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Muhlenberg College
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Health, Medicine, and Society
2021 National Public Health Week
Peter S. Hagerman '61 Lecture in Ethics - The Huge Ethical Challenges of Vaccines to Prevent Covid-19
Dr. Arthur Caplan
Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics
Lecture Description
The USA bet heavily on vaccination to resolve the Covid-19 pandemic. And in many ways this strategy is proving successful as vaccine development and rollouts are being achieved at very rapid rates. Still well over 525,000 Americans died from Covid and many more were sickened, hospitalized or sustained long-term organic damage. Was the rollout of vaccines fast enough? Should other strategies have been pursued in addition to vaccination. What was the basis for the emergency authorization of vaccines in the USA? How has emergency authorization impacted future vaccine research? Why was the initial vaccine rollout so confusing and what did it tell us about rationing in America? When ought the USA and other nations feel obligated to share vaccines with other nations? And can vaccines ever be mandated for those who refuse them?
Starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen
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Africana Studies
Asian Studies
Cognitive Science
Environmental Studies
Film and Documentary Studies
Global Studies
Health, Medicine, and Society
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Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Department of Theatre and Health, Medicine, and Society Program present
Vamping
Solo performance by Kali Quinn
facilitator of compassionate creativity
intergernational dialogue and
ensemble-based physical theater
When wheel-chair bound Eleanor moves into a nursing home, her world beings to shift into other realities and fantasies. A remarkable emotional journey from 2007 to 1917 and back that asks: Who are you if you can't remember who you have been?"
Co-sponsors: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Center for Ethics*
*The Center for Ethics is funded in part by the ENDOWMENT FUND for the TEACHING of ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING.
Office of Interdisciplinary Programs - incasip@lehigh.edu
As part of Health, Medicine and Society's celebration of National Public Health Week.
Health Equity Lecture American Public Health Association (APHA) Live Screening
As part of Health, Medicine, and Society's celebration of National Public Health Week a Career in Health Panel Discussion will Featuring multiple health professionals from different health fields. This panel will provide advice and perspectives on pursuing a career in health. Students will have an opportunity to network with panelists during refreshments after the panel.
Panelist include:
Dr. Marilyn Gorney-Daley, DO, MPH ‘88
Medical Director of Maternal and Child Health Service
New Jersey Department of Health
B.A. Biology, Lehigh University ‘88
Theresa Elko, MPAS, PA-C ‘12
Clinical Research Physician Assistant, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
B.S. Behavioral Neuroscience, Lehigh University ‘12
M.S. Physician Assistant Studies, Hofstra University ‘14
Lauren Dennelly, MSW, LCSW
Behavioral Health Specialist
Lehigh Valley Health Network
B.A. Psychology, Muhlenberg College ‘06
MSW Marywood University ‘08Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Ph.D. candidate (anticipated graduation ‘21)
Emily Moriarty, M.Ed. '16G
Psychotherapist, Allentown Women’s Center
B.A. Political Science, Auburn University ‘10
M.Ed. Counseling and Human Services, Lehigh University ‘16
Peter Navario, Ph.D., MPH ‘96
Executive Director, HealthRight International
Director of Global Health Strategy & Clinical Associate Professor
College of Global Public Health, New York University
B.A. Lehigh University ‘96
MPH Yale University ‘03
Ph.D. University of Cape Town ‘10
As part of Health, Medicine, and Society's celebration of National Public Health Week, Whitney Witt, Inaugural Dean and Professor of the College of Health, will be sharing her working vision for the College.
2018 National Public Health Week
DNP Idaho State University '17 (Doctor of Nursing Practice)
2018 National Public Health Week
2018 National Public Health Week
- Pizza and Beverages will be served
- Winning group will receive a special outing TBD
- Individual to answer the most questions correctly receives $25 Saxby’s Gift Card
2018 National Public Health Week
Department of English and Health, Medicine and Society
You Like Horror Stories and You Want to be a Doctor: Zombies, Horror and General Narratives as Remedies for the Malaise of Modern Medical Education
Laura Katz Olson, Professor of Political Science, Lehigh University
ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks
101 Founder's Way, Bethlehem
Interested in an HMS Major?
Health, Medicine and Society
Tuesday, May 2 @ 4:10 pm
Williams Hall, Roemmele Global Commons
Ice Cream Social
Announcement ofHMS Student Achievement Award Winners!
Attend our information session on March 6th at 4:30pm in MG111
STEM Community Alumnus Talk
Julia Klees, MD, MPH
BASF Corporation
February 3, 2017
5 to 7 pm
Taylor Hall, Blue Lounge
For more information on Dr. Klees, click here...
World Cancer Day Forum and it is going to be held at Lamberton Hall on Wednesday, February 1st from 6-8pm. From 6-6:30 there will be refreshments and the opportunity for students, staff and community members to learn more about ACS.
There will be three speakers –
1) Our local ACS CAN grassroots manager on advocacy and policy
2) Dr. Rohatgi from Easton Hospital, an oncologist and breast surgeon, on his role as an oncologist and cancer prevention, and
3) Dr. Perl from UPenn on his research on acute myelogenous leukemia
Priyokti Rana (‘18), IDEAS Program
Carrie Rich ('07) will share her personal values as well as how she created a career to reflect those values. Rich will give an overview of The Global Good Fund, a nonprofit organization built by and for social entrepreneurs based on the belief that growing leaders is the most effective strategy for solving complex social problems and achieving global good. Rich will explain the role of health at The Global Good Fund. The lecture will conclude with a conversation about the individual health of the social entrepreneur.
Rich is the former Senior Director of Vision Translation at Inova Health System. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University. Rich is co-author, of “Sustainability for Healthcare Management: A Leadership Imperative."
She is the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, recipient of the POLITICO Women Who Rule Award, Washington Business Journal 40 under 40, and Entrepreneur.com Top 30 Start-ups to Watch.
Co-sponsors: Health, Medicine & Society, Science, Technology & Society and the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation.
Interdisciplinary Academic Programs Welcome Back Mixer
Meets 5 x 10 Professional Growth and Success Requirement
Academic Programs
Africana Studies • Global Studies • Classical Studies Cognitive Science • Environmental Studies • Asian Studies Global Citizenship • Science, Technology & Society Health, Medicine & Society • American Studies Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies • Jewish Studies Sustainable Development • Latin American Studies
NEW STUDENTS learn how interdisciplinary studies can enhance your academic goals and declare a major or a minor
CURRENT STUDENTS re-connect with classmates and faculty
FACULTY an opportunity to meet students and answer questions
Light Refreshments Served
Announcing HMS Student Achievement Award Winners!
Public Health Week
American Heart is a documentary about trauma, refugee resettlement, and healthcare in the U. S. Seven years in the making, this award-winning documentary takes viewers on an intimate journey into the lives of three refugees who now call America home. We get a glimpse of the failing health and remarkable lives of Thor Lem, a former political prisoner from Cambodia; Patrick Junior, a member of an oppressed ethnic minority in Burma; and Alex Gliptis, an Ethiopian refugee suffering from PTSD, diabetes and HIV. The health care challenges they face are made more complicated by the trauma they carry from the past. This window into the lives of refugees became a timely counter narrative when refugee resettlement emerged as a hot-button issue in politics and the media in late 2015.
Question and Answer period following with Chris Newberry, filmmaker.
Snacks provided.
Co-sponsors:Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Global Studies and Africana Studies.
Wednesday, April 6th from 5-7 PM, Peer Health will be hosting Simon Says Game Time at the President's House during National Public Health Week.
Stop by for free food, a free tank top (to the first 250 attendees), twister, badminton, four square, hop scotch, and more! You will have the opportunity to take your picture with President Simon from 5-6 PM. Then, you will have the opportunity to play trivia from 6-7 PM on a team against President Simon, Provost Farrell, Vice Provost Smeaton, and Vice President for Finance and Administration Patricia A. Johnson. T
his event is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences: Health, Medicine, and Society, College of Engineering: Health Systems Engineering, College of Business & Economics: Economics, and the College of Education: Education and Human Services.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Rachel Sholder, President of Peer Health Group, ros316@lehigh.edu.
Public Health Week
Careers in Health Panel, featuring multiple health professionals from different health fields, many of whom are Lehigh alumni. This panel will provide advice and perspectives on pursing a career in health.
Zahir Carrington, LU, BA ‘10, Sociology and Anthropology/MA ‘12, Sociology
Medical Device Sales Representative, Olympus (NYC territory)
Bonnie Coyle, M.D. , PSU ‘84, Nutrition Science/Jefferson, MS-University of Maryland,
Health MS Public Health Director of Community Health, St. Luke’s and Adjunct Professor, Lehigh University
Alexandra Kamler, NYU, Gallatin School of Individualized Study ‘12 /Columbia, MPH ‘15
Research Associate, New York Academy of Medicine in the Center for Evaluation and Applied Research
Danielle Popow, LU, BA ‘12, Sociology and History
Research Partnerships Officer, Michael J. Fox Foundation
Katie Zabronsky, LU, BA ‘14, Journalism/HMS & Sociology minors/MA ‘15 Politics & Policy
Junior Associate, Rabin Martin, Global Health Strategy Firm, New York City
Andrea Lebron Rodriguez, LU, BA ‘15, Global Studies
Pursuing MPH, Columbia University
Katie Wich, LU, BA ‘98, Anthropology/MA ‘04 International Service
Senior Associate, The Food Trust, Philadelphia
Public Health Week
“Unpacking the Association between Stress During Pregnancy and Risk for Postpartum Depression”
Dr. Chris Burke, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
From physical strain to financial concerns to questioning one’s ability to be a good mother, pregnancy is a stressful time for many women. Research shows that higher levels of stress during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk for postpartum depression, but the reasons for this connection are not well understood. In this talk, Professor Burke presents two community-based longitudinal studies testing potential mechanisms. The first study investigates how negative reactivity to motherhood-related social support contributes to daily distress and postpartum depressive symptoms. The second study examines how two hormones – cortisol and estradiol – influence the carryover of distress from one day to the next during pregnancy and, in turn, postpartum depressive symptoms. Burke will finish by discussing plans for a third project aimed at understanding the stress of pregnancy from the perspective of women in the South Bethlehem community.
Bring your own lunch. Beverages and dessert provided.
“Selecting a Good Health Volunteer Program: What to Look For”
Dr. Judith N. Lasker Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Dr. Judith N. Lasker, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will discuss her research on global health volunteering. Based on extensive interviews, surveys, and participant research in two programs, she has developed a set of recommendations for how potential volunteers can choose the best programs. Her research and recommendations are in a newly published book called “Hoping to Help: the Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering”, Cornell University Press.
Bring your own lunch. Beverages provided.
Humanities Center "Relative" Series
Co-sponsors: Women, Gender & Sexuality and Health, Medicine & Society
Oceans and Human Health
Study in Bermuda - Summer 2016 Term!
Attend One of the Information Sessions Offered!
Thursday, February 4, 2016 12:00 PM or 4:00 PM in Williams Hall 080
Dates of the Program Sunday 5/22/2016 until Saturday 6/11/2016 (3 weeks total)
The world’s oceans affect human health in many ways: they provide food and water to human populations; they are a point of exposure to pollutants, toxins, and diseases; and they provide pharmaceuticals and animals used in biomedical research. This course explores the interactions between oceans and human health. You will learn more about both human health issues and marine science, by studying the ways in which they intersect. You will gain an understanding of the major risks and benefits of our interactions with the ocean and will be introduced to technologies used to assess risk and to realize potential benefits. The course is based at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and you will have the opportunity to explore the beautiful beaches and fascinating history of the isolated island nation of Bermuda.
Course Description: Study of ocean processes affecting human health and the contribution of marine organisms to medicine and research. Lectures, labs and fieldwork emphasize risks and benefits of our interactions with the ocean, and related research technologies.
Cost and Financial Aid Options: The total cost for the 3-week program is $5750*. This includes tuition for 4 Lehigh credits ($2760) and all expenses on the ground in Bermuda, including all meals, accommodations, ocean excursions and snorkeling trips, ground transportation and field trips, lab fees and coursework, etc.. We will stay on the beautiful campus of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and a course outline and schedule can be provided upon request. We hope to accommodate all interested students regardless of financial need: various options for significant levels of financial aid are available, especially for students with demonstrated financial need.
For more information contact Prof. Mark Orrs mao312@lehigh.edu or Prof. Kelly Austin kfa212@lehigh.edu
Fall 2015
Oceans and Human Health
Dates of the Program Sunday 5/22 until Saturday 6/11 (3 weeks total)
The world’s oceans affect human health in many ways: they provide food and water to human populations; they are a point of exposure to pollutants, toxins, and diseases; and they provide pharmaceuticals and animals used in biomedical research. This course explores the interactions between oceans and human health. You will learn more about both human health issues and marine science, by studying the ways in which they intersect. You will gain an understanding of the major risks and benefits of our interactions with the ocean and will be introduced to technologies used to assess risk and to realize potential benefits. The course is based at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and you will have the opportunity to explore the beautiful beaches and fascinating history of the isolated island nation of Bermuda.
Course description: Study of ocean processes affecting human health and the contribution of marine organisms to medicine and research. Lectures, labs and fieldwork emphasize risks and benefits of our interactions with the ocean, and related research technologies.
For more information contact Prof. Mark Orrs mao312@lehigh.edu or Prof. Kelly Austin kfa212@lehigh.edu
Intern with Pathways Development Initiative (PDI)!
• Fully funded 8 week internship from early June—early August 2016
• Live with the Zaale family in beautiful Bududa, Uganda nestled in the Mt. Elgon region
• Intern with PDI in a number of possible capacities:
• Work for the PDI Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA), gathering data on savings and investments from local chapters, interviewing VSLA members for success stories and challenges, teaching local community members about the value of saving and investing in income-generating activities.
• Work at PDI Education Center teaching basic lessons to 5-9 year olds in English on reading, writing, math, art, and public health.
• Develop and implement health education on topics such as hygiene and hand washing, malaria prevention, HIV prevention and awareness, dental hygiene, and diarrhea to primary and secondary school children.
• Undergraduate students from any academic background are welcome!
Women, Gender & Sexuality and The Women’s Center
Co-Sponsors: Africana Studies; Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Programs and International Initiatives; Center for Community Engagement; Dialogue Center; Health, Medicine & Society; Humanities Center; MLK Committee; Office of Academic Diversity; Office of Gender Violence, Education and Support; Office of Multicultural Affairs; and The Pride Center
"Understanding Reproductive Justice in the 21st Century"
Loretta Ross
Co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong
Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
Pre-event reception 6:30 p.m.
OFYE - 5 x 10 program for professional growth and success
Summer 2015
The six participating centers in the CHCI Mellon-funded Medical Humanities project will be hosting a summer institute on medical humanities at Dartmouth, July 12-14, 2015.
This institute is designed to provide an opportunity for all CHCI members interested in the medical humanitiesto meet and share ideas about research and curricular innovations in the medical humanities.
The institute is designed to foster conversation, with a primary goal of extending the network of practitionersin the medical humanities beyond the six centers directly engaged in the Mellon project.
A registration fee of $100 covers housing and meals during the two and a half days of the meeting.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis until the available spaces are filled.
For further details about the content of the institute, confirmed speakers, and how to register, please
visit the CHCI Medical Humanities wordpress site.
Here is the link: https://chcimedicalhumanities.wordpress.com/
(For future reference, the link is also posted on the CHCI website under Member News.)
Questions can be directed to John McGowan at jpm@email.unc.edu
Spring 2015
Panel Discussion
Featuring multiple health professionals from different health fields, many of whom are Lehigh alumni. This panel will provide advice and perspectives on pursing a career in health.
Rheumatology Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Panel Discussion
Cathy A. Coyne, PhD, MPH
Senior Community Health Scientist
Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Ronald C. Dendas, MS
Program Officer, The Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust
The Bioethics Society is hosting Dr. James Cipolla, trauma surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital and Lehigh alum. He will be speaking on the topic of organ donation in the trauma setting.
A student is organizing a student trip to the annual Global Health and Innovation conference, held on the weekend of March 28-29 at Yale University:https://uniteforsight.org/conference/
In the past, HMS students have attended this conference and gotten a lot out of it. This year, HMS will cover the registration costs for the first 10 HMS minors who express a serious commitment to going. A set of hotel rooms is being reserved, as well as vans for transportation from Lehigh. The reaming estimated costs for the trip including lodging and transport are expected to be between $125-$150 for Fri-Sun. Some students may be able to find additional funding for these expenses through the Student Opportunity Fund, your major department, or other sources.
Fall 2014
Janet Mock and Ryan Sallans will present TRANSlating Identities, which is moderated by Dr. Monica Miller, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Their discussion includes an exploration of identity, visibility, and self-actualization considering gender, race, and sexuality.
This event meets the 5 x 10 Identity Development requirement.
Nessette Falu is a Ph.D. Candidate in Socio-Cultural Anthropology at Rice University. In August 2013, she concluded a yearlong fieldwork in Salvador-Bahia, Brazil. Her research investigates how self-identified black lesbians (lesbicas negras) draw upon everyday lived experiences to self-advocate and demand respectful recognition toward their sexuality by their gynecologists. This study interconnects various angles that pivot the reproduction of “preconceito” (prejudice) such as the socio-political limitations of Brazilian healthcare reform to combat lesbian discrimination, the entrenched prejudicial attitudes manifesting during gynecological exams, and the thriving and transcending ideas of “bem-estar” (well-being) and sexual health, broadly. Her ethnographic study explores and exposes invisible acts of freedom by lesbicas negras. Falu was the 2013-2014 Sarah Pettit Dissertation Fellow in LGBT Studies at Yale University. While at Yale writing her dissertation, she was a mentor to several undergraduate students and delivered the Sarah Pettit public lecture in April 2014. Furthermore, she was an active member from 2008-2012 at the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice while completing a graduate certificate program. She also worked closely with the Program for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Culture that bridges intellectual community and promotes race scholarship and pedagogy. She holds a Masters of Divinity from New York Theological Seminary. She has been a practicing Physician Assistant since 2001 in Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine, and HIV Care. Soon, she will return as Physician Assistant in Oncology at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. She is now an advisor to the LGBT Working Group at Lutheran Family Health Center, Brooklyn, NY. She is the recipient of a generous fieldwork grant from the Ruth Landes Memorial Foundation, which included seed funds for media production. She concluded the production phase and plans to complete a short documentary about the lives of some lesbicas negras in Salvador in 2015. Her hometown is New York City, Harlem in specific.
Co-sponsored by: Latin American Studies, Health Medicine and Society, Sociology/Anthropology, and Global Studies
Read more about the event here.
The Office of International Affairs
Presentation by Haley Grace, LU '15
Sponsors: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Health, Medicine and Society, Africana Studies, Global Citizenship
Professor Dennis Cooley, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, and Associate Director of the Northern Plains Ethics Institute at North Dakota State University
Dennis Cooley received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Rochester, with an emphasis on theoretical ethics. His research includes varuius issues in bioethics, agriculture, and business. He is the author Technology, Transgenics, and a Pratical Moral Code. He has co-edited Passing/Out: Identity Veiled and Revealed and Re-imaging Death and Dying. His latest book, co-written with Lehigh Religion Studies Professor, Lloyd Steffen, is The Ethics of Death: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives in Dialogue, published by Fortress Press.
This event meets the 5x10 requirement for Identity Development.