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March 30, 2007

Lecture Speaker Articles for April 2-6

The following lectures during the week of April 2-6 are listed on the News & Events page of the SPH website. Below are links to articles by the speakers and other resources related to lecture topics. Note that you may need University of Michigan authentication to access some of these articles through the links provided.

Please see the School of Public Health and departmental websites for further information about these events and speakers.

Ann Arbor District Library:
Bright Nights Community Forum: Women's Health & Depression
Tuesday April 3
Speaker: Sheila Marcus, MD
Panelists: Heather Flynn, PhD, Emily Gutman, LMSW, Helen Kales, MD and Yolanda Smith, MD, MS

Online Announcement and Description of event located within the University of Michigan Depression Center website.

Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant Women Screened in Obstetric Settings

Rates of Maternal Depression in Pediatric Emergency Department and Relationship to Child Service Utilization


Lecture:
A Gender Equity Perspective on Tuberculosis
Wednesday April 4
Speaker: Ann Thorson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Equity and Equality: Case Detection of Tuberculosis Among Women and Men in Vietnam


IRWG Health Speaker Series:
Sex, Gender, and Vulnerability
Thursday April 5
Speaker: Rachel Snow, D.Sc.

Population Studies Center Researcher Profile and Recent Publications


Occupational Health Speaker Series:
Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters
Friday April 6
Speaker: Dr. Stefanos Kales

Firefighters and On-Duty Deaths from Coronary Heart Disease: A Case Control Study

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Prospective Cohort Study


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March 23, 2007

Resources: Public Health Images!

Looking for photographs, maps, and other visualizations related to Public Health? These could be useful for research, presentations, course work, or viewing for personal interest. Below are several websites that contain searchable databases of images and GIS maps relevant to Public Health:

Public Health Image Library (PHIL), Centers for Disease Control

World Health Organization Public Health Mapping and GIS Map Library

Images from the History of Medicine Database, National Library of Medicine

Artwork and Photographic Images Related to Immunization, Immunization Action Coalition. This page has short descriptions of and links to some of the image websites listed above and a few other websites that have images related to immunization.

Just remember to follow applicable copyright restrictions and academic citation standards in using the images you find at these websites.

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Articles: Lecture Speakers for March 26-30

The following lectures during the week of March 26-30 are either offered at the School of Public Health or of possible interest to SPH faculty and students. Below are links to articles by the speakers on their topics. Note that you may need University of Michigan authentication to access some of these articles through the links provided.

Please see the School of Public Health and departmental websites for further information about these events and speakers.

Department of Epidemiology, Annual Blackerby Lecture:
Saliva Diagnostics and Epidemiological Research and Practice
Wednesday March 28

David T.W. Wong, D.M.D., D.MSc.

Salivary Diagnostics Powered by Nanotechnologies, Proteomics, and Genomics

Human Saliva Proteome and Transcriptome

Salivary Transcriptome Diagnostics for Oral Cancer Detection

RNA Profiling of Cell-free Saliva Using Microarray Technology


Lecture:
Neuroimaging as a Biomarker in Population-Based Studies
Thursday March 29

William Jagust, M.D.

Brain Imaging Evidence of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease in Normal Aging


Seventh Annual John Dewey Lecture:
Populism and John Dewey: Convergences and Contradictions
Thursday March 29

A Different Kind of Politics: John Dewey and the Meaning of Citizenship in the 21st Century

Civic Populism


Lecture:
Water, Climate, and Health: The Need for a Global Sustainable Supply of Safe Drinking Water
Thursday March 29

Dr. Rita R. Colwell

Effects of Global Climate on Infectious Disease: The Cholera Model

Climate and Infectious Disease: Use of Remote Sensing for Detection of Vibrio Cholerae by Indirect Measurement


Occupational Health Speaker Series:
Professional Judgment and Bayesian Methods
Friday March 30

Dr. Gurumurthy Ramachandran

Expert Judgment and Occupational Hygiene: Application to Aerosol Speciation in the Nickel Primary Production Industry

Retrospective Exposure Assessment Using Bayesian Methods


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March 09, 2007

Articles: Seminar Speakers for March 12-16

The following lectures are taking place at the School of Public Health during the week of March 12-16. Below are some resources relevant to the speakers.

Please see the School of Public Health and departmental websites for further information about these events and the speakers.

Department of Epidemiology Seminar:
The World Bank and Health Inequalities in Developing Countries
Wednesday March 14

Howard Stein, Ph.D.

Faculty Profile and Curriculum Vitae

The World Bank and the IMF in Africa: Strategy and Routine in the Generation of a Failed Agenda, by Howard Stein

An Institutional Perspective to Finance and Development as an Alternative to Financial Liberalisation, by Philip Arestis and Howard Stein

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Resources: Online Public Health Libraries

Below are links to potentially helpful websites for Public Health information. These are not homepages for governmental health agencies, nor are they homepages for public health libraries. Instead, they are websites that attempt to be actual online libraries. As such, they contain information and links that provide access to a wide variety of information of interest to Public Health students, researchers, and professionals.


Public Health's Digital Library for Seattle and King County


Internet Public Library Health and Medical Sciences section


National Library for Health (UK)

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March 08, 2007

International Women's Day: Public Health Perspectives

International Women's Day: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

"Celebrated on 8 March, International Women's Day (IWD) is the global day connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women past, present and future."

International Women's Day is celebrated as a major holiday in many countries around the world. In honor of International Women's Day, many organizations are presenting special information or resources on women's health in the field of public health. Here are a few samplings.

World Health Organization: Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General:
Podcast: http://www.who.int/about/licensing/podcast/en/index1.html
Statement: http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/statements/2007/s05/en/index.html
Department of Gender, Women and Health: http://www.who.int/gender/en/index.html

WHO: Europe: Gender and Health - International Women's Day: Ending impunity for violence against women and girls: http://www.euro.who.int/GEM/20070306_1

PAHO: Make Every Girl Count: Improving Cervical Cancer Detection: http://www.paho.org/english/ad/ge/int_women_day.htm

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism: Inside PCIJ: International Women's Day - Status of Women in the Phillipines: http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=704

United Nations: International Women's Day: Resources: http://www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2007/resources.shtml

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