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.
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September 2006 Schedule
October 2006 Schedule
November 2006 Schedule
December 2006 Schedule
SEPTEMBER 14
Place and Health: conceptualizing and measurement of neighborhood environment
Irene Yen, PhD, MPH
Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF
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Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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SEPTEMBER 21
Eliminating Health Disparities: How Serious Are We?
Tony Iton, MD, JD, MPH
Alameda County, California Health Officer
Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States
View a PDF version of Tony Iton's above presentation reading article
Relation between income inequality and mortality in Canada and in the United States: cross sectional assessment using census data and vital statistics
View a PDF version of Tony Iton's above presentation reading article
Tackling the Root Causes of Health Disparities Through Community Capacity Building
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Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights Campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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SEPTEMBER 28
Sleep Disturbances in Midlife Women: Are There Ethnic Or Class Differences, Or Is It All Just Hormonal?
Kathryn A. Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor and Livingston Chair
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF
View a PDF version of Kathryn A. Lee's above presentation reading article
Causes and consequences of temporal variation in the human secondary sex ratio
Ray Catalano, PhD
Co-Director, UCSF-UCB RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights Campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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OCTOBER 5
Psychobiology writ large: Acquiring complex biological information at the population level
Lia Fernald, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Health Nutrition, UC Berkeley
Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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OCTOBER 12
Discussing work-in-progress
Wizdom Powell Hammond, PhD (Cohort 3)
Ryan A. Brown, PhD (Cohort 4)
The Masculine Role as a Moderator of Stress-Distress Relationships
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Racism as a Stressor for African Americans; A biopsychosocial model
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Masculinity Ideology and Forgiveness of Racial Discrimination among African American Men: Direct and interactive relationships
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Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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OCTOBER 19
Discussing work-in-progress
June Tester, MD (Cohort 3)
Candyce Kroenke, ScD (Cohort 3)
Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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OCTOBER 26
Imaging the Aging Brain
William Jagust, MD
Professor of Public Health and Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and prediction of dementia
View a PDF version of William Jagust's above presentation reading article
Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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NOVEMBER 2
The Role of Cardiovascular Epidemiology in Addressing Health Disparities
Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Influence of Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status on Mortality among Black, Mexican-American, and White Women and Men in the U.S.
View a PDF version of Marilyn Winkleby's above presentation reading article
The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program: An 18-Year Evaluation of a Biomedical Pipeline Program for Low-Income High School Students
View a PDF version of Marilyn Winkleby's above presentation reading article
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights Campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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NOVEMBER 9
Social Capital and Health: Economists Finally Get It
Richard Scheffler, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Health Economics &
Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center for Healthcare Markets &
Consumer Welfare
New insights into pancreatic cancer risks in a population-based case-control study
in the San Francisco Bay Area
Elizabeth Holly, PhD, MPH
Professor and Division Head
Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights Campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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NOVEMBER 16
The health impact of sleep loss and sleep disorders
Orfeu Buxton, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard University
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights Campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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NOVEMBER 30
Cognitive manifestations of social disparity: stress reactivity and decision-making in adolescence
Sara Johnson, PhD (Cohort 3)
Income and Health: Moving from Association to Causation
David Rehkopf, ScD (Cohort 4)
Location: UC San Francisco, Laurel Heights Campus
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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DECEMBER 7
Racial and ethnic disparities in use of psychiatric emergency services
Lonnie Snowden, PhD, MA
Professor, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
Unemployment and Coerced Treatment: A Test of the Intolerance Hypothesis*
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Running head: AFRICAN AMERICANS and EMERGENCY MENTAL HEATLH CARE
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Ethnic Minority Children's Use of Psychiatric Emergency Care In California's Public Mental Health System
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Location: UC Berkeley, University Hall
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
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