Sociomedical Sciences

Upcoming Events

  • Fighting Authoritarianism in History

    Wednesday, October 22, 2025
    11:45 AM to 1:00 PM
    Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 532AB
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    Fighting Authoritarianism in History:  The Case of Soviet Union Dissidents Dr. Benjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania, Alan Kors Professor of History (Pulitzer Prize Winner 2025) Threats to protesters. Clamp-downs on academic speech.  Throwing critics in prison.  It happened before, and so did a movement opposing it.  Beginning in the 1960s, Soviet dissidents organized an improbable movement that involved everything from public demonstrations to the circulation of underground texts. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Benjamin Nathans, a leading authority on the history of Russia and the former Soviet Union, joins us to discuss his new book and its implications for the present. Lunch will be served! History Now:  A New Lecture Series Bringing History to Public Health Audiences The Alex & Sophie Rosner Seminar Series Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health Sociomedical Sciences

  • NEW DATE The Attack on Scientific Research: What’s the Path Forward?

    Tuesday, November 11, 2025
    11:45 AM to 1:00 PM
    Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 R532B
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    A Talk with the Editor of Science, Dr. Holden Thorp (George Washington University) With cuts to federal funding agencies still looming, what should researchers and students know about what comes next? Dr. Holden Thorp, editor of Science, has been analyzing the terrain ahead – and avoiding fatalism while doing so – on a regular basis, since the crisis began earlier this year. Join us as he outlines his latest thinking on how to restore public confidence in science, navigate thorny political territory, and forge a path forward. Lunch Served The Alex and Sophie Rosner Seminar Series / Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health / Sociomedical Sciences

  • Webinar: Why Timing Matters: Early Menarche and Its Implications

    Wednesday, November 19, 2025
    8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
    Online Event
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    Why Timing Matters: Early Menarche and Its Implications Join the GATE Program for a webinar on early menarche! This session provides an introduction to early menarche, exploring its biological, social, and health-related impacts. Special attention will be given to its link with child marriage and insights from Kenya will be featured to illustrate how early menarche is being understood and addressed in specific national contexts. Speakers include: Natalie Shaw, The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Mobolaji Ibitoye, Rutgers University TBD, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Register on Zoom.