Topics in Public & Ecosystem Health

Tuesdays, 4:00-5:30 PM ET, Schurman Hall, LH1 unless otherwise noted.

January 28th
Encounter & change: Integrating the arts and humanities to transform global and public health education, research, and practice 
Jeanne Moseley – Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University

February 4th
Landscapes of infection: The role of the environment in shaping host-pathogen interactions, life history, and pathogen transmission
Dr. Courtney Murdock – Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University

February 11th
Community resilience: Strategies for supporting public health and safety
Dr. Alistair Hayden – Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University

February 25th
Next-generation testing for tickborne diseases: Knowns and unknowns
Dr. Laura Goodman – Assistant Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University

March 4th
Wildlife health in the Anthropocene world
Dr. Krysten Schuler, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University

March 11th
Psychedelics and mental health: An overview of the current landscape
Dr. Alex Kwan, Associate Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

March 18th
From crisis to solutions: Building stronger public health responses
Dr. Carl Kananda, former Operations Lead for the CDC’s Crisis Communication Center; current MBA Candidate, Cornell University

*Friday, March 28th, 12:00 -2:00 PM ET in Schurman Hall, LH4*
Double-Header One Health Talks
Dr. Craig Stephen, Executive Director, McEachran Institute
“Lessons from the field for future readiness in an era of polycrisis”
Dr. Marcy Uhart, Director, Latin America Program, Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, UC Davis
“Why H1N1 avian influenza is a daring experiment in global health”
Pizza and beverages are provided when you register!

*Thursday, April 10th, 5:00 -7:00 PM ET at the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center, Banquet C, 116 E Green St, Ithaca, NY*
Book Discussion: Ripples of hope in the Mississippi Delta – Charting the health equity policy agenda
Panelists include: Jamila Michener (Moderator), Charley E. Willison, Debra Bingham, Nicole Huberfeld, Sean Eversley Bradwell, & L. Nicole Stringfellow.
The first 50 people to arrive will receive a free copy of the book. Snacks and beverages are provided!

More information here

April 22
Population Council:  Developing solutions to address pressing challenges in women’s health
Dr. Lisa Haddad, Medical Director, Center for Biomedical Research at the Population Council; Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Family Planning, Emory University School of Medicine

Thursday, April 24th, 11:05 AM ET, G10 Biotech
The future of the monarch butterfly and biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer; Professor of Journalism & Director of the Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program, New York University

Thursday, April 24th, 4:30 PM ET, Atkinson Hall 121
Science communication in the age of denialism
Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer; Professor of Journalism & Director of the Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program, New York University

May 6th
Emerging dominant variants of human metapneumovirus
Dr. Anna Wang-Erickson, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity in Children