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January 14, 2008, 12:00-1:00 pm, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference
Room)
"Family Structure Stability and Change and Maternal Health
Trajectories"
Sarah O. Meadows,
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Center for Research on Child
Wellbeing
Office of Population Research,
Princeton University
Dr. Meadows is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of
Community Health Sciences. She will be available after the talk to
meet with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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January 22, 2008,
12:00-1:00 pm, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
"HIV/AIDS Disparities: Examining Racism-Related
Factors as Social Determinants of African American Preventive Behaviors"
Chandra L. Ford, Ph.D.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Scholar
Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University
Dr. Ford is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of
Community Health Sciences. She will be available after the talk to meet
with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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January 24, 2008,
12:00-1:00 pm, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
"Explaining Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Differences in
Alcohol and Tobacco Use During Pregnancy"
Krista M. Perreira, Ph.D,
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina
Department of Public Policy
Dr. Perreira is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of
Community Health Sciences. She will be available after the talk to meet
with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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January 31, 2008,
12:00-1:00 pm, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
"Relating Maternal Social and Psychological Conditions
to Children's Physical Growth"
Pamela Surkan,
Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of
Environmental Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Surkan is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of
Community Health Sciences. She will be available after the talk to meet
with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided.
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February 5, 2008,
12:00-1:00 pm, Room 24-132 CHS (Morton Conference Room)
"Alternative Approaches to Health Disparities Research"
Brian Karl Finch, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of
Sociology
San Diego State University
Dr. Finch is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of
Community Health Sciences. He will be available after the talk to meet
with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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February 7, 2008, 5:00-6:00
pm, Room 13-265 CHS (Madden Room)
"Efforts to Combat Micronutrient Deficiencies in the Middle East"
Osman M. Galal, Ph.D.
Professor,
UCLA-School of Public Health
Refreshments will be provided. |
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February 19, 2008, 12:00-1:00, Room 16-111 CHS (Doctors' Dining
Room)
"Breaking the Codes: The Politics of Physician Payment Policy
under the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS)"
Miriam Laugesen, Ph.D,
Assistant Professor, Department of
Health Services
UCLA School of Public Health
Dr. Laugesen is a candidate for a faculty position in the School of
Public Health. She will be available after the talk to meet with
interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided.
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February 26, 2008, 12:00-1:00, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference
Room)
"The Drinking Age, Alcohol Consumption, and Crime"
Christopher (Kitt)
Carpenter, PhD
Assistant Professor, Economics/Public
Policy
The Paul Merage School of Business at
UC Irvine
Dr. Carpenter is a candidate for a faculty position in the School of
Public Health. He will be available after the talk to meet with
interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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March 6, 2008, 5:00-6:00
pm, Room 13-265 CHS (Madden Room)
"Pediatric
Nutrition"
Wendy Slusser, M.D., M.S.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Refreshments will be provided.
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March 18, 2008,
12:00-1:00, Room 24-132 CHS
"Culture
is on my mind and in my blood, and other lessons from the lives of older
Mexican Americans"
Hector
Gonzalez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Institute of Gerontology and School
of
Medicine,
Wayne State
University
Dr. Gonzalez is a candidate for a joint faculty position in the
School
of Public Health and the
Chicano Studies
Research
Center.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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March 20, 2008,
12:00-1:00, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
"HIV Prevention among Mexicans
in the
United States:
Shifting Sexualities and Contexts of Risk"
Hector Carrillo, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Human Sexuality Studies
San Francisco
State
University
Dr. Carrrillo is a candidate for a joint faculty position in the
School of
Public Health and the
Chicano
Studies
Research
Center.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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April 1, 2008,
12:00-1:00, Room 68-236A Semel Institute (NPI)
“Understanding Community Influences on Reproductive Health”
Rob Stephenson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory
University
Dr. Stephenson is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department
of Community Health Sciences. He will be available after the talk to
meet with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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April 1, 2008,
1:00-2:00, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
"The
Tradeoff between Centralized and Decentralized Health Services: Evidence
from a Major Anti-Poverty Program in Mexico"
Arturo
Vargas Bustamante, PhD(c)
PhD-Candidate, Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public
Policy
Mr. Vargas is a candidate for a joint faculty position in the School of
Public Health and the Chicano Studies Research Center.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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April 9, 2008,
12:00-1:00, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
“Influence of WIC on Infant Feeding Practices”
Kathleen Ziol-Guest, PhD
Robert Wood Johnson Scholar, Harvard School of Public Health
University
Dr. Ziol-Guest is a candidate for a faculty position in the School of
Public Health. She will be available after the talk to meet with
interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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April 15, 2008, 12:00-1:00
pm, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's
Conference Room)
"The
Effect of Social Network and Support on Well-Being of Pastoralist
Households in Rural Mongolia"
Oyuntsetseg Chuluundorj, PhD
Postdoctoral Research
Associate, University of Colorado at Denver
Dr. Chuluundorj is a candidate for
a faculty position in the Department of Community Health Sciences. She
will be available after the talk to meet with interested faculty and
students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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April 22, 2008,
12:30-1:30, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
“Social Capital and Safety Net Clinics: Do They Mitigate the
Ethnic Enclave Effects on Cancer Screening?”
Ninez Ponce, PhD
Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Health
Services
UCLA School of Public Health
Dr. Ponce is a candidate for a faculty position in the School of Public
Health. She will be available after the talk to meet with interested
faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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April 23, 2008,
12:00-1:00, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
“Understanding Contextual Influences on Reproductive Health and
Decision-Making: A Study of Couples in Bangladesh”
Jessica Gipson, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health
Dr. Gipson is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of
Community Health Sciences. She will be available after the talk to meet
with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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April 24, 2008,
2:00-3:00 PM, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
“Television and
Child Obesity: At Last a Walk on the Lighter Side”
Frederick
Zimmerman, PhD
Dr. Zimmerman is a candidate for a faculty position in the
School of Public Health. He will be available after the talk to meet
with interested faculty and students.
Refreshments
will be provided. |
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April 29, 2008,
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 16-059 CHS (Dean's Conference Room)
“Towards
an International Household Food Security Measurement: Challenges and
Consequences ”
Hugo
Melgar-Quinonez, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Human Nutrition
Ohio State University
Dr.
Melgar-Quinonez is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department
of Community Health Sciences. He will be available after the talk to
meet with interested faculty and students. |