This workshop, led by holistic health advocate and medicine woman Nubian Flunder, will be focused on tapping into your inner sweetness through self love and self empowerment. Participants will learn holistic care and wellness methods through energy work, spiritual development, nutrition, and food as medicine. As the founder of The Healing Place Apothecary, Nubian will […]

Speaker: Carolyn Gigot, Johns Hopkins ERC for Occupational Safety and Health Industrial livestock operations (ILOs), particularly livestock processing facilities, emerged as centers of COVID-19 outbreaks across the United States in early spring of 2020. In collaboration with a North Carolina community organization, we conducted a prospective cohort study of ILO workers, their household members, and […]

Sadaf Noor E Islam, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Durham University Lawrence Cohen, Professor of Anthropology and South & Southeast Asia Studies Nayanika Mookherjee, Professor in the Department of Anthropology; Co-Director (Social Sciences and Health) in the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University A talk by Sadaf Noor E Islam, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Anthropology, […]

Prof. Rebecca Abergel, UC Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering From potential contamination of individuals with radioactive fission products after a nuclear accident to the therapeutic use of radio-isotopes for cancer diagnostics and treatment, the coordination and biological chemistry of actinides have become increasingly relevant to a number of applied problems. Understanding the fundamental bonding interactions of selective […]

Speaker: Prof. Sarah Heilshorn, Stanford University, MSE & BioE & ChemE Cell-induced matrix remodeling is a hallmark of both disease and regeneration. My lab develops biomaterials and matrix characterization methods to study these dynamic cell-matrix interactions. In designing our biomaterials, we employ protein engineering methods with simple polymer physics models to create biomimetic extracellular matrices […]

Speaker: Veronica Ahumada, Assistant Professor, Director of the Technology and Social Connectedess (TASC) Lab, UC Davis Health/Pediatrics/Center for Health and Technology Verónica Ahumada is an assistant professor of health informatics and human-robot interaction in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis. She directs the Technology and Social Connectedness (TASC) Lab in UC […]

Featured Speaker Christopher J.L. Murray, Professor and Chair of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation About this lecture The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began in 1991 sponsored by the World Bank and […]

Featured Speaker Christopher J.L. Murray, Professor and Chair of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation About this lecture The world has lived through 2+ years of the COVID-19 pandemic heightening the awareness of the […]

Speakers: Thomas Fisher, Director of the Minnesota Design Center and the Dayton Hudson Chair in Urban Design at the College of Design at the University of Minnesota Giselle Sebag, International Society for Urban Health Sharmin Kader, Environmental Design Research Association Sharon Roerty, Robert Wood Johnson Organization Alan Logan, Nova Institute for Health This panel addresses […]

Speaker: Patton Khuu Nguyen, MPH, ASP Secondhand cannabis smoke (SHCS) is a novel exposure source uncharacterized in homes, containing known health risk factors including exposure to several hundred toxic chemicals, carcinogens, and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), many at higher concentrations than tobacco smoke. Decades of secondhand tobacco smoke (SHTS) research demonstrate causal links to cancer, […]

We are now living in a post-Roe world, where 11 states have banned abortion, and an additional 15 states have highly restricted abortion access. As access to surgical abortion is significantly curtailed, many individuals are seeking self-managed abortion, commonly referred to as medication abortion. However, while using a misoprostol/mifepristone combination of pills to induce an […]

A Community & Continuing Legal Education Webinar NoHLA is holding a Continuing Legal Education program in October that might be of interest to your students and faculty. The CLE webinar, “Health Care Access: How Are the Courts Shaping our Future?” will explore the impact that court decisions are having on healthcare access, especially for vulnerable […]

Moderator: Osagie Obasogie, Chair of OBI Diversity & Health Disparities Cluster, UC Berkeley Panelist/Discussants: Meghna Mukherjee, Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Sociology Lisa Ikemoto, Professor, UC Davis School of Law Jennifer Denbow, Associate Professor of Political Science, California Polytechnic State University Emily Beitiks, Interim Director, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University […]

The Berkeley Food Institute, Berkeley Agroecology Lab, and friends celebrate the return to campus with a Community Showcase at The Oxford Tract, one of UC Berkeley’s premier sites for hands-on food systems research and education. We invite you to meet and connect with our food systems community, tour the Berkeley Experimental Farm, and learn about […]

Speaker: Hilary Hoynes, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities, UC Berkeley A hallmark of every developed nation is the provision of a social safety net – a collection of public programs that deliver aid to the poor. Because of their higher rates of poverty, children are often a major […]

This panel will center on urgent questions for global architectural practice provoked by the simultaneous epidemics of COVID-19, inequity, and climate change, with a particular focus on implications for health equity. View more information about this event. Event Contact: epidemicurbanism@gmail.com Access Coordinator: Helen Kochetkova, nela62@berkeley.edu, 650-210-6759