The following are previous seminars that took place from 2009-2011:
Fall 2011
Date: September 1, 2011
Speaker/Organization: Lindsay Avner, Bright Pink, Founder and Executive Director
MCHP partnered with the UIC Center for Research on Women and Gender for this event.
Date: October 14, 2011
Title: Exploring Time Spirits: Addressing Various “-isms” in a Novel Way
Facilitators: Grace Flannery, MS, CPCC, ORSCC & Marita Fridjhon, ORSCC, MSW, PCC, CPCCS
Sponsored by: MidAmerica Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC), UIC Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND), UIC Maternal and Child Health Program, and the University of Wisconsin Pediatric Pulmonary Center (UW PCC).
Spring 2011
Date: April 26, 2011
Title: Why Religion Matters: The Connection Between Religion and Public Health
Panelists: Ayesha Akhtar, HEART Women & Girls, Co-Founder & Director of Policy and Research/ Chisina Kapungu, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology/ Rev. Kirsten Peachey, MSW, MDiv, DMin, Director, Congregational Health Partnerships, Co-Director, The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation, Advocate Health Care
Date: February 17, 2011
Title: Supporting Parent-Child Relationships: Opportunities for Promoting Future Mental Health
Speaker: Nikki Lively, MA, LCSW, Psychiatric Social Worker, UIC Department of Psychiatry
Click here for the powerpoint presentation and an audio recording of the presentation.
Date: March 14, 2011
Subject: Breastfeeding and Autism
Speaker(s): Ruth Lucas, LEND Fellow and Doctoral Candidate in Nursing
Fall 2010
Date: September 15, 2010
Title: Children’s Savings Accounts – Creating Financial Stability for Illinois’ Children
Speaker: Chris Giangreco, Senior Policy Associate, Heartland Alliance Needs & Human Rights
Date: November 10, 2010
Title: Dancing Around the Body: Sex, Gender, and Intersexuality
Speaker: Georgiann Davis, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: November 17, 2010
Title: Moments in Leadership: Grand Rounds Series
Speaker: Missy Lavender, MBA, Founder, Women’s Health Foundation
Sponsored by: MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice and Pfizer Public Health Group
Co-sponsored by: UIC School of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program
Date: December 1, 2010
Title: Moments in Leadership: Grand Rounds Series
Speaker:Michael A. McAfee, Ed.D., Community and Economic Development Professional
Sponsored by: MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice and Pfizer Public Health Group
Co-sponsored by: UIC School of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program
Disclaimer: Dr. McAfee is not representing HUD. Views expressed during his presentation are his personal views and does not represent the views of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Spring 2010
Date: May 10, 2010
Title: Women Participants in Real Health Care Solutions: The Illinois Women’s Health Registry
Speaker: Sarah Bristol-Gould, PhD, Director of Research Programs, Institute for Women's Health Research at Northwestern University
Date: April 30, 2010
Title: Community Recommendations for Reducing Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality: an Application of Concept Mapping
Speaker: Laurin Kasehagen, MA, PhD, Senior MCH Epidemiologist/CDC Assignee to CityMatCH
Date: April 13, 2010
Title: Maternal and Child Health in Palestinian Territory
Speaker: Dr. Hani Mahdi, Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University of Gaza, UIC School of Public Health Visiting Scholar, sponsored by AMIDEAST and Soros Open Society Institute
Date: March 10, 2010
Title: Documentary Screening: The Chicago Maternity Center Story
Date: March 3, 2010
Speaker: Ashley Dyer, Maternal and Child Health MPH Candidate 2011
Title: Martha May Eliot: Life and Legacy
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