Office Hours with Prospective Student Ambassadors (March 2)
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsThe DREAM Office is excited to announce virtual monthly office hours with our prospective student ambassadors! Our ambassadors can answer questions about their student experience and what it’s like being a student in the School of Public Health at Berkeley. At this Office hour you will hear from current Berkeley Public Health Graduate Students and […]
The Latest in Public Health Research: Becoming a Changemaker
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsSpeaker: Alex Budak, Lecturer, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Our organizations, communities, and our world are calling out for a new type of leader. A leader who is confident yet humble; optimistic yet grounded; and visionary yet inclusive. A leader who can work across sectors and hierarchies and defies stereotypes, and the status quo. A […]
Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative 2023 Awardee Workshop: Virtual Workshop
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsIMPROVE is an NIH-wide initiative led by NICHD, ORWH, and NINR, with participation from multiple NIH institutes, centers, and offices, that was established in response to the rising U.S. rates of pregnancy-related deaths. This multipronged, innovative research effort is designed to address maternal mortality and morbidity, including severe maternal morbidity, and improve maternal health before, […]
The Latest in Public Health Research: Social Prescribing and the Remaking of “The Social” in Health Care
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsSpeaker: Mark Fleming, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health In this presentation, Dr. Fleming will present research examining how the movement to address “social determinants of health” within healthcare may be reshaping “the social” itself, redefining dominant concepts of collective life and responsibility. Register for this event Event Contact: lhg@berkeley.edu Access Coordinator: Lauren Goldstein, lhg@berkeley.edu, 510-664-1759
Lethal in Disguise: The Real Impacts of Crowd Control Weapons and the Global Fight to Protect the Right to Protest
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsJoin PHR and INCLO as we launch our new report LETHAL IN DISGUISE 2: How Crowd-Control Weapons Impact Health and Human Rights and platform documenting the impacts CCWs have on protesters all over the world. Washington Post journalist Shibani Mahtani will lead a conversation with Rohini Haar, UC Berkeley Faculty and lead author of the […]
The Latest in Public Health Research: Fixing Digital Health Apparatus? Local Governments’ COVID-19 Vaccine Promotion on the Frontline in Urban China
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsSpeaker: Yan Long, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Sociology A growing body of public health research investigates the formal design of various policy tools and national strategies to increase vaccine uptakes. Yet little is known about how those tools and strategies play out in state agencies’ everyday practice. To address this gap, we examine […]
Office Hours with Prospective Student Ambassadors (April 6)
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsThe DREAM Office is excited to announce virtual monthly office hours with our prospective student ambassadors! Our ambassadors can answer questions about their student experience and what it’s like being a student in the School of Public Health at Berkeley. At this Office hour you will hear from current Berkeley Public Health Graduate Students and […]
The Latest in Public Health Research: Building epidemiological evidence and prediction capabilities for climate-sensitive diseases
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsSpeaker: Alexandra Heaney, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley School of Public Health In this talk, Dr. Heaney will discuss the body of research she has undertaken as a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley, as she is leaving to start as an Assistant Professor at UC San Diego in July, 2023. Her work broadly combines theoretical study, […]
A conversation with Dr. Christine Henneberg on the blurred lines between abortion, motherhood, and choice
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsSpeaker: Dr. Christine Henneberg At this special PHAA event, physician-writer and Berkeley Public Health alumna Christine Henneberg will read from her recent memoir, Boundless: An Abortion Doctor Becomes a Mother and discuss her work as an abortion provider before and after the Supreme Court decision that overturned the right to abortion in America. Christine Henneberg, […]
The Latest in Public Health Research: Sources of On-Road Vehicle Emissions and their Impacts on Respiratory Disease Symptoms in California
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsSpeaker: Jason Su, Associate Researcher, UC Berkeley School of Public Health Dr. Jason Su will discuss his recent work on the impact of vehicle emissions on respiratory disease in California. Digital sensors fitted onto inhalers can capture the date, time, and location of rescue inhaler medication use (i.e., use of Short-Acting Beta Agonist for the […]
The Latest in Public Health Research: Adaptive Experiments Toward Learning Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsSpeaker: Jingshen Wang, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health Understanding treatment effect heterogeneity has become an increasingly popular task in various fields. For example, in e-commerce, understanding treatment effect heterogeneity helps decision-makers to design personalized advertising strategies to maximize profits. In biomedical studies, learning the impact of treatment on diverse patient subpopulations provides […]
Office Hours with Prospective Student Ambassadors (May 4)
Online Virtual Event - See Event DetailsThe DREAM Office is excited to announce virtual monthly office hours with our prospective student ambassadors! Our ambassadors can answer questions about their student experience and what it’s like being a student in the School of Public Health at Berkeley. At this Office hour you will hear from current Berkeley Public Health Graduate Students and […]