Food for Thought Series: Spring 2017
Food For Thought: Critical Reflections on the Social Sciences and Public Health Series
Toxic Docs: Opening the Secret Vaults of the World's Largest Polluters
Merlin Chowkwanyun, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, and David Rosner, PhD, Professor Sociomedical Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health, presented about about the Toxic Docs project Jan. 18, 2017. The lecture outlined their work to launch Toxic Docs, which is an online database of millions of previously classified documents on industrial poisons. Watch a recording of the full lecture here.
The Price of Safety from Theory to Practice: Integrating Anti-Poverty Work into Domestic Violence Survivor Advocacy
Sara Shoener, DrPH, Senior Policy Advisor for the NYC Commission on Gender Equity, spoke about her reseach on public resources available to domestic violence survivors on Feb. 1, 2017. Shoener has published her work in a book titled The Price of Safety. Read more about Shoener in an interivew published in Social Forces here. Watch a recording of the full lecture here.
Different Smokes For Different Folks: How Lower Risk Tobacco Products May Exacerbate Health Disparities
Daniel Giovenco, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, gave a talk about alternative tobacco products and health disparities on Feb. 8, 2017. Read more about Daniel Giovenco's reseach in Social Forces here. Watch a recording of the full lecture here.
Miami Infectious Disease Elimination Act: From Research To Legislation And Beyond
Hansel Emory Tookes, III, MD, MPH, Medical Director of IDEA Exchange and Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Miami, gave a talk about addressing HIV infection rates in Miami on March 8, 2017. Emory Tookes spoke about his advocacy work to push for the first legal needle exchange in the American South. Watch a recording of the full lecture here.
State Humanitarian Verticalism Versus Universal Health Coverage: One Hundred Years of French International Health Assistance Revisited
Laëtitia Atlani-Duault, PhD, HDR, Visiting Professor at the Mailman School of Public Health and Research Professor (Directeur de recherche) UMR 912 (INSERM/IRD/AMU) in Social Anthropology in France, spoke about her reserach on March 29, 2017. Watch a recording of the full lecture here.
Sociomedical Sciences Doctoral Student Spotlight
Gina Jae, PhD Student, gave a talk titled "It’s Just Information: The Practice and Process of Making Treatment Intensification Possible in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease," and Ronna A. Popkin, PhD Student, presented a lecture titled "The Wild, Wild, West: Black Boxes and Gray Answers in The Liminal Frontier of Multi-Gene Panel Testing" on April 5, 2017. Watch a recording of the full lecture here.