Honoring hard-fought wisdom: a dialogue with formerly incarcerated citizens

Learn about public health-related challenges during and after incarceration, and recommendations for action. Led by returning citizens who will share their insights gained from decades of lived experience.

Speakers: Julius Campbell, Kareemah Hanifa, Ron Garrett

February 23, 2022, 4:30-6:00 pm

Randall R. Rollins Room 800

Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.

Please contact Julie Gazmararian (jagazma [at] emory [dot] edu) with questions. RSVP by February 3!

Lectureship Award Symposium, Emerson Center

The Emerson Center is pleased to announce that its 2023 Annual Lectureship Award Symposium is scheduled for March 30th, 2023, in the Oxford Road Building Presentation Room.

This year, the Center is promoting one of the vital fields of science and technology, namely, “Drug Discovery, through fundamental research, including Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)“. The title of the Center’s 2023 Symposium is:

“From Fundamental Research to Medical Breakthroughs”

The EC Lectureship Award Committee has selected our esteemed colleague, champion of drug discovery, and true patriot of Emory, Prof. Dennis C. Liotta (Emory), Executive Director of The Emory Institute for Drug Development, and Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry, as the winner of the 2023 Emerson Center Award. 

This symposium, as the Center’s all previously organized symposiums (see attached document), is going to be truly multi-disciplinary. We are grateful to the renowned scholars:

  Prof. César de la Fuente,             (U. Penn)

  Prof. Monika Raj                            (Emory),

  Prof. Bill Wuest                              (Emory), 

who have accepted our invitations, and are going to present, as well. 

To register for this event, please click here. 

Third annual workshop, Emerging Data Science Methods for Complex Biomedical and Cyber Data

March 16 -17, 2023

Georgia Cyber Center Hull McKnight Building                      

100 Grace Hopper Lane, Augusta, GA

The Division of Biostatistics and Data Science in the Department of Population Health Sciences in the Medical College of Georgia and the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Augusta University are organizing the third annual workshop on “Emerging Data Science Methods for Complex Biomedical and Cyber Data”. The goal of this two-day workshop is to educate and empower graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career researchers and faculty members with emerging statistical methods to address the complex data arising from various fields, in particular, from biomedical and cyber sciences. 

The workshop will be in the form of specific research overviews and lectures provided by leading experts in the current respective topic areas. A poster session and a five-minute oral presentation session will be held respectively during the first and second day of the workshop. A limited number of posters and 5-minute presentations will be selected for poster/presentation awards by a panel of judges. 

Invited Speakers:

Dr. Gagan Agrawal, Augusta University

Dr. Sandrine Dudoit, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. James B D Joshi, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, University of Texas at Dallas

Dr. Xihong Lin, Harvard University

Dr. Bani Mallick, Texas A&M University

Dr. Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University

Dr. Aditya Prakash, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Elizabeth Slate, Florida State University

With the NSF support, we are able to provide travel awards to undergraduate students to attend the workshop; and we are also able to provide travel awards to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to either present posters or to give five-minute oral presentations on their respective research closely related to the theme of this workshop.  Travel Award application deadline is extended to February 10^th, 2023.  

For more information and to register, please visit https://www.augusta.edu/mcg/dphs/workshop3/. Early registration (by March 1^st, 2023) is strongly encouraged because of space limits.  Registration fee will be higher if paid on or after March 1^st, 2023.  

The workshop is financially supported by the National Science Foundation and the Augusta University Senior Vice President Office for Research, and co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) Georgia Chapter, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), and the Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS).

Community Conversations: Emory Talks Climate Action

Emory University is undergoing a climate action planning and resilience assessment process led by the Emory Climate Action Task Force. To ensure the Task Force’s work is informed by the entire Emory community, Emory will host six Community Conversations this academic year to connect students, faculty, and staff across Emory University and Oxford College campuses to share climate action planning priorities. These Conversations will be hosted in various locations and at different times to enhance physical accessibility to the sessions.

These sessions are a key part of the University continuing progress toward pre-existing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals – 45% by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions by 2050, using a 2010 baseline – and upholding new commitments made by signing Second Nature’s Climate Commitment and by joining the United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign. Sign up to join a conversation using this registration link.  

All Emory community members, no matter your familiarity with Emory’s sustainability initiatives, are encouraged to register to join any of the upcoming Community Conversations:

• Wednesday, January 25th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm Grace Crum Rollins building, 8^th floor Rita Ann Rollins Room (room 860)
• Wednesday, March 1st: 4:30-6:00 pm Campus Services, Building B, Training Room B
• Friday, March 24th: 10:00-11:30 am Virtual session (registration required)
• Thursday, April 6th: 2:00-3:30 pm Goizueta Foundation Center W525, W531

2023 Summer Scholarships Information Session

Using Behavioral Theory to Understand the Red/Blue Divide in COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions, Webinar

This is a live webinar scheduled for January 23, 2023 at 1PM CT.

Political partisanship is an important predictor of COVID-19 vaccination status. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Republicans were less likely to report being vaccinated than Democrats. This webinar will discuss the results from research testing the hypothesis that partisan differences in intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine can be explained by a commonly used theory of behavioral health intentions, Protection Motivation Theory. 

This webinar is co-sponsored by the Alabama Regional Center for Infection Prevention and Control Training and Technical Assistance and the Region IV Public Health Training Center.

For more information and to register, please click here. 

January Chair’s Chat, Department of Epidemiology

Wednesday, January 18 at 12pm – CNR Klamon Room

Please join us for our monthly Chair’s Chat! GLEPI, GLEPI, EH-EPI MPH & MSPH students are invited to join EPI ADAPs, DGs, and Department Chair to check in, ask questions, and share feedback. Lunch will be served around 12:40 so that you can enjoy it outdoors afterwards, if you’d like. Please complete the check-in survey and RSVP using the link in Outlook. 

Fuel Up for Finals, RSPH Student Engagement Team with SIA & GPHA

Tuesday, December 6 – 12-1pm (CNR Plaza level)

Join the RSPH Student Engagement Team and Scholars in Action for Fuel Up for Finals! Take a break, grab a hot beverage, and make a holiday card for one of our community partners. Hot cocoa, hot cider, tea, and coffee will be provided while supplies last. Registration is not required for this event. 

2023 International Conference, UNC American Mock World Health Organization

UNC’s Chapter of American Mock World Health Organization has kicked off its school year! If you are interested in global health, public health writing, networking, public speaking skills, or analyzing a global issue, our annual International Conference is the perfect event for you!

The International Conference will begin on April 14, 2023, and end on April 16, 2023, at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the event will be focused on the theme of Planetary Health and the Human Condition. More details on the conference theme can be found in the theme guide link below. Registration is already open, and early registration ends on January 20, 2023. I highly recommend registering for the International Conference during this early registration period because the lowest registration price will only be offered during this time! 

For more information, please refer to the following Linktree, to find links to the UNC AMWHO website, International Conference Website, and registration Eventzilla: https://linktr.ee/amwho23

For any questions or concerns regarding registration or the International Conference, please feel free to reach out to me at joedanica [dot] inigo [at] unc [dot] edu or my Co-Director, Catherine, at pabacat [at] unc [dot] edu. Additional points of contact are UNC AMWHO’s Conference Co-Directors, Devanshi (dnraval3 [at] email [dot] unc [dot] edu) and Zoe (zpship [at] ad [dot] unc [dot] edu).

Film Screening Event, Emory Chapter of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health

The Emory Chapter of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health (NSRH) will be hosting a film screening of the HBO documentary, “The Janes,” on Wednesday, November 30th at 6pm in the CNR Auditorium. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion featuring former Jane, Patricia Novick, as well as Kwajelyn Jackson, Executive Director of Feminist Women’s Health Center.