News and Events
Center for Public Health Systems
Past Events
Spring 2026
April 10, 2026 - Health Policy Case Competion
VPHS hosted their first-ever health policy case competition! Students from across Mailman’s departments came together to pitch thoughtful, creative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing rural health care and public health. Across the presentations, we saw ideas that reflected many strategies gaining momentum across the field, including community health worker models, integrated care networks, workforce pipeline development, community engagement, and stronger infrastructure for care coordination. Congratulations to our top 3 teams!
- Rafaella Osores Urdayand Colette Cambey
- Sefunmi Olateru-Olagbegi, MPH‘27and Mowa Omotoso
- Tessa Williams, MPH‘26, and Summer Aslam.
April 6, 2026 - Book Talk: Information Sick
Joanne Kenen, Lymari Morales, and Joshua M. Sharfstein speak about their book Information Sick: How Journalism's Decline & Misinformation's Rise Are Harming Our Health--& What We Can Do About It.
March 12, 2026 - Critical Issues in Public Health Law: Spring Colloquium
Federal Funding, Reproductive Rights and Gender Affirming Care Under Attack: How State Attorneys General Protect Public Health Today
Fall 2025 Events
November 18, 2025 - Public Health Law Panel: The Northeast Public Health Collaborative
State Innovation in a Shifting Federal Landscape
October 20, 2025 - The Securitization of American Public Health
Daniel Sledge, PhD, explored the securitization of American public health andt he transformation of the political foundations of public health over the past twenty-five years in his seminar.