Call for student participation: undergraduates, graduates, professional students.

 

CFDE University Course- Fall 2022 

Pandemic Reflections
Tuesday 1-4pm 

Course Convener: Dr. Jodie Guest 

Course Description: 

Often discussions of pandemics focus on infectious diseases, public health outreach and communication, and perhaps even vaccine development and roll out. But pandemics are also like mirrors. They offer a reflection of both who we are and who we can be as a global community. What can they teach us about ourselves, our society, and even our world?  

This course will focus on the HIV/AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics as two (ongoing) events that have taught us about science and disease. But they have also brought a sharper focus on issues surrounding stigma, religion, communication, inequity, and politics. Drawing on these two pandemics, we will begin to ponder how they help explore our current context more deeply and shape our responses to future pandemics.   What were our lessons learned? How might we carry them forward? 

Space is limited in this course, not all that apply are guaranteed a place in the course. 

To apply for the course, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/kkVaRdXRr6ERDEfb7 

The Saint Louis University Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health (SLU MCH CoE) is planning a research spotlight on Tuesday, April 26th from Noon-1 PM. This spotlight will be featuring our newly appointed MCH CoE Director, Dr. Qian, and his research on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Multiple Risk Factors: Findings from a prospective cohort study of 100,000 pregnant women in Wuhan, China. Please see the flyer attached for more details regarding registration for this event.

 

You’re invited to an online symposium hosted by SPER that is taking place on May 10^th from 10:00-11:45 AM EST. We have a great panel of speakers who will be discussing the imperative of including pregnant women in vaccine trials in Africa.

 

Panel speakers include: 

Please join Emory’s MCH Center of Excellence for a webinar, “Support through Separation: Coping with the Physical and Emotional Separation for the Birthing Person and Baby During Incarceration” on Tuesday, April 19 at 12 noon EST.  Please see attached flyer, and registration link here.

Featured speakers include Lanetta Garner, a Peer Support Specialist, discussing her experiences working at Human Solutions Women’s Shelters, and Alicia Roach, an experienced doula from Oregon. Jessica Katz (The Family Preservation Project), Lesley Mondeaux (Northwest Mothers Milk Bank), and Carrie Cohen (Portland State University) will share their work in supporting families and children of incarcerated mothers.

The Cross-Center Collaboration on the Health of Justice-Involved Women and Children (JIWC) sponsors this third webinar in a four-part webinar series focused on “Support through Separation: Coping with Physical and Emotional Separation.” This series aims to provide a trauma-informed, welcoming, inclusive, and healing experience, especially for those with lived experience. Find recordings of the first two webinars, “Support through Separation…for the Birthing Person” here and “Support through Separation…for Families Impacted by Maternal Incarceration” here.

We hope you can join us!  Please direct any questions about this webinar or series to MCH [at] emory [dot] edu.