Chronic Disease Seminar: 2018-2019
See below for information on seminars from the 2018-2019 academic year, including links to video of the seminars and readings.
Frailty, Resilience and New Models for Aging
September 17, 2018
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Gary Miller, PhD
Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Social Engagement and Health: The Lethality of Loneliness
October 30, 2018
Louise Hawkley, PhD
Senior Research Scientist at NORC
University of Chicago
Lisa Bates, ScD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Population Screening at the Exome Level: The Geisinger Clinic Program
November 19, 2018
Michael F. Murray, MD
Director for Clinical Operations in the Center for Genomic Health
Yale University
Paul S. Appelbaum, MD
Director, Division of Law, Ethics & Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
The Long Tail: Late Health Effects of War
December 6, 2018
Dora Costa, PhD
Professor-Department Chair of Economics
University of California, Los Angeles
L. H. Lumey, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
War, Geopolitics and Famine: Malthus Revisited
January 28, 2019
Martin W. Bloem, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for Livable Future
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sandra Albrecht, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
The Obesity Epidemic: Looking for Game Changers
February 21, 2019
William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness
George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
Andrew Rundle, DrPh
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Beyond the Apple Watch: The Arrival of Mobile Health Technologies
April 1, 2019
Samuel K. Sia, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University Data Science Institute
Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Ethical Issues in Public Health: Morality, Justice and the Public Good
April 29, 2019
Ruth R. Faden, PhD
Berman Institute Founder
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics
John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Ronald Bayer, PhD
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Co-Director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health