Grand Rounds Series
The theme for the 2025-2026 Grand Rounds series is Public Health Responses to a Changing World. As our world evolves, so do the challenges we face in safeguarding public health. Through this series, we will explore how public health professionals and the systems they engage with can adapt to emerging threats and explore the critical health responses required to protect and promote community well-being. The focus will be on understanding how these large-scale shifts affect communities at the local level and, most importantly, how local community research is shaping effective, sustainable health responses for positive change in the cities that surround us.
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.
To recommend topics for future Grand Rounds, please email Alyssa LiSanti, Director of Special Events, at ag3093@cumc.columbia.edu.
Building Together: Collaboration with Communities
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
As our world evolves, so do the challenges we face in safeguarding public health in local communities. This session will bring together professors across disciplines to discuss their experiences conducting research that directly engages communities, shapes policy, and addresses real-world challenges. Discussions will include how public health professionals explore critical health responses required to protect and promote community well-being.
Introduction and Moderation by:
Kathleen J. Sikkema, PhD
Interim Dean
Director of Global and Population Mental Health
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Panel Discussion by:
Sorcha A. Brophy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Daniel P. Giovenco, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Ami Zota, ScD
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
This event is held during new student orientation week, and is open to Columbia Mailman students, faculty, and staff. In-person registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
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 the event date. We will work with our colleagues at Disability Services to fulfill requests made after this date, but we cannot guarantee they will be met.
For questions, please message public_health_events@cumc.columbia.edu.