Another interesting event this week:
Working with Men in Southern Africa for Gender Equality and Social Justice
Thursday, March 5, 12:30-1:30pm
Hess Student Commons
Please join the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health on Thursday, March 5 at 12:30 in Hess Commons for a special brown-bag seminar event.
We are proud to host Bafana Khumalo and Dean Peacock, Co-Founders and Co-Directors of the Sonke Gender Justice Network, as they present on, "Working with Men in Southern Africa for Gender Equality and Social Justice."
Please bring your own lunch. For more information on this special event, please visit:
http://www.mailmanschool.org/msphcal/event_display.asp?site=&event_id=2757
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Environment, Conflict, and Health
Skills Education and Research in Conflict and Health (SEARCH) and Students for Environmental Action (SEA) invite you to attend a lunch discussion with Dr. Chad Briggs, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations and Environmental Initiatives at Lehigh University, on Wednesday March 4 from noon – 2 pm in Hess Commons.
This dynamic presentation will examine how issues of environmental health and migration exacerbate vulnerabilities in post-conflict and disaster areas. We will also discuss strategies for 'forecasting' vulnerabilityassessments, and how health studies can inform policymaking.
A tasty lunch will be served.
This dynamic presentation will examine how issues of environmental health and migration exacerbate vulnerabilities in post-conflict and disaster areas. We will also discuss strategies for 'forecasting' vulnerabilityassessments, and how health studies can inform policymaking.
A tasty lunch will be served.
See famed Professor Elliott Sclar
Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development:
Greening the Urban Economy
Speakers:
Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University;
Patricia Culligan, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science;
Joan Fitzgerald, Director, Law, Policy and Society Program, Northeastern University;
Jack McGourty, Director, Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement (CTICE), Columbia University; Associate Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University;
Robert Crauderueff, Policy Director, Sustainable South Bronx;
Nilda Mesa, Assistant Vice President, Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University;
Janna Olson, Executive Director, Win-Win Campaign, Envirolution
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298
Greening the Urban Economy
Speakers:
Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University;
Patricia Culligan, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science;
Joan Fitzgerald, Director, Law, Policy and Society Program, Northeastern University;
Jack McGourty, Director, Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement (CTICE), Columbia University; Associate Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University;
Robert Crauderueff, Policy Director, Sustainable South Bronx;
Nilda Mesa, Assistant Vice President, Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University;
Janna Olson, Executive Director, Win-Win Campaign, Envirolution
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx
Exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York
Made between 1982 and 1984, the photographs in Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson focus on the burned out, abandoned, and razed structures of entire city blocks in the South Bronx, documenting the aftermath of a widespread urban economic crisis that plagued the United States in the 1970s. Putting the political, economic and social causes for this collapse aside, Mortenson's photographs consider the land and loss in human terms. They project a haunting silence, reminding us that these neighborhood streets were cradles of the community, lined with the homes of individuals and families. Hints of a once prosperous district are revealed in Mortenson's work through a stark black-and-white portrayal of what remained.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Engineering and Sustainable Development
Date:
Monday, March 2, 2009 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location:
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, David Auditorium
Contact:
Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
Event Description:
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
The Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science presents "Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Engineering and Sustainable Development", with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
upcoming event
The Center for Family and Community Medicine and the Black and Latino Students Association cordially invite all CUMC Students, Residents, and Faculty to attend a Celebration in honor of Black History Month
Date: February 19, 2009
Time: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: Room 401 of the Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 W. 168 Street
The celebration will begin with the third lecture in the 2008-2009 lecture series, "Discovering the Primary Care Imperative series," sponsored by the Center for Family and Community Medicine:
"Using a Community-based Participatory Research Approach to Understand
Barriers to Clinical Research in Washington Heights"
with
Suzanne Bakken, DNSc RN, FAAN
Principal Investigator and Director of the Center for Evidence-Based
Practice in the Underserved
Alumni Professor of the Columbia University School of Nursing
Professor of the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Following Dr. Bakken's lecture, there will be a performance by the
renowned Fordham University Gospel Choir.
Date: February 19, 2009
Time: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: Room 401 of the Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 W. 168 Street
The celebration will begin with the third lecture in the 2008-2009 lecture series, "Discovering the Primary Care Imperative series," sponsored by the Center for Family and Community Medicine:
"Using a Community-based Participatory Research Approach to Understand
Barriers to Clinical Research in Washington Heights"
with
Suzanne Bakken, DNSc RN, FAAN
Principal Investigator and Director of the Center for Evidence-Based
Practice in the Underserved
Alumni Professor of the Columbia University School of Nursing
Professor of the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Following Dr. Bakken's lecture, there will be a performance by the
renowned Fordham University Gospel Choir.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
upcoming conference on environmental health
The Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, in collaboration with its lead community partner, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, is hosting a day-long conference (March 30, 2009) that will focus on three major environmental health concerns affecting children: air pollution, pesticides, and endocrine disruptors in consumer products. The purpose of the conference is to share research findings from the Center and other investigators over the past ten years in these specific areas, discuss interventions stemming from this research that have been implemented in New York City, and identify strategies to advance policies that will reduce and prevent environmentally-related diseases such as asthma, developmental disorders, and cancer in children living in urban communities.
Children in Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx are disproportionately exposed to environmental pollutants. While there have been some successes in reducing exposures, children living in underserved communities continue to bear the unequal burden of poor health outcomes such as high rates of asthma, growth and developmental delays, and other poor health conditions.
The morning session of the conference will present three case studies on air pollution, pesticides, and endocrine disruptors, as well as interventions undertaken to address these issues. In the afternoon, two roundtables discussions will focus on how such scientific findings can be more effectively translated into policies to protect children's health.
For more information and to register for the conference, please visit www.ccceh.org/conference09.html.
Children in Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx are disproportionately exposed to environmental pollutants. While there have been some successes in reducing exposures, children living in underserved communities continue to bear the unequal burden of poor health outcomes such as high rates of asthma, growth and developmental delays, and other poor health conditions.
The morning session of the conference will present three case studies on air pollution, pesticides, and endocrine disruptors, as well as interventions undertaken to address these issues. In the afternoon, two roundtables discussions will focus on how such scientific findings can be more effectively translated into policies to protect children's health.
For more information and to register for the conference, please visit www.ccceh.org/conference09.html.
upcoming Grand Rounds
| February 11: Unequal America: Income Inequality and Population Health Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD [bio] Chair, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Professor of Social Epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health |
| February 18: The Mailman School's Vision and Strategy For The Future of Public Health Linda Fried, MD, MPH [bio] Dean and DeLamar Professor, Mailman School of Public Health |
Global and Local Perspectives on Education and Social Activism
Join the Peace Education Network (PEN) at Teachers College, for an evening of exchange about education, community organizing, and social activism. Come hear community organizer Kovit Boonjear, discuss the role of popular education in social movements in Thailand. Come exchange with educator Carly Fox about how schools in NYC can bring a social justice
framework into the classroom.
WHEN: Friday February 13th, 5:30-7:00pm
WHERE: 285 Grace Dodge Hall, Teachers College, Columbia U. at 120th st btw Amsterdam and Broadway
framework into the classroom.
WHEN: Friday February 13th, 5:30-7:00pm
WHERE: 285 Grace Dodge Hall, Teachers College, Columbia U. at 120th st btw Amsterdam and Broadway
Friday, February 6, 2009
City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development in the Global South
Date:
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location:
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 329 Pupin
Contact:
Amanda R. Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu
RSVP:
Register
Event Description:
Speaker: Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town
The Earth Institute, the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD) and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) present "City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development in the Global South," with Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town. Open to the public.
Edgar Pieterse is also a founding director of Isandla Institute; an urban policy think-tank where he continues advocacy oriented research work. His publications include: Voices of the Transition: The Politics, Poetics and Practices of Social Change in South Africa (2004), Democratising Local Government: The South African Experiment. (2002) and Consolidating Developmental Local Government: Lessons from the South Africa Experience (2007).
Monday, February 2, 2009
upcoming CUPID event
Development Dialogue: Challenges and Frontiers in the Provision of Global Reproductive
Health Services
Thursday, February 5th at 7:30, Social Work Room CO3
Countries and regions around the globe in conflict and post-conflict
states, often endure extremely high maternal and child mortality
rates. Due to collapsed infrastructure, information to guide
reproductive health interventions is sparse though improving. Join us
in a discussion with experts in the field of reproductive health and
human rights as we learn about the challenges for reproductive health
service provision abroad.
Health Services
Thursday, February 5th at 7:30, Social Work Room CO3
Countries and regions around the globe in conflict and post-conflict
states, often endure extremely high maternal and child mortality
rates. Due to collapsed infrastructure, information to guide
reproductive health interventions is sparse though improving. Join us
in a discussion with experts in the field of reproductive health and
human rights as we learn about the challenges for reproductive health
service provision abroad.
Ending Homelessness: The Intersection of Research, Advocacy, and Policy
THE COLUMBIA CENTER FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION STUDIES WELCOMES
NAN ROMAN OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS
AS ITS GRAND ROUNDS SPEAKER ON
FEBRUARY 5, 2009.
HER SUBJECT WILL BE:
Ending Homelessness: The Intersection of Research, Advocacy, and Policy
Over the past ten years, the homelessness system has undergone significant changes. Communities are undertaking plans to end homelessness in ten years. There is much greater focus on prevention, rapid re-housing, and permanent supportive housing. Federal funding has increased, and there is bipartisan support for ending homelessness in Congress and the Administration. As a result, homelessness, at least until the recent economic and housing crises, had begun to trend downward in the nation. How did this movement to solve a social problem come into being, and what are the implications of that process for the future? Ms. Roman will discuss how research has informed the movement to end homelessness in the nation; how the advocacy community has used research to advance a national policy agenda; and how federal policy has changed as a result. She will also discuss the implications of this research/advocacy/policy nexus for the future, in light of the economic and housing crises, as well as the new Administration and Congress.
Nan Roman is president and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, is a leading national voice on the issue of homelessness. The Alliance is a public education, advocacy and capacity-building organization with over 5,000 nonprofit and public sector member agencies and corporate partners around the country. Under her leadership, the Alliance has developed a pragmatic plan to end homelessness within ten years. To implement this plan, Ms. Roman works closely with members of Congress and the Administration, as well as with cities and states across the nation. She collaborates with Alliance members to educate the public about the real nature of homelessness and successful solutions. She has researched and written on the issue, is frequently interviewed by the press, and regularly speaks at events around the country. Her unique perspective on homelessness and its solutions comes from over twenty-five years of local and national experience in the areas of poverty and community-based organization. Ms. Roman received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Illinois.
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2pm to 3:30 p.m. EST
Location:
Columbia University Medical Center
Psychiatric Institute, Sixth Floor, Room 6601, Director's Boardroom
Entrances: 40 Haven Avenue, 168th Street and Haven Avenue
(inside bridge goes to sixth floor), or
1051 Riverside Drive, on 165th Street and Riverside Drive
NAN ROMAN OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS
AS ITS GRAND ROUNDS SPEAKER ON
FEBRUARY 5, 2009.
HER SUBJECT WILL BE:
Ending Homelessness: The Intersection of Research, Advocacy, and Policy
Over the past ten years, the homelessness system has undergone significant changes. Communities are undertaking plans to end homelessness in ten years. There is much greater focus on prevention, rapid re-housing, and permanent supportive housing. Federal funding has increased, and there is bipartisan support for ending homelessness in Congress and the Administration. As a result, homelessness, at least until the recent economic and housing crises, had begun to trend downward in the nation. How did this movement to solve a social problem come into being, and what are the implications of that process for the future? Ms. Roman will discuss how research has informed the movement to end homelessness in the nation; how the advocacy community has used research to advance a national policy agenda; and how federal policy has changed as a result. She will also discuss the implications of this research/advocacy/policy nexus for the future, in light of the economic and housing crises, as well as the new Administration and Congress.
Nan Roman is president and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, is a leading national voice on the issue of homelessness. The Alliance is a public education, advocacy and capacity-building organization with over 5,000 nonprofit and public sector member agencies and corporate partners around the country. Under her leadership, the Alliance has developed a pragmatic plan to end homelessness within ten years. To implement this plan, Ms. Roman works closely with members of Congress and the Administration, as well as with cities and states across the nation. She collaborates with Alliance members to educate the public about the real nature of homelessness and successful solutions. She has researched and written on the issue, is frequently interviewed by the press, and regularly speaks at events around the country. Her unique perspective on homelessness and its solutions comes from over twenty-five years of local and national experience in the areas of poverty and community-based organization. Ms. Roman received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Illinois.
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2pm to 3:30 p.m. EST
Location:
Columbia University Medical Center
Psychiatric Institute, Sixth Floor, Room 6601, Director's Boardroom
Entrances: 40 Haven Avenue, 168th Street and Haven Avenue
(inside bridge goes to sixth floor), or
1051 Riverside Drive, on 165th Street and Riverside Drive
Sunday, February 1, 2009
upcoming lecture
Tuesday, February 10
The Earth Institute, the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Presentation: City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development in the Global South, with Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town.
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th Floor)
The Earth Institute, the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Presentation: City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development in the Global South, with Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town.
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th Floor)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
upcoming event
Development Dialogue: Challenges and Frontiers in the Provision of Global Reproductive Health Services
Thursday, February 5th at 7:30, Social Work Room CO3
Countries and regions around the globe in conflict and post-conflict
states, often endure extremely high maternal and child mortality
rates. Due to collapsed infrastructure, information to guide
reproductive health interventions is sparse though improving. Join us
in a discussion with experts in the field of reproductive health and
human rights as we learn about the challenges for reproductive health
service provision abroad.
Catherine S. Todd, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School
of Public Health, Columbia University
Therese McGinn
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman
School of Public Health
Director, Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in
Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative
Susan Purdin
Deputy Director, Health Unit | International Rescue Committee
Joanne Csete
Assistant Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family
Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Thursday, February 5th at 7:30, Social Work Room CO3
Countries and regions around the globe in conflict and post-conflict
states, often endure extremely high maternal and child mortality
rates. Due to collapsed infrastructure, information to guide
reproductive health interventions is sparse though improving. Join us
in a discussion with experts in the field of reproductive health and
human rights as we learn about the challenges for reproductive health
service provision abroad.
Catherine S. Todd, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School
of Public Health, Columbia University
Therese McGinn
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman
School of Public Health
Director, Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in
Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative
Susan Purdin
Deputy Director, Health Unit | International Rescue Committee
Joanne Csete
Assistant Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family
Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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