Grand Rounds Series
The 2023-2024 Grand Rounds on the Future of Public Health speaker series will center around the theme, A Healthy and Just World: What would it take? This idea builds upon the framework of public health as a foundational public good for society and takes it to the next level of what investments, structures, communications and more are needed to realize public health’s true potential to foster a healthy and just world. The series will engage our community on topics of health equity, public health communications, climate change, healthy aging, mental health, global health and community health.
Grand Rounds was initiated in 2008 at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health to create an intellectual space within which to explore national and global public health challenges and the innovative approaches needed to transform the public’s health in the 21st century.
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require disability accommodation to attend this event, please contact disability@columbia.edu no later than 10 days prior to event date. We will work with our colleagues at Disability Services to fulfill requests made after this date, but cannot guarantee they will be met.
For questions, please message public_health_events@cumc.columbia.edu.
2023-2024 Events
What would it take to increase public health in Indigenous communities?
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W 168th Street, 8th Fl Auditorium
Lunch will be available on a first come, first served basis
A. Kayum Ahmed, PhD
Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Hadrien Coumans
Co-director, Co-founder & Emissary, Lenape Center
Rae O'Leary, MPH
Public Health Analyst, Missouri Breaks Industries Research
Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, PhD (moderator)
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
What would it take to achieve equity in health professions and create health equity?
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W 168th Street, 8th Fl Auditorium
Lunch will be available on a first come, first served basis
Speakers and registration link to be announced.
What would it take to transform our health systems and create health equity?
Thursday, November 16, 2023
11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W 168th Street, 8th Fl Auditorium
Lunch will be available on a first come, first served basis
Speakers and registration link to be announced.
More events to be announced.
Previous Events
A Healthy and Just World: What would it take?
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Featuring Columbia Mailman School of Public Health Faculty:
Michael A. Joseph, PhD, MPH (moderator)
Vice Dean for Education
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Heather Butts, JD, MPH
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
Christian Gloria, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
S. Patrick Kachur, MD, MPH
Interim Chair, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
Professor of Population and Family Health
What would it take to effectively communicate about Public Health?
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Jelani Cobb, PhD
Dean, Columbia Journalism School (moderator)
Salim Abdool Karim, MB, ChB
CAPRISA Professor of Global Health (in Epidemiology)
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Perri Peltz, DrPH
Emmy Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker and Journalist