The Center for Teaching & Learning with Technology is making special seminars, lectures, and public events available on the Internet to allow all students at JHSPH, online or onsite, an opportunity to hear speakers relevant to their studies and careers at JHSPH. In addition, the public is also invited to attend these special e-learning opportunities offered by JHSPH. To view previously recorded events, you will need the Adobe Flash Plug-In (October 2008 version or later), Adobe Reader, and software or hardware with which you can play mp3 files.
Live events broadcast over the Web use JHSPH's LiveTalk technology for communicating between broadcaster and event participants. There is a complete tutorial on using LiveTalk available for your perusal.
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December 7thMPH Capstone Student Presentations |
Chris Beyrer, MD Frangiscos Sifakis, PhD Karin Tobin, PhD |
Recorded December 1, 2009This event is in honor of World AIDS Day - December 1, 2009. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Department of Health, Behavior and Society Chris Beyrer MD, MPH, is Associate Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He serves as Director of Johns Hopkins Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program, and as Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights... View full bio (pdf) Frangiscos Sifakis's primary research interests include the utilization of epidemiologic methods to investigate the distribution and determinants of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections among disenfranchised and hidden populations. Of particular interest is the examination of health disparities relating to infectious diseases... View full bio (pdf) Karin Tobin is an assistant scientist in the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has been trained as a behavioral scientist and has her master's in health science from the Department of Mental Hygiene in the School of Public Health... View full bio (pdf) |
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Recorded October 21, 2009Rosa M. Crum, MD, MHS This event is part of the Dean's Lecture Series 2008-09. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Rosa M. Crum, MD, MHS graduated cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1985, completed her psychiatry residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1989, and received a Masters in Health Science degree in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1991. She currently is Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health... View full bio (pdf) |
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September 14th, 5:30-6:30pm ESTMarie Diener-West, PhD The MPH Program office will hold an information session about the capstone requirement for MPH candidates. |
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Recorded September 3, 2009John Herron MSW, MBA Can business practices be used to solve social problems? In this session, John Herron, a self-described social worker with an MBA, discusses the concept and evolving definition of social enterprise and its public health implications. Using as an example his own social enterprise, Harbor City Services, he relates the challenges and opportunities involved with this type of business operation. Harbor City Services employees all have either a psychiatric disability or are recovering drug addicts. This event is part of the Social Entrepreneurs in Public Health Speaker series sponsored by the Office for Public Health Practice and Training and SEiPH. John Herron has spent 37 years in the study and treatment of schizophrenia. He is a clinician, teacher, researcher, and administrator. He received his BA in History from Loyola College in 1969, his MSW from the University of Maryland in 1975, and his executive MBA from Loyola College in 1999. Currently he is the CEO of Harbor City Services... View full bio (pdf) |
Smallpox: The Death of a Disease The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer
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Recorded May 8, 2009D. A. Henderson, MD, MPH Smallpox can be traced back 3500 years. To many people it is something from long ago. There was no treatment. The eradication of this disease is a great medical miracle. This presentation will celebrate the publication of D. A. Henderson's new book and his long association with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. This event is part of the Public Health Practice Grand Rounds series. Visit the MAPHTC website to view other events and upcoming trainings at www.jhsph.edu/MAPHTC. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center D. A. Henderson, MD, MPH, is Dean Emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and founder of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies. He is currently a distinguished scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburg Medical Center, located in Baltimore... View full bio (pdf)
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Carolyn Cumpsty Fowler, PhD Scott Krugman, MD, MS, FAAP Stephanie Regenold, MD, MPH |
Recorded April 15, 2009This lecture focuses on what we need to do to address the risk factors of child death and work to prevent infant mortality of present and future populations. Visit the MAPHTC website to view other events and upcoming trainings at www.jhsph.edu/MAPHTC. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center Dr. Carolyn Cumpsty Fowler, a nurse epidemiologist and core faculty member of the Center for Injury Research and Policy, has conducted research into traumatic brain injury in children; child pedestrian injury; psycho-social outcomes from bicycle-related head injury in children... View full bio (pdf) Scott Krugman, MD, MS is Chairman, Department of Pediatrics at Franklin Square Hospital Center. Dr. Krugman graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center... View full bio (pdf) Stephanie Strauss Regenold, MD, MPH is a Senior Advisor to the Babies Born Healthy Initiative at the Baltimore City Health Department. Dr. Regenold received her medical degree from McGill University. She completed her Family Medicine residency through the University of Maryland and Franklin Square Hospital... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded March 11, 2009Peter Agre, MD We are all dependent upon water. In this special presentation you will learn about the biology of water and how it moves from department to department, and the discovery of Aquaporin. This event is part of the Dean's Lecture Series 2008-09. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Dean's Office Nobel laureate Peter Agre, MD became the second director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute in January, 2008. Dr. Agre received his BA in chemistry from Augsburg College in 1970, and his MD from Johns Hopkins in 1974. Following an Internal Medicine Residency at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals of Cleveland and a Hematology-Oncology Fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Agre returned to Johns Hopkins as a postdoctoral fellow in cell biology... View full bio (pdf)
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Peter Beilenson, MD, MPH Vincent DeMarco, JD, MA Glenn Schneider |
Recorded February 18, 2009Where are we in Maryland Health care in 2009? What needs to be done to protect public health in these difficult budgetary times? These things are not only happening in Maryland, but in all states. This event is part of the Public Health Practice Grand Rounds series. Visit the MAPHTC website to view other events and upcoming trainings at www.jhsph.edu/MAPHTC. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center Peter L. Beilenson, MD, MPH currently serves as Health Officer of Howard County Maryland. Dr. Beilenson brings 14 years of experience in public health leadership having served as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner under the administrations of Mayors Kurt Schmoke and Martin O'Malley... View full bio (pdf) Vincent DeMarco is a long time advocate for public health causes including reducing teen smoking and gun violence and expanding health care access. As National Coordinator of Faith United Against Tobacco, he is working to mobilize faith leaders across the country to help reduce smoking... View full bio (pdf) Glenn Schneider is the Director of Health Policy and Planning for the Howard County Health Department in Maryland. Since his arrival in August 2007, he has led a talented policy team that developed one of the nation's only local comprehensive and affordable health care access networks... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded February 11, 2009Anne Riley, PhD Depression comes in may forms and effects many people. Learn about the struggles and consequences families have with the burden of this disease and what we can do in public health in terms of prevention. This event is part of the Dean's Lecture Series 2008-09. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Dean's Office Dr. Riley is a clinical psychologist and a prevention researcher with expertise in program implementation and instrument development. In the past decade, she has studied the effects on children of treating maternal depression and the value of interventions for families affected by depression... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded January 28, 2009Rafael Irizarry, PhD This event is part of the Dean's Lecture Series 2008-09. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Dean's Office An excerpt from Dr. Irizarry's research overview: We develop quantitative methods and software for genomics and epigenomics. We focus on microarrays and second generation sequencing. These technologies are used to measure diverse high genomic endpoints including genotype, chromosomal abnormalities including deletions/insertions, protein binding sites, methylation, and alternative splicing.
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Recorded January 21, 2009Heather Hauck, MSW, LICSW Colin Flynn, ScM This presentation discusses the epidemiology of HIV/Aids in Maryland as well as recommendations for HIV testing nationally and locally, and information on HIV/Aids reporting in Maryland. This event is part of the Public Health Practice Grand Rounds series. Visit the MAPHTC website to view other events and upcoming trainings at www.jhsph.edu/MAPHTC. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center
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Recorded December 17, 2008Laura J. Copland, MA, LCMHC Brian M. Hepburn, MD Stacey J. Pollack, PhD This event is part of the Public Health Practice Grand Rounds series. Visit the MAPHTC website to view other events and upcoming trainings at www.jhsph.edu/MAPHTC. Recorded live in Becton Hall. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center Ms. Copland has been instrumental in designing and facilitating behavioral health services in New Hampshire and Maryland and has more than 20 years of direct service experience in working with combat veterans, survivors of trauma and acute and post-traumatic stress issues... View full bio (pdf) Dr. Hepburn has been the Executive Director of the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration (MHA) since 2002. From 1996-2002, he was the Medical Director for the MHA. From 1987 until 1998, he served as the Director of Psychiatry Education/Training for MHA... View full bio (pdf) Dr. Pollack is the Director of the Trauma Services program at the Washington, DC VAMC. Trauma Services is the umbrella program that treats all returning veterans with any type of mental health problems. Dr. Pollack received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland Honors Program... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded December 8, 2008Karin Ryan In recognition of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health welcomed Karin Ryan, director of the Human Rights Program at the Carter Center, to open a week-long series of events. Her presentation highlighted the conclusions of the 2008 Human Rights Defenders Forum and recommendations for incorporating a human rights agenda into the new presidential administration’s foreign policy. Signed on December 10, 1948, The UDHR is the world's most-cited human rights document, and serves as the foundation for international human rights law. The full text of the UDHR can be found at the United Nations website: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html. Recorded live from W1020 Beckton-Dickinson Hall. Karin Ryan is the Director of the Human Rights Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, GA. Ms. Ryan’s 20-year involvement at the Carter Center began with a college volunteer experience and evolved into a career dedicated to human rights work. She is now engaged at the Center with work ranging from election monitoring in countries such as Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to advocating on behalf of victims of human rights violations.
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Recorded November 19, 2008Anne Bailowitz, MD, MPH Laura Herrera, MD Join MAPHTC as they present The Taming of the Flu: Now and Later. Learn what the Baltimore City Health Department is doing to keep immunizations up to date and what needs to be done to lessen the burden of Influenza. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center Dr. Bailowitz received her MD from Stanford University School of Medicine and served a pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She completed an infectious disease epidemiology fellowship at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease... View full bio (pdf) Dr. Laura Herrera is the deputy commissioner of health and chief medical officer for the Baltimore City Health Department. In these roles she provides direct oversight to the following divisions: clinical services, chronic disease prevention and emergency services which include acute communicable diseases and emergency preparedness... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded November 18, 2008Soledad O’Brien Soledad O’Brien, anchor and special correspondent for CNN, spoke to the School about her experiences in the wake of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. O’Brien’s use of her celebrity has helped draw attention to the human side of these disasters. Her initiative, “Children of the Storm,” provided video cameras to young Katrina survivors so they could tell their stories of trial and triumph in their own words and images. Recorded live from Sommer Hall. Sponsored by the Office of External Affairs Soledad O’Brien is an anchor and special correspondent for CNN Worldwide. Since joining the network in 2003, O’Brien has reported breaking news from around the globe and has produced award-winning and record-breaking documentaries on the most important stories facing the world today. She also covers political news as part of CNN’s “Best Political Team on Television.” ... View full bio from CNN
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(Live) November 13, 2008 5:30-6:30pm ESTMarie Diener-West, PhD The MPH Program office will hold an information session about the capstone requirement for MPH candidates. |
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Recorded November 11, 2008Daniel Scharfstein, ScD Dean's Lecture Series 2008-2009. Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Dean's Office View Professor Scharfstein's Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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Recorded October 15, 2008Meena Abraham, DrPH, MPH Marsha R. Smith, MD, MPH Recorded live in Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Present - Public Health Practice Grand Rounds. Please visit the MAPHTC website’s events calendar for more information at: www.jhsph.edu/maphtc Meena Abraham, Dr. P.H., M.P.H. graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She completed the Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in 1997, and the Doctor of Public Health in 2006... View full bio (pdf) Marsha R. Smith, MD, MPH, is the Medical Director, Perinatal Health for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Center for Maternal and Child Health. Dr. Smith joined the Department in February 2007 and serves as medical consultant for the Department’s Fetal and Infant Mortality Review... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded October 2, 2008Tom Frieden, MD, MPH Fostering personal and professional leadership skills at the Bloomberg School, this series features speakers from diverse fields and backgrounds to engage students on various aspects of leadership. Sponsored by the Office of External Affairs Dr. Frieden has been NYC Health Commissioner since January 2002 and oversees one of the oldest and largest public health agencies in the world. His focus is on studying and promoting health within New York and bringing this knowledge to other communities... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded September 26, 2008Lauren M. Scott, PhD, product engineer Even though the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is not new to Public Health, new supplemental technologies continue to emerge. In this presentation, Dr. Scott presents some new spatial statistical tools, which can both supplement and extend traditional GIS analysis. These tools allow public health practitioners to find new answers to old hot spot analysis questions such as "where is the disease outbreak concentrated?" and "how can scarce resources, such as medical, police, and fire units, be best deployed?" In this presentation, Dr. Scott will also discuss spatial and temporal pattern analysis (is the problem remaining geographically fixed or is it spreading?) and spatial regression analysis (why are cancer rates so high in a particular area?). Sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology Dr. Lauren Scott has over 20 years experience in software development and GIS. She currently works at ESRI as a product engineer on the Geoprocessing team where she is responsible for software support, education, documentation, and development of spatial statistics tools in ArcGIS... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded September 18, 2008Karen Davis, PhD In this presentation, Dr. Davis describes the sources of health insurance coverage and the socioeconomic characteristics of individuals with and without coverage in the United States, compares U.S. healthcare spending and performance relative to Canada, the United Kingdom, and other European countries, and analyzes current proposals for coverage, finance, and delivery reform, including those offered by the Commonwealth Fund, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Sponsored by Part-Time Professional Programs Karen Davis, PhD, is president of The Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in health and social policy research. Previously, she served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded September 15, 2008A Panel Discussion featuring Martha Hill, Dean of the School of Nursing, Ed Miller, Dean of the School of Medicine, and Mike Klag, Dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health. The moderator is Lisa Dubay, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management. Sponsored by the Office of External Affairs Martha Hill, a Johns Hopkins faculty member since 1980, became dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in July 2002 after a year as interim dean... View full bio (pdf) Edward Miller was named chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the 13th dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University in January 1997... View full bio (pdf) Michael J. Klag, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular and kidney disease and a Johns Hopkins faculty member since 1987... View full bio (pdf)
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Recorded September 3, 2008Angela T. Burden, MA, RN This special lecture is part of the Public Health Practice Grand Rounds. During this presentation you will learn who is newly eligible for Medicaid in Maryland, and how to get them enrolled. Recorded live from Sheldon Hall. Sponsored by the Mid Atlantic Public Health Training Center Angela Burden is Director of Quality Improvement & Infant Loss Initiatives at Baltimore Health Care Access, Inc. (BHCA). BHCA is a quasi public, 501 c3 agency affiliated with the Baltimore City Health Department. BHCA administers the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program for pregnant women and children, and conducts outreach to high risk populations such as pregnant women, infants, and special needs children to ensure proper and efficient navigation of Maryland's Medicaid program. Angela holds a Bachelors Degree in Nursing from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. And a Master of Arts Degree in Church Ministries, with a concentration in Parish Nursing from St. Mary's Seminary & University/EI Institute.
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Recorded June 27, 2008Christopher Dye, PhD In this lecture you will learn about the changing epideilogy of tuberculosis and discuss the future needs of TB control. Recorded live in Becton Hall. Chris Dye began professional life as an ecologist in the UK, having taken degrees in biology and zoology from the universities of York and Oxford. After becoming interested in communicable disease ecology (epidemiology) on a postdoctoral fellowship at Imperial College London, he moved to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to bring his epidemiological research closer to public health. He was head of the School's Vector Biology and Epidemiology Unit for several years before being recruited by WHO to work on something completely different - tuberculosis. Still an ecologist in heart and mind, he now coordinates the department's work in epidemiology and economics, the goal of which is to provide better evidence in support of the policy and practice of TB control. Chris has published around 200 scientific articles on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases. From 2006-2009, he is also Gresham Professor of Physic in the City of London (www.gresham.ac.uk).
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Recorded April 30, 2008William Brieger, DrPH, MPH Dean's Lecture Series 2007-2008. An in-depth look at the public health problem of guinea worm in Nigeria, told by Dr. William Brieger, who spends a great deal of time travelling from the US to Nigeria. Recorded live from Sheldon Hall. Bill Brieger is currently Professor in the Health Systems Program of the Department of International Health at JHU. He was a Professor in Health Education at the African Regional Health Education Centre, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, from 1976 to 2002. He received a BA in political science and a MPH in health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his DrPH from the Johns Hopkins University. At the School of Public Health, he first worked as an adjunct associate professor in the Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, and has been a full-time faculty member since 2002. He lectures on the principles of health education, the social and behavioral foundations of primary health care, personnel development and training methods, communication theory, qualitative research, and program consultation skills.
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