Community-Engaged STEM Research Seminar Series
2023-2024 Seminar Schedule
Tuesday, September 19th at 12 pm
General Information Session
Smilow 11-146AB
Lori Flanagan-Cato, PhD & Erin Purvis, PhD Candidate
Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Arts & Sciences
PhD Candidate, Neuroscience Graduate Group
Tuesday, October 17th at 12 pm
Community Engagement and Higher Education: Penn as a Case Study
Smilow 11-146AB
Ira Harkavy, PhD
Founding Director and Associate Vice President, Netter Center for Community Partnerships
Tuesday, November 7th at 12 pm
Breaking barriers by allowing students to BECOME the scientist, not just learn from them. The pillars to engaging K-12 students and the programs you can get involved in today.
Smilow 11-146AB
Jamie Shuda, PhD
Director of Outreach, Education and Research at Penn Medicine
Tuesday, December 12th at 12 pm
Educational Pipeline Program & Culinary Medicine
Smilow 9-146AB
Horace Delisser, MD - Slides
Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Wednesday, January 24th at 3 pm
Building advocacy into your career
Biomedical Research Building 1412
Cindy Christinan, MD
Associate Dean for Community Engagement, Perelman School of Medicine
Wednesday, February 21st at 3 pm
Social determinants of health
Biomedical Research Building 1412
Heather Klusaritz, PhD, MSW - Slides
Director of Community Engagement, Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives
Wednesday, March 13th at 3 pm
The Prison Teaching Project
Biomedical Research Building 253
Mona Merling, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Wednesday, April 24th at 3 pm