Seminars

Research Seminars

College of Health's Office of Research

Fridays 1-2 p.m.

Hallie E. Ford Center 115 and Zoom

This seminar series provides a forum for faculty in the College of Health 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 other colleges, research centers and institutions are encouraged to participate.

The seminar series is co-sponsored by:

Spring term 2024 seminars

impoverished part of town

April 12

Growing up unequal: How poverty impacts child and adolescent well-being

Frank J. Elgar, PhD
Professor
Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy
School of Population and Global Health
McGill University

Co-Sponsored with the Human Development and Family Sciences Program

leafy greens and beets

April 19

Dietary nitrate and nitrite: Understanding contexts of risk and consideration as essential nutrients

Norm Hord, PhD, MPH, RD
Professor and Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Education and Human Sciences, Oklahoma State University

Co-Sponsored with the Nutrition Program

student of color looking over institution of higher learning

April 26

Student experiences of interpersonal and institutional discrimination: A photovoice study

Jason Daniel-Ulloa, PhD, MPH
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Co-Sponsored with the Health Promotion and Health Behavior Program

watercolor art of college student looking at viewer with other college students gathered in the distance

May 3

Separating oneself from substance use: Development of a novel intervention technique to prevent drinking and cannabis using identity among college students

Andy Hertel, PhD
Research Scientist II, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon

vet in dairy

May 17

A Veterinary Perspective on the One Health Approach

Ryan Scholz, DVM, MPH
State Veterinarian
Oregon Department of Agriculture

art of lightbulbs implying awesome ideas

May 24

Building synergies across research centers in the College of Health

Sunil Khanna, PhD
Megan McClelland, PhD
and Suzanne Segerstrom, PhD, MPH
College of Health

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May 31

Integrating indigenous ways of knowing and being to promote individual and community wellness: Research development through the arts

Boudina McConnachie, PhD, MMus, BMus, PGCE, RULS
Rhodes University, South Africa

Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD

June 4

5 - 6 p.m. MU Horizon Room

Public health after the pandemic: How can we do better?

Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD
Director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Video of past seminars