreme Heat on Global Health and Possible Solutions
September 22, 2023, 12–1pm EST
Virtual Event
Free with registration: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vw2LH5VjSGu9d9guT2MDEA#/registration
Featured Speakers:
Larissa Larsen, Urban and Regional Planning, U-M
Jai Das, Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University
Marie O’Neill, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, U-M
This event is co-sponsored by the International Institute, the Office of Global Health in the School of Public Health, and Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States and worldwide. Nearly 50% of individuals who end life by suicide see a primary care provider within a month of death, yet suicide risk assessment and treatment is consistently difficult in practice. It is imperative that risk assessment and safety planning knowledge and skills are in place for our work with clients with the ultimate goal being to prevent premature suicidal death.
This webinar will discuss and present on suicide as public health issue in the US, risk and protective factors, warning signs, barriers to help-seeking, risk assessment process and risk formulation, safety planning, and cultural humility in risk assessment with use of a clinical case. This workshop is also focused on the adult population.
Root to Reality: Understanding the Foundation of Racial Inequity and its Connection to Contemporary Conditions
“Intended Audience: This session is open to all SPH Students and will be particularly useful for SPH community members who are looking to increase their knowledge of foundational concepts related to structural racism and anti-racism within historical context. Workshop Description: Recent discussions around root causes of social, political, and economic inequity have emerged in response to “the perfect storm” of a pandemic, racial unrest, and political divide over the last few years. Often lacking from these conversations is the throughline that runs from this country’s foundation to differences across health and life trajectory still at work today. This session will help participants:
- learn about the historical underpinnings of the harmful power imbalances we see and experience today,
- connect that historic legacy to the field of Public Health and (3) begin to consider our own relationship to these power imbalances as faculty & staff in a school of public health.
August 2023 Newsletter
Advancing Health Equity in East Africa
Join us for a conversation with Rwanda’s Minister of Health Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana. Our distinguished guest will discuss Rwanda’s current efforts to strengthen its healthcare system, including significant expansions of the health workforce and international partnerships for education, advanced training, and health innovation.
This community conversation is open to all students, faculty, and staff. Please join us for this unique opportunity.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Global Health Equity, the African Studies Center, the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, and the School of Public Health.
Register for the event: https://forms.gle/votYYPKYaQH1c6VZ7
Understanding NAAQS (Non-)Attainment: Science, Policy, & Implications for Environmental Justice
Zoom registration required https://bit.ly/4368BGa
Please join us for a Residents & Researchers ‘Tuesday Talks at 12’ webinar on environment, health and community and more specifically on whether the EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are protecting public health.
Panelists include: Nick Leonard (Great Lakes Environmental Law Center); Simone Sagovac (Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition); and Stuart Batterman (University of Michigan School of Public Health). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan, Dearborn).
Recordings of previous webinars in the R & R series can be viewed here: https://mleead.umich.edu/Video.php
Organized by the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and the Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC) of the University of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD).
The Dr. John Lamont Peterson Annual Research Symposium
The annual Dr. John Lamont Peterson Annual Research Symposium is the culminating event for participants in the Student Opportunities for AIDS/HIV Research (SOAR) program. The symposium features a keynote, and presentations by SOAR scholars who share findings from their behavioral and social science research related to HIV and/or sexual and gender minority populations.
This year’s keynote speech, “HIV/AIDS in Ethnographic Perspective: Black Women, Bodily Autonomy, & Reproductive Justice” is by Dr. Jallicia A. Jolly, an Assistant Professor in American Studies and Black Studies at Amherst College. Dr. Jolly researches and teaches on Black women’s health, grassroots activism, and reproductive justice; the transnational politics of gender, structural racism, sexuality, class, and health; intersectionality and HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and Caribbean; Black feminist health science, Black motherhood, and birth justice.
This symposium is free and open to the public. Portions of the symposium will be streamed on Zoom.
Schedule:
9:30 AM: Welcome Remarks
10:00 AM: SOAR Scholars Lightning Talks*
11:00 AM: Keynote Presentation by Jallicia A. Jolly*
12:00-12:45 PM: Lunch (provided for all registered attendees)
12:45- 1:45 PM: SOAR Scholars Poster Session
2:00 PM: SOAR Scholars Lightning Talks*
3:00 PM: Awards & Graduation*
4:00-5:00 PM: Reception
(*livestreams available)
Register: https://myumi.ch/8e4Dz
PHSAD 36th Annual Health Equity Conference
Our 36th Annual Health Equity Conference, “What’s Next? Transforming the Climate of Health Ethics, Equity, and Justice in Public Health” will be held at Palmer Commons on Saturday, April 1, 2023, from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm. The purpose of the conference is to highlight sustainable results that bridge public health, policy, healthcare initiatives, and health behaviors. The conference will highlight keynote speakers and panels featuring University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni, faculty, and experts in the field of public health.
Purpose:
Educate students, public health practitioners, researchers, and the general community about how to facilitate solutions to current health inequities present in Michigan and across the United States. Have participants leave motivated to get involved with health inequity initiative organizations related to their field. Foster greater education and personal advocacy for public health-specific health inequities. Examine current public health solutions aimed at improving health equity in Michigan.
Keynote Speaker:
Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, J.D., M.P.H. The Region V Public Health Training Center will be streaming the keynote address from 9:30 – 10:30 AM ET from Dr. Ruqaiijah Yearby, JD, MPH. Please enroll here to view the live stream.
Panelists:Loretta V. Bush, MSHA, President & CEO, Authority HealthLanie Dixon, MBA, Vice President of Patient Experience at Essentia HealthDr. Bryan O. Buckley, DrPH, MPH, MBA, Director, Health Equity Initiatives, NCQA; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Georgetown University School of MedicineDr. Okeoma Mmeje, M.D., M.P.H, Associate Chief Clinical Officer for Health Equity for the University of Michigan Medical Group at Michigan Medicine
Agenda: 9:00 – 9:30am Registration and Breakfast
9:30 – 10:15am Keynote Address10:15 – 10:30am Q&A
10:30 – 10:45am Break 10:45 – 12:00pm Panel Discussion12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 3:15pm Case Discussion and Networking Hour3:15 – 3:30pm Closing Remarks
This conference is hosted by the Public Health Students of African Descent (PHSAD) and funded by the Region V Public Health Training Center, the Office for Student Engagement and Practice (OSEP), Health Equity Grant, Public Health Student Assembly (PHSA), Pathways to Public Health, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS).Please be advised that a photographer will be present during this event. The School of Public Health does not seek specific permission from individuals when photographing school-sponsored events, where individuals do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy. If you do not wish to be photographed, please advise the photographer and/or place yourself behind them while they are working.
Design Jam: Preventing Youth Firearm Injuries
As of 2019, firearm-related injuries became the leading cause of death for youth in the United States. Are you interested in coming up with creative solutions to address youth firearm violence? Public Health IDEAS for Preventing Firearm Injuries is making space for engineering students to collaborate with public health students to address firearm violence in the form of a Design Jam.
At this Design Jam you will apply design thinking principles to devise solutions for a persistent public health challenge: How might we utilize public health expertise and principles to lower youth firearm injuries in Michigan communities?
Facilitated by the Center for Socially Engaged Design, you will team up with public health students and representatives from public health departments, community organizing, and those with lived experience to problem-solve and learn together. To be considered for this opportunity, apply by March 21. Space is limited!
Selected applicants will receive an email with more details. Please note that this opportunity is for engineering students.