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  Why Public Health Is Critical in a Precision Medicine World

  October 27, 2015 4:30–6 p.m. Instructional Building 72 East Concord Street Hiebert Lounge Live-Streaming Available During Event #PHForum2015 Ellen Wright Clayton Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Ellen Wright Clayton is an internationally respected leader in the field of law and genetics who holds appointments in both the law and medical schools at […]

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  The Health of Refugees: Europe in Crisis

  October 13, 2015 1–2 p.m. Instructional Building 72 East Concord Street Hiebert Lounge Live-Streaming Available During Event #SPHDSS2015 Maria Sacchetti Staff Reporter, Boston Globe Amy Slaughter Chief Strategy Officer, RefugePoint Sondra Crosby Director, Immigrant and Refugee Health Program, Boston Medical Center Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health and Boston University School of Medicine Information […]

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  Public Health Priorities for an Aging Population

  September 29, 2015 Judith Kasper, PhD Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Judith Kasper is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a senior associate in the Center on Aging and Health. Kasper joined the department […]

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  A Dialogue on Homelessness

  September 15, 2015  Jim O’Connell, President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Jim O’Connell graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1970 and received his master’s degree in theology from Cambridge University in 1972. After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1982, he completed a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts […]

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  Bicknell Lecture 2015

  Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 72 East Concord Street Hiebert Lounge Live-Streaming Available During Event Free and open to the public. In memory of Dr. William J. Bicknell, founder and chair emeritus of the Department of Global Health. Bicknell endowed this annual lectureship to provide “a periodic but regular infusion of iconoclasts and original thinkers […]

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  Genomic Messages by George Annas and Sherman Elias

  Thursday, September 17, 2015 4-6 p.m. L109 Guest Speakers Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Dean, Professor Marcia Angell, MD, Former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine Michael A. Grodin, MD, Professor, Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights Ready or not, medical practice is changing. Advances in the field of genomics—the study of how our […]

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  Joe G. Lopez Lectureship on Racial Disparities in Health

  Joe Galindo Lopez (1922-2007) was a lifelong supporter of programs and policies to promote equality and social justice. Proud of his service in the army in World War II, he became a strong advocate for his fellow veterans and extended his community activism as he volunteered to assist programs including job training, substance abuse, and […]

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  Cancer and the LGBT Community: Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship by Ulrike Boehmer

  Please join us for a reception to celebrate the release of Ulrike Boehmer’s new book. This is the first book ever written on cancer in LGBT communities. It offers an in-depth look at the most up-to-date research in this field. The book adopts a social-cultural perspective where the person’s identity and position in society are […]

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  Current Controversies in Public Health Law

  Celebrating the Release of Public Health Law by Wendy Mariner and George Annas Guest Speakers: Robert F. Meenan Special Assistant to the President, BU, and former dean of SPH Wendy E. Parmet Director, Program on Health Policy & Law and Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law Dolores L. Mitchell Executive […]

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  Cathy Shine Lecture 2015

  Arthur Caplan, PhD, William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding director of the Division of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center View the video. Thursday, March 19, 2015 Noon - 1 p.m. Boston University Medical Campus Instructional Building Bakst Auditorium 72 East Concord Street Directions Free and open to the public Reception will follow […]