Program Seminar Schedule

 
 
 
 

Structured seminars offer scholars an overview of the determinants of health, in-depth exposures to relevant research, and sustained experiences in an interdisciplinary research environment. Scholars will have some shared core course experience, coupled with an individualized curriculum oriented around the scholar's specific educational background and professional goals. Two seminars and one ten-week course on the "Responsible Conduct of Research" constitute the core aspects of our curricular plan.

Download the latest seminar schedule (PDF) .

If interested in attending, please contact hss@chc.ucsf.edu.

January 2008 Schedule
February 2008 Schedule
March 2008 Schedule
April 2008 Schedule

January 2008 Schedule


JANUARY 24
From society to genes: epigenetics as the missing link
Darlene Francis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Public Health, UC Berkeley

Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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JANUARY 31
Social aspects of health in Jews and Arabs in Israel
Orna Baron-Epel

Senior Lecturer
Head of Health Promotion Program
School of Public Health
Haifa University, Israel

Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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February 2008 Schedule


FEBRUARY 7
Subjective SES: What is it and does it matter?
Nancy Adler, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry Department
Director, Center for Health and Community, UCSF

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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FEBRUARY 14
From molecule to mind: stress, the brain-body connection and the social environment
Bruce McEwen, PhD
Professor, Rockefeller University
Head, Harold & Margaret Milliken Hatch
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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FEBRUARY 21
Parental Mapping of Danger: an investigation into the physical activity of children
William Satariano, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
UC Berkeley

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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FEBRUARY 28
Aging Young: the weathering of Black Americans
Arline Geronimus, ScD
Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education
Senior Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, School of Public Health
University of Michigan

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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March 2008 Schedule


MARCH 6
TOPIC: Race as a basis for understanding diseases and treatments
Jay Kaufman, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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MARCH 13

TOPIC: The scientist in the crib: how children learn
Alison Gopnik, D.Phil

Professor, Psychology Department
Director, Cognitive Development Lab, UC Berkeley

Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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April 2008 Schedule


APRIL 3
Scholar Session

TOPICS:

Needham:Gender differences in mental and physical health: are they related?
Nobles: The Social Context of Disaster Aftermath: Evidence from Indonesia


Belinda Needham, PhD
Jenna Nobles, PhD

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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APRIL 10
Scholar Session

TOPICS:

LeWinn: Does socioeconomic status modify the effect of genetic susceptibility on neurobiological correlates of emotion regulation? A pilot project

Rehkopf: Estimating the effects of fundamental causes on health: an example examining income and adolescent obesity

David Rehkopf, ScD
Kaja LeWinn, ScD

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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APRIL 17
Scholar Session

TOPICS:

Brown: Next steps: portable psychophysiology, social context, and pathways to disease

Chae: Do dimensions of racial/ethnic identity moderate the influence of racial discrimination on cardiovascular health among African American men?

Ryan Brown, PhD
David Chae, ScD

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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APRIL 24
TOPIC: Inside the black box of school-based interventions: Initial steps in assessing participatory research processes with urban teens
Emily Ozer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Community Health & Human Development
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

View a PDF version of Emily Ozer's above presentation reading article

Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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