Student Town Hall with Dean Curran, 6/3

COVID-19 and Health Equity: A Policy Platform and Voices from Health Departments, 5/4

Description

Join Human Impact Partners, APHA, ASTHO, Big Cities Health Coalition, HealthBegins and NAACHO for this discussion on how public health can play a role in advancing long-term policy solutions that center equity. 

COVID-19 is magnifying the deep cracks in our health care system, protections for working people, and wider safety net. Formed by centuries of structural racism and decades of neoliberal policies and underinvestment in our public infrastructure, these cracks, their consequences, and COVID-19 disproportionately impact people of color, particularly Black, Latinx, and Native people.

Although increasing numbers of health departments are trying to increase access to COVID-19 testing and care to impacted communities, our equity activities need to go much further upstream.

Now — as ever — is the time to set aside concerns of objectivity and politics, and use our power to change the unjust systems that have perpetually harmed the health of communities across the US.

Webinar participants will:

• Learn about the Health Equity Policy Platform for COVID-19 Response and Recovery and how public health can help advance housing and economic security, health care access and end mass incarceration.
• Discover how Colorado established and is using their COVID-19 Health Equity Response Team to identify, choose and advocate for equitable policies.
• Hear how Cook County, Illinois, is advocating for worker protections and immigrant rights.

Speaker presentations will be followed by a Q&A session with the webinar audience.

Register 

Click here to register for this webinar on June 4th, 1-2:30pm EST. 

COVID-19 & the Cruise Ship Task Force, PHI/CDC Global Health Podcast

About the Podcast

The PHI/CDC Global Health Podcast features stories from the PHI/CDC Global Health Fellowship Program, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded program, implemented by the Public Health Institute, where Fellows are guided by leading global health experts from the CDC. Fellows work on the front lines of global health, developing the technical and professional skills needed to make meaningful contributions to today’s global health challenges.

Episode 1 Description

This episode features Riley Wagner, MPH, who is a Global Program Management Fellow for CDC’s Center for Global Health Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Riley was the first of currently 24 Fellows to be assigned to CDC’s Emergency Operations Center in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Riley discusses her experience on the EOC and elaborates on her work with the Cruise Ship Task Force.

Click here to listen to the first episode in this exciting, new podcast! 

Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Webinar, 5/27

Overview 

COVID-19 has highlighted the critical role that public health plays in the US and it also has demonstrated that this virus does not affect everyone equally. While it has affected the lives of all Americans, some racial and ethnic groups have been more likely to contract and die from COVID-19 than others. In this webinar, we will discuss some of the biological, behavioral and contextual factors that affect COVID-19 transmission and severity, and what public health professionals can and have been doing to reduce the impact of this virus on individuals and communities.

Register 

• This is a live webinar on May 27, 2020 from 11:30am to 1pm ET.
• Click here to register! 

Lessons Learned and Opportunities Ahead for Academic Public Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Recording)

Click here to watch the closing panel for the ASPPH’s virtual annual meeting where Dean  Curran joined other deans of public health to discuss the unique challenges posed by COVID-19 and the lessons learned so far, particularly how the pandemic has impacted academic public health. 

Injury and Violence Prevention Certificate Program Information Session, 5/19

Event Summary 

The Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory will host this information session to provide students with information regarding the Injury and Violence Prevention Certificate at Emory University. Students will have the opportunity to asks questions about the program, electives, student opportunities, and the application process.

Click here to register for this information session on May 19th at 12pm! 

Shepard Award Finalist Presentations, 5/8

Please join us for the Charles C. Shepard Award Finalist presentations on May 8th, 12-1:15PM EST.

Event Details 

Each student finalist has their own Zoom link and participants can enter and exit different sessions throughout the event. Feel free to listen and ask questions as you would in an in-person poster event. 

Click here to view a list of the finalists, their thesis topics, and individual Zoom links for presentations. 

Summer Schedule: Confounder goes Bi-Weekly

Going to miss the Confounder over the summer? Don’t sweat it! We will still be sending the Confounder every other week until the beginning of the Fall semester. As always, you can navigate to the full website at any time for the most up-to-date content in between email weeks.

Have a great summer!