Pitt Public Health Events 2016-2017
Tuesday, April 4, Noon-1:30 p.m., Pitt Public Health Auditorium (G23)
One Book, One Community Main Event
"Pain and Politics in the Heart of America"
Lecture by: Jennifer M. Silva, PhD
Lead qualitative researcher for Robert Putnam's book Our Kids
This talk investigates the political beliefs and practices of working-class men and women in the anthracite coal region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The coal industry peaked in the mid-20th century and was characterized by high levels of class solidarity. Since the 1960s, manufacturing and mining jobs have been replaced by service jobs that are largely non-union, pay low wages, and offer few benefits. An influx of Hispanic and Black residents seeking safety and affordable housing has sparked racial tensions. Drawing on 120 in-depth interviews conducted from 2015-17, I shed light on how both longtime residents and newcomers cope with declining economic opportunity, a rural health crisis, and community change, focusing on the urgent question of how they politicize their struggles.
Silva is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University. She earned a PhD from the University of Virginia and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. She was the lead qualitative researcher for Robert Putnam's book Our Kids. Her book, pending release in 2017, Coming Up Short: Working-Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty (Oxford, 2013) examines the transition to adulthood for working-class youth.
Join us in person or via a livestream, web option. The livestream opportunity will be available on the OBOC webpage the day of the lecture (April 4).
Monday, April 10, 2-3 p.m., Pitt Public Health Lecture Hall (A115)
Opening Roundtable: OjO Latino - Community photo voice project celebrating lives of Latinos in Pittsburgh
Saturday, March 25 - 11:00am - 1:00pm, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Beechview, 1910 Broadway Ave. The opening of OjO Latino, a community photographic project that displays daily life aspects of Latino women and men living in Pittsburgh. The photo exhibition will be on display March 12 through April 1.
Friday, March 17, 2-4 p.m., Pitt Public Health Auditorium (G23)
Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health
Come join us for a panel of presenters from various academic and activist backgrounds, who will discuss the social determinants of health and health equity including ways in which action has been taken to invoke change. Join us in person!
Thursday, January 26, 10-11:15 a.m., Pitt Public Health Auditorium (G23)
Achieving Equity and Successfully Eliminating Racial/ Ethnic Disparities in Child Health and Healthcare
Lecture by: Glenn Flores is Distinguished Chair of Health Policy Research, Medica Research Institute, and Affiliate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He has won awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Academic Pediatric Association, and National Hispanic Medical Association, as well as the Helen Rodríguez-Trías Social Justice Award from the American Public Health Association.
An expert on both racial/ethnic and linguistic disparities in healthcare, insuring the uninsured, and overcoming language barriers in the clinical setting, Flores will discuss the successful elimination of health and healthcare disparities in three clinical trials.
Thursday, January 19, 6 p.m., Lecture Room 1105 Scaife Hall
“Voices Heard: A Social History of HIV Testing in the U.S.”
Lecture by Ronald O. Valdiserri, MD, MPH, Senior Research Associate and Distinguished Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Friday, December 9, 3-4 p.m., Pitt Public Health Lecture Hall (A115)
"Diversity in the Precision Medicine Initiative: The Politics of Intent and Practice"
Lecture by Pamela L. Sankar, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, will present this joint lecture with the Center for Bioethics and Health Law.
Friday, November 11, Noon, Pitt Public Health Auditorium (G23)
"Precision Medicine's Contribution to Public Health: An Infectious Disease Case Study"
Lecture by Vence L. Bonham, JD, Senior Advisor to the Director on Genomics and Health Disparities, Associate Investigator, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health