Dean's Seminar: Designs for Health
Presentations are recorded on Tuesdays from 12 to 1 p.m. at Loma Linda Broadcasting Network (LLBN) and video conferenced to the School of Public Health (Nichol Hall, Room 1610). Doors close promptly at 12:10 p.m.
To be part of the Designs for Health studio audience at Loma Linda Broadcasting Network, reserve your place. E-mail Renate Krause, PhD, <rkrause@llu.edu> with your name, telephone number, and the date(s) you wish to reserve. Reservations will be confirmed in the order received. If you are placed on a waiting list, you will be contacted should we receive cancellations. Transportation is available.
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Winter Quarter 2008 -- Theme: Health Disparities
- January 22 -- "Health disparities: Closing the gap"
Susanne Montgomery, PhD, Director, Center for Health Research, LLU SPH
Carlos Casiano, PhD, Associate Professor, LLU School of Medicine; Associate Director, LLU-NIH Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine
Ed McField, PhD candidate, Executive Director, Latino Health Collaborative
- January 29 -- "A national reflection on lessons learned in addressing gang violence" (PowerPoint)
Ruben Gonzales, Center for the Study of Social Policy
- February 5 -- "What I don't tell my doctor: Herbal use among Latinos"
Juan Carlos Belliard, PhD, MPH, Associate Director, LLU Office of Diversity; Assistant Professor, LLU SPH Department of Global Health
- February 12 -- "The Health Initiative of the Americas: Programs and services"
Lee Nattress, PhD, Executive Director, Independent Living Center
- February 19 -- "Poverty and associated environmental effects on children's health"
Sybil Carrere, PhD, Project Director, Center for the Promotion of Health Disparities Research and Training; Director, Institute for Child Development and Family Relations; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino
- February 26 -- "Leveling the playing field: Oral health care for underprivileged children"
Carla Lidner-Baum, DDS, Chair, First 5 Riverside County Advisory Board; Assistant Professor, LLU SD
- March 4 -- "California's third world"
Jesse Bliss, MPH, Director, LLU SPH Office of Public Health Practice
- March 11 -- "Far beyond language: The advantages of developing cultural competencies to reduce health disparities"
Sharon Rushing, MPH, cultural and linguistic consultant; Assistant Professor, Global Health, LLU SPH; Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, LLU SPH
Spring Quarter 2008 -- Theme: Public Health Issues
- April 15 -- "Emerging issues in HIV/AIDS care"
Harvey Elder, MD, Professor, LLU SPH; LLU School of Medicine
- April 22 -- "The invisible problem: Homelessness"
Eric Handler, Orange County Public Health Department; Paul Leon, Orange County Public Health Department
- April 29 -- "Public health practitioners: The phantom responders"
Andrea Champlin, MPH, Project Manager, LLU SPH Center for Public Health Preparedness; Paula Meares-Conrad
- May 5 -- "Lifestyle and life expectancy: Findings from the Adventist Health Studies"
Gary Fraser, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, Adventist Health Studies, LLU SPH
- May 13 -- "Exceeding prescription drugs: Understanding corporate commitment to public health"
Moderator: Seth Wiafe, MPH, Director of LLU SPH Geoinformatics Laboratory; Interim Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, LLU SPH
- May 20 -- "Over the top behavior: An addicted society"
Mickey Ask, MD, Medical Coordinator, Addictions Treatment Program, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center
- May 27 -- "You deserve the best: Nutritional benefits of nuts"
Joan Sabate, MD, DrPH, Professor and Chair, LLU SPH Department of Nutrition
- June 3 -- "Grizzly bears and public health: Should we risk it?"
Hal Marlow, PhD, Director, Regional Academic Center of Excellence in Environmental Health, LLU SPH
Autumn Quarter 2008 -- Theme: Essential Public Health Services
- October 7 -- "What is public health? An overview of public health core functions and essential services"
David T. Dyjack, DrPH, CIH, Dean, LLU SPH
- October 14 -- "An overview of public health challenges in San Bernardino County, CA"
Margaret Beed, MD, County Health Supervisor, San Bernardino County Health Department
- October 21 -- "Communicable diseases"
Maury Manliguis, DO, MPH, MS, Chief public health medical officer/deputy health officer, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
- October 28 -- "Environmental health in San Bernardino County"
Corwin Porter, MPH, REHS, Supervising environmental health specialist, Safe Drinking Water Program, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
- November 4 -- "The role of public health laboratories"
Roland Morales, BS, Manager, public health laboratory, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
- November 11 -- "Public health emergency preparedness"
Matt Baca, BS, Medical emergency planning specialist, Preparedness and Response Program, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
- November 18 -- "Health promotion: Lessons learned from tobacco control"
Michelle Jacknik, MSEd, CHES, Public health program manager, Health Promotion Program, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
- December 2 -- "WIC & nutrition in public health"
Betsy Cline, RD, MPH, Coordinator, WIC & Nutrition/Healthy Communities Program, San Bernardino County
Disclaimer: This schedule is subject to change.
