Seminars

The seminar series provides a forum for faculty in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences and other researchers (national and international) to present and discuss current research topics in an environment conducive to stimulating research collaboration and fostering student learning. Faculty and students from the Division of Health Sciences and other colleges, research centers and institutions are encouraged to participate.

The seminar series is co-sponsored by:

Seminars Fall Term 2018

Held 1-2 p.m. in Bray Conference Center (HFC 115) unless otherwise stated.

September 28	Dawn K. Wilson, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC	Campbell Lecture Series The Role of Nurturance and Positive Parenting on African American Adolescent Well-being
October 5	Edmond D. Shenassa, Sc.D., MA Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology, University of Maryland, College Park	Prenatal Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Psychopathology During Adulthood: A Life Course Perspective
October 12	Karen Davison, Ph.D,, RD, CHES The Fulbright Canada Research Chair, Faculty in the Health Science Program, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC	Feeding Minds: Nutrition, Food Security and the Promotion of Mental Health
October 19	Yongju Kim, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, Korea Military Academy, Seoul, South Korea	The Present and Future of Stress Research in the South Korean Army
October 26	Cynthia Thomson, Ph.D., RD Professor, Health Promotion Sciences and Director, University of Arizona Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention & Health Promotion, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health; Member; Arizona Cancer Center	Implementation Science: Evaluating the Impact of Diet and Physical Activity Interventions in Cancer Survivorship Co-sponsored with Nutrition Program
November 2	Patty Case, MS, RD, CDE Associate Professor, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University Mandy Hatfield Nutrition Education Coordinator, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University Cheryl Kirk Senior Instructor, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University Lauren Kraemer, CPS, MPH Instructor, Extension Family and Community Health Program, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University	Creating a Culture of Health: The Blue Zones Projects in Four Oregon Communities
November 9	Alyshia Galvez, Ph.D. Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies, Lehman College of the City University of New York	Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico Co-sponsored with Global Health Program
November 16	David Rothwell, Ph.D., MSW Assistant Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University	The Oregon Poverty Measure: Creation and Preliminary Findings Co-sponsored with Human Development and Family Sciences Program
November 23	Holiday
November 30	Carol Ryff, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, Director of the Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin – Madison	Rethinking the Meaning of Human Health: Transformational Advances from MIDUS

Video of past seminars

Academic Year 2017-2018

May 18, 2018 An Open Science Approach for Rare Disease Patients
May 4, 2018 Safe for Whom? Determining Appropriate Candidates for Community Birth in the US
April 27, 2018 How the Oregon Health Authority Uses Incentives to Improve Population Health, Experience of Care, and Per Capita Costs
April 13, 2018 Alcohol and Cigarette Use and Co-Use: Risk Processes and Individual Differences
March 2, 2018 Online Training in Data Science Using R
February 16, 2018 The Perilousness of Proportional Hazards in the Competing Risks Setting
February 9, 2018 Impact of Exercise and Insulin Resistance on the Mitochondrial Proteome
February 2, 2018 Diabetes and the Built Environment
January 26, 2018 The Sturm und Drang of implementing new programs of self-management support in primary care: lessons learned
January 19, 2018 From Non-Wearable Sensors to Advancing Telehealth Care Delivery: An Operations Engineering Approach
November 17, 2017 Making cities healthy
November 3, 2017 Global health and structural violence
October 13, 2017 Uncovering burden of dementia in Lebanon: What next?
October 6, 2017 International perspectives on adherence to HIV treatment and prevention
September 29, 2017 The experimenting society: improving quality at scale in early childhood development programs in Latin America

Academic Year 2016-2017

June 2, 2017 Health Care System Improvements to Reduce Disparities in Colon Cancer Screening
May 26, 2017 Injury Prevention for Commercial Fishermen: From Surveillance to Interventions
May 19, 2017 Public Health Surveillance and the Research Continuum
May 5, 2017 Health of Children Living in Chronic War Zones: The Palestinian Case
May 5, 2017 Panel Discussion to Celebrate 5 Years of the Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children & Families
April 28, 2017 Overview of the Department of Statistics’ Research Interests
April 14, 2017 Cancer Risk in Children with Birth Defects
February 17, 2017 Sleep, Chronic Disease and Health: Still Emerging as a Research Field?
February 10, 2017 Is Summertime Undermining Obesity Prevention Efforts?
February 3, 2017 Careers in Extension: Panel discussion for CPHHS graduate students
January 27, 2017 Engaging Communities to Address Latino Health Disparities
January 20, 2017 Moving Upstream to Improve Community Health: Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration between Health Extension and Primary Care Practice
December 2, 2016 Breast Milk Digestion in Premature Infants
November 18, 2016 Overview: Kaiser Center for Health Research and Kaiser Permanente Research Bank
October 21, 2016 Lecture: Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence: The Art of Using Research Wisely.
October 21, 2016 Panel discussion: Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence: The Art of Using Research Wisely.

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