Program Seminar Schedule
Structured seminars offer scholars an overview of the determinants of health, in-depth exposures to relevant research, and sustained experiences in an interdisciplinary research environment. Scholars will have some shared core course experience, coupled with an individualized curriculum oriented around the scholar's specific educational background and professional goals. Two seminars and one ten-week course on the "Responsible Conduct of Research" constitute the core aspects of our curricular plan.
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Seminar Series Archive - Fall 2008
If interested in attending, please contact hss@chc.ucsf.edu.
January 2009 Schedule
February 2009 Schedule
March 2009 Schedule
April 2009 Schedule
JANUARY 29
Exploring determinants of Costa Rican’s exceptional longevity
William H. Dow, PhD
Associate Professor of Health
Economics, School of Public
Health, UC Berkeley
Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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FEBRUARY 5
Community -based approaches to addressing cancer disparities: Confessions of a RCT researcher in recovery
Karen Emmons, PhD
Professor of Society, Human
Development, and Health
School of Public Health
Harvard University
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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FEBRUARY 12
Toward the healthy city
Jason Corburn, PhD
Assistant Professor of City and
Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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FEBRUARY 19
Abstracts for HSS Annual Meeting
Scholar Session
(scholars and core faculty only)
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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FEBRUARY 26
Social regulation of the brain: What are the mechanisms?
Russell Fernald, PhD
Professor, Biological Sciences Department
Stanford University
View PDF versions of Russell Fernald's above presentation reading articles
Genes and Social Behavior
Rapid Behavioral and Genomic Responses
to Social Opportunity
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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MARCH 5
TOPIC: Obesity related to childbearing: health crisis or opportunity?
Barbara Abrams, DrPH, RD
Professor of Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, and Public Health Nutrition
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
View PDF version of Barbara Abram's above presentation reading article
Continuity and change in women's weight orientations and lifestyle practices through pregnancy and the postpartum period: the influence of life course trajectories and transitional events
Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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MARCH 12
TOPIC: Imaging the aging brain
William Jagust, MD
Professor of Public Health and Neuroscience
UC Berkeley
Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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MARCH 19
TOPIC: Some macroeconomic consequences of the demographic transition
Ronald D. Lee, PhD
Director, Center on the
Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA), UC Berkeley
Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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Note: No Seminar on March 26
APRIL 2
TOPIC: Descriptions to advance population health
Constance Wang, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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APRIL 9
TOPIC: PPIC and health policy research
Mark Baldassare, PhD
President and CEO, Public Policy
Institute of California
TOPIC: Thinking about the outcomes of HSS research
Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD
Associate Director, UCSF-UCB
RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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Note: No Seminar on April 16
APRIL 23
Scholar Practice Talks
David Chae, ScD
Topic: "Racial Discrimination and Racial Group Attitudes: Implications for Cardiovascular Health Among African American Men"
Annaliese Beery, PhD
Topic: "DNA methylation in peripheral
tissues: what can blood tell us about the changing brain?"
Jenna Nobles, PhD
Topic: " Migration, Family Separation, and Mental Health in Two Populations"
(open to all)
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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APRIL 30
Scholar Practice Talks
Julie Harris, PhD
Topic: "Post World War II conceptualizations of race in genetics and biomedical research: An empirical assessment"
Cassandra Okechukwu, ScD
Topic: "Macroeconomic trends and smoking among construction workers: Is there a relationship?"
(open to all)
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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