Public Health Now Conversations

As part of 2018 Orientation, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health launched #PublicHealthNow Conversations, an interactive lecture and conversation series to explore trending and controversial public health topics. 

Upcoming Events

Facebook Live with Daniel Giovenco, PhD
Wednesday, August 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (Eastern)

To kickoff the 2018 #PublicHealthNow series, Torra Spillane, MPH'17, will interview Daniel Giovenco, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, about vaping and its role in the tobacco epidemic. While cigarettes continue to be the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States, many public health professionals consider vaping to be a form of harm reduction that can significantly reduce the death toll from smoking, particularly among vulnerable populations. Others view vaping as a new public health threat that undermines the progress we have made to curb tobacco use.

How to Participate:

  • For an introduction to some key issues, read The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul from the New Yorker Magazine. 

  • Incoming student share invited to post questions and make comments in advance of the Facebook Live event by tweeting at us using #PublicHealthNow or using our online portal.

  • Want to contribute more? Tag photos related to vaping and/or tobacco use marketing and post them during the live discussion.
     


#PublicHealthNow Conversations at Orientation
Monday, August 27th 

Prof. Giovenco and others continue #PublicHealthNow Conversations with several in-person lectures that will take place on the Columbia University Irving Medical School Campus during Orientation.