Epidemiology Popsicle Party

Please join us in the RSPH Courtyard on August 23 (after R & P Day) to welcome the new first year students.

Digital Dialogue on Engaging Parents Around Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines and Building Vaccine Confidence

Making the Call for MCH: Exploring the Maternal Mental Health Hotline and the 988 Crisis Lifeline

Join the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs for this national webinar exploring the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, the 988 Suicide Prevention Crisis Lifeline, and opportunities for public health agencies to partner to promote their success and support MCH populations’ mental health and wellbeing.

Panelists include:

• Dr. John Draper, Executive Vice President, National Networks, Vibrant Emotional Health & Executive Director, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Dawn Levinson, Behavioral Health Lead, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
• Richard McKeon, Chief, Suicide Prevention Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

This event will take place virtually on August 27 from 3-4pm. To register, please click here.

Stop the Bleed Free Online Training

The Georgia Trauma System is hosting a 2022 Back to School STOP THE BLEED® Training Blitz. The STOP THE BLEED® course is designed for those with little or no medical training who may be called upon to provide initial trauma care and bleeding control before the arrival of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This 1-hour program is FREE and instructed by highly trained and experienced STOP THE BLEED® educators. Since 2017, over 100,000 Georgians have been trained to Stop the Bleed, and Georgia Trauma Commission Bleeding Control Kits have been distributed to public schools across the state.

These live virtual sessions are designed with K-12 and higher education partners in mind. School system partners, homeschooling parents, college students, and community members are also invited to attend. High school students are also welcomed to participate along with their Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) educators. 

Session Dates: 

July 25th – August 17th, Mondays & Wednesdays only

Choose from ONE of THREE 1-hr sessions each day:

10:00am, 1:00pm, 4:00pm

Registration is now open at: www.stopthebleedgeorgia.org.

Prospective instructors (i.e., Athletic Trainers, Health Science Instructors, School Nurses, School Resource Officers, etc.) interested in teaching STOP THE BLEED® courses are invited to attend a brief (additional 45 minutes hour) instructor orientation provided after each 10:00 am session.

Hands-on practice and skills training is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and necessary to obtain a “full” STOP THE BLEED® certification; there is NO REQUIREMENT for scheduling in-person checkoffs for those participating in the Virtual Blitz. Participants are encouraged to work with local STOP THE BLEED® instructors to plan follow-up hands-on training sessions. Contact information for volunteer instructors and regional STOP THE BLEED® Champions can be found at www.stopthebleedgeorgia.org. These webinars are not intended to replace any planned in-person STOP THE BLEED® courses. You can also request in-person training sessions here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/STBcourserequestform.

Fall 2022 Public Health Career Fairs, Virtual and In-Person

The Office of Career Development at Rollins School of Public Health hosts two annual career fairs, where public health and healthcare organizations converge to network with bright and promising Rollins students and alumni. The fair provides an exciting atmosphere to learn of opportunities, hiring practices, desired skill sets, and future needs.

This fall, the Rollins School of Public Health is hosting a hybrid career fair, with both virtual and in person options! You can register for what suits the needs of your organization! The virtual career fair is hosted on the new platform RSPH Career Connection, powered by12Twenty! Here you can post part/full time job announcements, REAL opportunities, fellowships, internships, and request events for our Rollins Alumni and current students! To prepare for this career fair or to post an opportunity use this link to RSPH Career Connection, to sign up for an account. 

RSPH Fall 2022 Public Health VIRTUAL Career Fair

Thursday, September 15th, 10 AM – 2 PM EST 

RSPH Fall 2022 Public Health IN PERSON Career Fair

Friday, September 16th, 10 AM – 2 PM EST

NO COST TO REGISTER!

For a demo on how to register for the Virtual Career Fair, on RSPH Career Connection, powered by 12Twenty, please click here.

For real time assistance with the registration process, attend one of the following zoom sessions:

·       Thursday, July 28; 1pm – 1:30pm EST; Zoom link

·       Thursday, August 11; 1pm – 1:30pm EST; Zoom link

·       Wednesday, August 24; 1pm – 1:30pm EST; Zoom link

·       Wednesday, September 7; 1pm – 1:30pm EST; Zoom link

The Rollins School of Public Health ranks as the top 4th accredited masters of public health (MPH) programs in the nation, and its students learn to identify, analyze, and intervene in today’s most pressing public health issues.

Don’t have a RSPH Career Connection employer user account? Please see instructions to create one Here.

To view participating organizations from previous fairs, click here.

Getting to Know You Series: Session 4

We are all excited to welcome you to the Department of Epidemiology and the Rollins School of Public Health in August. Until then, we are hosting a series of “Getting to Know You” sessions with the faculty and students who will be integral to your time at Rollins. The final session will take place on August 4 at 12pm. You will meet your EPI Reps, Erin LaFon and Ellisen Herndon on Thursday, August 4^th from noon to 1:00 pm

Session 4 – EPI Reps

Aug 4, 2022, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Meeting ID: 979 5825 5317

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkcuGqqz4pG9MJ1-OSm8Z0sRs3QCyyFj3x

Black in Neuro Week 2022

The NGP DEI committee encourages the neuroscience community to participate in the third annual Black In Neuro Week, happening this week! Please see below for a message from Black In Neuro with additional details and a link to register.

We have reserved Whitehead 600 (the conference room) for the virtual events listed below so that we can tune in together as a community. Please feel free to stop by, even if you can’t stay for the whole time or will arrive late.

• Keynote (Tuesday, 5:00 – 6:15 PM ET): Keynote by Dr. Margreet Ridder.
• Neuroracism Panel (Wednesday, 1-2 PM ET): Learn how racism translates into misdiagnoses or lack of diagnosis in neurology and psychiatry.
• Neuroracism Journal Club (Wednesday, 5-6 PM ET): Discuss the recent paper, “Addressing racial and phenotypic bias in human neuroscience methods” with Dr. Jasmine Kwasa.

Please refer to our Black History Month Resource List for additional ways to self-educate and support Black scientists and members of our local Atlanta community. (You can view our archive of heritage month resource lists in our shared resources folder.)

Predicting Human Disease Risk from Animal-borne Pathogens Webinar

Overview: 

This is a live webinar scheduled for July 28, 2022 at 12pm EST. You can find more information here. Please register for the event here.

Dr. Barbara Han, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will explore recent approaches that combine knowledge about animal ecology with machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to make predictions about where and from which species the risks of zoonotic outbreaks are greatest. Examples will emphasize the ongoing spillback transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to animals, the risk of establishing new viral reservoirs of COVID-19, and predicting wild reservoirs of bat-borne filoviruses (Ebola, Marburg) and rodent-borne pathogens such as monkeypox.

Dr. Han is a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York. She completed her PhD at Oregon State University during which time she also completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Venezuela. Dr. Han went on to complete consecutive postdoctoral fellowships in biological informatics (NSF) and machine learning (NIH) at the University of Georgia. Her research program at the Cary Institute develops predictive analytics of zoonotic diseases and is supported by grants from the NIH, NSF, and DARPA.

Getting to Know You Series: Sessions 2-3

We are all excited to welcome you to the Department of Epidemiology and the Rollins School of Public Health in August. Until then, we are hosting a series of “Getting to Know You” sessions with the faculty and students who will be integral to your time at Rollins.

First up was an informal conversation with our Chair, Dr. Tim Lash, and Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist on Monday, July 18^th from noon to 1:00 pm. Then, later the same week, you will have the opportunity to meet with your EPI 530 instructor,

Dr. Jodie Guest, and TA, Noah Mancuso on Thursday, July 21^st from noon to 1:00 pm. The following week, your EPI 534 instructors, Dr. Vijaya Kancherla, and Nicole Luisi, along with your BIOS 500 instructor, Dr. Jose Binongo will hold a session on Tuesday, July 26^th from noon to 1:00 pm. Finally, last – but certainly not least! – you will meet your EPI Reps, Erin LaFon and Ellisen Herndon on Thursday, August 4^th from noon to 1:00 pm.

Session 2 – EPI 530

Jul 21, 2022, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Meeting ID: 947 4502 3557

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqc-yorDgvH9ORxqfcMYCNIUYjaqYEzNPg

Session 3 – EPI 534 & BIOS 500

Jul 26, 2022, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Meeting ID: 943 0337 6399

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud-qrqT0pE929BcusjbNCUMCbHU35a0CZ

Interactive Online Workshops, Region IV Public Health Training Center

Registration is now open for multiple 3-hour interactive online workshops this August. These workshops are offered through the Region IV Public Health Training Center, and are free for all to attend. You can find detailed information for each workshop and registration links here. 

August 4, 2022: Practical Evaluation for Public Health Practitioners (Interactive online workshop)

August 11, 2022: Human Resource Management for Public Health Leaders: Developing Your Organization’s Most Valuable Resource (Interactive online workshop)

August 18, 2022: Rethinking Conflict: Conflict Management for Public Health Professionals (Interactive online workshop)

August 25, 2022: Strengths-based Leadership: Creating Workplaces that Work (Interactive online workshop)