Events
IPHAM Webinars
The IPHAM Webinar Series is a weekly public health webinar held on Thursdays at 12 PM Central.
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December 2, 2021: "Tai Chi for Whole Person Health and Healthy Aging" with Peter M. Wayne, PhD
This presentation will introduce Tai Chi mind-body exercise as a multimodal intervention that is well-positioned to support integrative medicine’s goal of addressing whole person health. It will summarize evidence for its benefits related to fall prevention, mobility, cognition, and management of pain in older adults, as well as the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed clinical benefits.
Speaker:
Peter M. Wayne, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Peter Wayne, PhD, is the Bernard Osher Associate Professor of Medicine in the Field of Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, jointly based HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The primary focus of Dr. Wayne’s research is evaluating how complementary and integrative therapies clinically impact aging and chronic health conditions, and understanding the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed therapeutic effects. Dr. Wayne has more than 40 years of training experience in Tai Chi and Qigong, and is an internationally recognized teacher of these practices.
This webinar part of the Osher Center Grand Rounds, which is a collaboration between IPHAM and the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University.
December 9, 2021: "Synaptic Tau Mislocalization and Pathologic TDP43 in the Development of Memory Impairment" with Margaret E. Flanagan, MD
This presentation describes work that explores relevant synaptic tau and TDP43 associated inflammatory changes in the development of dementia utilizing comprehensively clinically and neuropathologically characterized human brain autopsy samples. The research approaches emphasize the importance of utilizing biospecimens and data from epidemiologic cohorts for the identification and delineation of disease mechanisms in the development of memory impairment.
Speaker:
Margaret E. Flanagan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Northwestern Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Neuropathology Core Leader
Director of the Nun Study
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Margaret Flanagan is a board certified in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology and actively participates in the neurosurgical, neuromuscular, and brain autopsy clinical services. She has substantial experience in biospecimen banking and diagnostic neurodegenerative neuropathology and serves as the Neuropathology Core Leader for Northwestern University's federally funded Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Her professional goal is to identify and delineate pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying dementia to allow future development of diagnostic, and more importantly, therapeutic interventions.
This webinar is part of the Translational Applications in Public Health mini-series, which is a collaboration between IPHAM and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute.
December 16, 2021: "Transforming Prevention of Heart Failure: A Risk-Based Paradigm" with Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc
In this presentation, we will discuss:
- Increasing trends in morbidity and mortality related to HF in the US and globally
- Poor survival rates with a 5-year case fatality rate of 50% once HF develops
- A new prevention paradigm focusing on risk-based approaches to study implementation of prevention strategies
Speaker:
Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Khan is an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology and of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology at Northwestern University. Her lab utilizes various research methods to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction and to identify novel therapeutic agents for cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment.
This webinar is part of the Translational Applications in Public Health mini-series, which is a collaboration between IPHAM and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute.
Upcoming Events
Nov
29
IPR Colloquium: D. Mroczek (Psychology/IPR) - Personality Traits and Toleration of Neuropathology in Older Adulthood
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Personality Traits and Toleration of Neuropathology in Older Adulthood"*
by Dan Mroczek, Professor of Psychology and IPR Associate
*This is a presentation of work in progress.
Register to attend online.
Dec
02
Legal and Ethical Issues in End-of-life Care in the Emergency Department - Arthur Derse
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP
Professor and Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Legal and Ethical Issues in End-of-life Care in the Emergency Department
Emergency medical professionals who care for patients with end-of-life illnesses are often faced with ethical dilemmas that may have accompanying legal implications. This talk will cover the issues of consensus and controversy, including myths and pitfalls.
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Dec
02
Tai Chi for Whole Person Health and Healthy Aging
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This presentation will introduce Tai Chi mind-body exercise as a multimodal intervention that is well-positioned to support integrative medicine s goal of addressing whole person health. It will summarize evidence for its benefits related to fall prevention, mobility, cognition, and management of pain in older adults, as well as the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed clinical benefits.
Speaker:
Peter M. Wayne, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Peter Wayne, PhD, is the Bernard Osher Associate Professor of Medicine in the Field of Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, jointly based HMS and Brigham and Women s Hospital. The primary focus of Dr. Wayne s research is evaluating how complementary and integrative therapies clinically impact aging and chronic health conditions, and understanding the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed therapeutic effects. Dr. Wayne has more than 40 years of training experience in Tai Chi and Qigong, and is an internationally recognized teacher of these practices.
This webinar part of the Osher Center Grand Rounds, which is a collaboration between IPHAM and the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University.
For more public health news, events, and announcements, visit the IPHAM website: https://feinberg.northwestern.edu/ipham
Dec
03
Global Health Day 2021
Online - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us online for the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health's annual Global Health Day on Friday, December 3rd. Global Health Day is an exciting opportunity to draw together global health researchers, educators, and students to celebrate and discover more about global health research, education, and outreach efforts throughout Northwestern, Chicago, and beyond.
This year is especially thrilling as we celebrate the news of Northwestern University Trustees and alumni Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan and their historic gift to endow the newly named Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health.
Poster and Presentation Showcase
9:00 - 10:15a.m. CST
Learn more about the global health projects and efforts of our students, faculty, community members and partners by exploring our online poster and presentation breakout room sessions. Attendees will be able to self-select a breakout room as well as move freely among rooms as they wish.
Featured Speakers
10:15 -11:45a.m. CST
Plenary 1
10:15 - 11:00a.m. CST
Maria Oden, PhD
Queen Dube, MD
Maria Oden, PhD is the co-Director of the Rice 360 Institute for Global Health and the Director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen at Rice University. She has 25 years of combined academic, research, and clinical experience in biomedical engineering and engineering design. This solid background has been foundational to her leadership in biomedical engineering and use of engineering education to teach students to identify, innovate, and build devices and technologies that solve real-world problems. Since joining Rice University in 2004, Oden has applied her experiences as a senior research associate at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and a faculty member at the UT Health Science Center at Houston, to cultivate and orchestrate award-winning engineering design programs for the students of Rice s George R. Brown School of Engineering, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, School of Humanities, and the Rice 360 Institute for Global Health.
Queen Dube, MD serves as the Chief of Health Services of the Ministry of Health, Malawi. She is a consultant pediatrician and clinical epidemiologist. Prior to her appointment as Chief of Health Services for Malawi s Ministry of Health, Dr. Dube was the head of the department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, the largest tertiary hospital in Malawi. Dr. Dube has worked with the Ministry of Health, Saving Newborn Lives, WHO, Pediatrics and Child Health association of Malawi, and UNICEF to improve the quality of newborn care in district hospitals and to improve the quality of care for the small and sick newborn in Malawi. She has identified challenges in neonatal care, developed and implemented new technical solutions at various Malawian hospitals. She has also worked with Ministries of Health in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Ethiopia to improve the quality of care for the newborns and children in the respective countries through development of national strategies and trainings.
Both Oden and Dube serve as co-principal investigators on NEST360, a multi-institutional initiative to halve in-patient neonatal mortality in Africa.
Plenary 2: Equitable Access for Innovation in Global Health
11:00 - 11:45a.m. CST
Louis Pizarro, MD, MSc, MBA
Louis Pizarro is Team Lead at Unitaid, which works with partner organizations to leverage innovation for global health. He is particularly engaged in HIV treatment, long acting treatments, reproductive health and equitable access. He previously worked at Solthis, an NGO working on health system strengthening in Africa, first as Head of Mission in Niger - where he supported the Nigerian government in the establishment of the National Program for Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment, then as CEO beginning in 2006.
Louis Pizarro is the scientific advisor for the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po) and also teaches global health and development at La Sorbonne. He was the founder of the think tank Sant Mondiale 2030 and the leader of Coordination Sud's health commission and Board member of Sidaction.
Aside from his medical training, he holds a degree in Political Sciences from Sciences Po and a Health MBA from EHESP/LSE/ESCP Europe.
Closing Remarks
11:45 - 12:00p.m. CST
We will be gathering virtually via Zoom, and registration is required in order to attend. The event is free, open to the public, and available online.
Dec
06
IPR Colloquium: R. Seligman (IPR/Anthropology) - The Costs and Benefits of “Psychiatrization”
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"The Costs and Benefits of Psychiatrization : Working-Class Mexican American Mothers Experiences of Mental Healthcare-Seeking for their Adolescents"*
by Rebecca Seligman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and IPR Fellow
*This is a presentation of work in progress.
Register to attend online.
Dec
07
ARCC 2022 Seed Grant Info Webinar
Online - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC)/Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) in partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NHM) will fund Community Research Capacity-Building & Partnership Development Seed Grants that support the development of community research capacity and partnerships that engage Chicagoland communities and stakeholders most impacted by health inequities in research collaboration with Northwestern research teams to improve health and equity.
More info: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cch/get-support/arcc/arcc-seed-grants.html
This webinar will provide background on the seed grant program, focus, review criteria, and best practices from previous rounds.
Register here.
Questions: ARCC@northwestern.edu
If you are unable to join the webinar, a recording and slides will be posted on the ARCC website soon after.
Background: Established in 2008, the Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) supports authentic community-academic research partnerships between Chicagoland communities and Northwestern University that benefit the people being researched and improve health and equity. ARCC advocates for a collaborative approach to research that honors, is driven by, and shares power with communities, as local, cultural, and lived experience experts. ARCC is guided by our Community-Academic Steering Committee comprised of thirteen community-and faith-based organizations, two public agencies, and eleven Northwestern faculty and staff. ARCC is a program of the Center for Community Health serving Northwestern s Institute for Public Health & Medicine (IPHAM) and the Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Science (NUCATS) Institute.
Dec
09
Synaptic Tau Mislocalization and Pathologic TDP43 in the Development of Memory Impairment
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This presentation describes work that explores relevant synaptic tau and TDP43 associated inflammatory changes in the development of dementia utilizing comprehensively clinically and neuropathologically characterized human brain autopsy samples. The research approaches emphasize the importance of utilizing biospecimens and data from epidemiologic cohorts for the identification and delineation of disease mechanisms in the development of memory impairment.
Speaker:
Margaret E. Flanagan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Northwestern Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Neuropathology Core Leader
Director of the Nun Study
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Margaret Flanagan is a board certified in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology and actively participates in the neurosurgical, neuromuscular, and brain autopsy clinical services. She has substantial experience in biospecimen banking and diagnostic neurodegenerative neuropathology and serves as the Neuropathology Core Leader for Northwestern University's federally funded Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Her professional goal is to identify and delineate pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying dementia to allow future development of diagnostic, and more importantly, therapeutic interventions.
This webinar is part of the Translational Applications in Public Health mini-series, which is a collaboration between IPHAM and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute.
For more public health news, events, and announcements, visit the IPHAM website: https://feinberg.northwestern.edu/ipham
Dec
16
Transforming Prevention of Heart Failure: A Risk-Based Paradigm
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In this presentation, we will discuss:
- Increasing trends in morbidity and mortality related to HF in the US and globally
- Poor survival rates with a 5-year case fatality rate of 50% once HF develops
- A new prevention paradigm focusing on risk-based approaches to study implementation of prevention strategies
Speaker:
Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Khan is an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology and of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology at Northwestern University. Her lab utilizes various research methods to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction and to identify novel therapeutic agents for cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment.
This webinar is part of the Translational Applications in Public Health mini-series, which is a collaboration between IPHAM and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute.
For more public health news, events, and announcements, visit the IPHAM website: https://feinberg.northwestern.edu/ipham
Jan
06
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Jan
13
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Jan
20
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Jan
27
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Feb
03
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Feb
10
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Feb
17
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Feb
24
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Mar
03
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Mar
10
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Mar
17
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Mar
24
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Mar
31
The Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker/Topic TBA
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.