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Interested in video production? The CPHI is sponsoring the Public Health Category of the Sparky Awards!
Information sharing can be a vital tool in helping to address complex problems that challenge society - like disease, hunger, global warming, and economic disparity. The sharing of ideas gives us ways to discover, collaborate, and create in unprecedented ways. For the Public Health Category of the 2009 Sparky Awards at Penn, please submit a short 2 minute (or less) video, which innovatively illustrates the value of information sharing to the field of Public Health. For more information, please go to www.cphi.upenn.edu/2009VideoContest.shtml. |
Events |
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9/23/09 @ 6p
Wednesday |
"No Family History: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer": discussion and book signing
Location: Penn Bookstore (36th and Walnut)
The Penn Bookstore will be hosting a discussion and signing with Dr. Sabrina McCormick next Wednesday, September 23 at 6PM. Sabrina will be here discussing her book "No Family History: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer" |
9/24/09 @ 8:30a
Thursday |
Physical Activity, Diet & Risk of Alzheimer Disease: Journal Club with Dr. Apostoles
Location: Biomedical Research Building Conference Room 1413
RSVP: Zainab.Walker@uphs.upenn.edu
The Occupational Medicine Residency Program will hold Journal Club and Grand Rounds sessions on Thursday, September 24th & Friday September 25th.
Grand Rounds - CO Pathophysiology, Stephen Thom, MD, PhD, Chief, Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Univ of Penn Medical Center |
9/24/09 @ 8p
Thursday |
FIESTA UTZ! Fundraiser to benefit The Hospitalito Atitlán in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala
Location: Harnwell College House, Rooftop Lounge (Penn card holders only)
Admission/donation: $10
(Proceeds benefit the construction of the New Hospitalito Atitlán.)
In honor of the Tz'utujil people of Santiago Atiltán, Guatemala, The University of Pennsylvania Guatemala Health Initiative Cordially invites you to: FIESTA UTZ! A student-driven fundraiser to benefit The Hospitalito Atitlán in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. Featuring special guest: Dr. Juan Manuel Chuc, from the hospitalito.
Latin Food, Performances by student groups, Salsa Lesson, Dancing with DJ Rico |
9/25/09 @ 8:30a
Friday |
Location: Biomedical Research Building Conference Room 1413
RSVP: Zainab.Walker@uphs.upenn.edu
The Occupational Medicine Residency Program will hold Journal Club and Grand Rounds sessions on Thursday, September 24th & Friday September 25th. 9:30am-10:30am
Grand Rounds – Occupational Orthopedics Injuries & Fracture Care with Steven Apostoles, MD, MPH, OM Resident |
10/7/09 @ 4p
Wednesday |
Visual Legal Advocacy and the Creative Use of Video by Law Students
Location: Class of 1962 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
RSVP at cphi@pobox.upenn.edu
This event is part of the Center for Public Health Initiative's 2009-2010 Seminar Series "Creative Action: the Arts in Public Health"
Featured Speaker: Regina Austin, JD, William A. Schnader Professor of Law, PennLaw. The seminar series is co-sponsored by Arts and the City Year, Civic House, VA CHERP, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy
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10/8/09 @ 4:30p
Thursday |
Drexel Grand Rounds - A Look at the Issue of Asians and Gambling with Dr. Timothy Fong
Location: Geary A Auditorium, New College Building, Drexel University, 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia
Timothy Fong, MD, Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA. Dr. Fong is Co-Director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program; Director, UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship; Director, UCLA Addiction Medicine Clinic, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.
The Drexel-Health Partners Grand Rounds Lecture Series is an exciting series of talks and discussions concerning local, national and international issues in public health practice and research. Previous speakers have included the Massachusetts’ Secretary of Health & Human Services, officials from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Philadelphia Health Commissioner. These lectures provide an excellent opportunity for the Philadelphia community to keep informed and share insights about public health and medicine in a collegial atmosphere. Continuing Medical Education credits are available. |
10/9/09
Friday |
Penn CIGHT 2nd Annual Symposium - Is Personalized Medicine in Your Future?
Location: Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut Street
Penn Faculty Speakers: Joseph Cappella PhD; Srah Gollust PhD; Caryn Lerman PhD; Katrina Armstrong MD MSCE; Kate Nathanson MD; Chanita Hughes-Halbert PhD; Ruth Schwartz Cowan PhD; Reed Pyeritz MD PhD; Barbara Bernhardt MS CGC; Joseph McInerney MS CGC |
10/12/09 @ 3p
Monday |
InterAction: Theatre-based Workshops Engaging Youth in Violence Prevention
Location: Terrace Room, Cohen Hall
RSVP at cphi@pobox.upenn.edu
This event is part of the Center for Public Health Initiative's 2009-2010 Seminar Series "Creative Action: the Arts in Public Health"
Featured Artist: Interact Theatre Company.
This event is co-sponsored by University Life (VPUL) Arts Initiative. The seminar series is co-sponsored by Arts and the City Year, Civic House, VA CHERP, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy
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10/13/09 @ 6:30p
Tuesday |
Reproductive Justice Ambassadors Tour
Location: The Family Planning Council; 260 South Broad Street, Suite 1000
RSVP: Katy Zeh at kzeh@genderhealth.org
The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) and the Family Planning Council invite you to a panel discussion: Reproductive Justice Ambassadors Tour
Women and girls in developing countries face a constellation of reproductive health challenges: high levels of unmet need for family planning, high rates of unintended pregnancies and maternal death, and a burgeoning HIV and AIDS pandemic. Panelists will discuss why investing in comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is urgently needed and how the U.S. can strengthen holistic, human rights-based care overseas that breaks down the divisions among HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and maternal and child health. |
10/30/09 @ 9-12p
Friday |
A Roundtable Discussion on the Health of Immigrant Communities in Philadelphia
Location: Irvine Auditorium
RSVP at cphi@pobox.upenn.edu
Come share information about your program, best practices, challenges, and needs. Learn more about what a variety of organizations are doing and network with leaders in the immigrant health community! All are invited to attend and share their perspectives on how to improve the health and well-being of immigrant communities in the City and its surrounding areas.
Hosted by the Center for Public Health Initiatives and the Philadelphia Migration Project. Co-sponsors include: Philadelphia Department of Public Health; Nationalities Service Center; Penn Institute for Urban Research; Metropolis International; Mayor's Office of Multicultural Affairs. |
Public Health Opportunities |
Conferences |
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October 6-7 |
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October 8 |
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November 5-7 |
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November 7 |
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November 7-11 |
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December 3 |
2009 Annual CPHI Retreat
(More information will be available soon) |
April 7-10, 2010 |
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May 10, 2010 |
College of Physicians Public Health Poster Session (More information to come) |
Miscellaneous |
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December 5 |
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May 31, 2010 |
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