Pamela Ling MD MPH,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Center for Tobacco Control and Research, University of California, San Francisco

Event Sponsor: UW Tobacco Studies Program
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Dr. David Ehrenfeld, Rutgers University, founding editor of Conservation Biology and a fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science.

Since 2007 The Research Translation Core has sponsored an Agency Seminar Series at EPA offices in Seattle. Seminars are directed toward an audience of agency staff involved with risk assessment and communication at Superfund sites, such as EPA Region 10 and the Washington State Departments of Health and Ecology. The objective of the invited speaker series is to support topic experts who can help agency staff address local hazardous waste and contamination issues. These seminars provide agency staff, the Research Translation Core staff and research scientists the opportunity to exchange information and ideas on local issues and concerns.

More information here.

Event Sponsor: The Research Translation Core
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Karin Yeatts, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, University North Carolina

biography

Event Sponsor: Harvey Checkoway
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The 2012 Association of Public Health Laboratories Annual Meeting and Sixth Government Environmental Laboratory Conference will be held at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, WA from May 20-23, 2012. The meetings will consist of a member assembly, keynote session, general and breakout sessions, roundtables and exhibits all over the course of four days.

Speakers include Howard Frumkin, King Holmes, Jeffrey Duchin, Anita Verna Crofts, William Glover.

 

For registration and program visit http://www.aphl.org/conferences/2012AM/Pages/default.aspx

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Sarah Ross-Viles MPH,
Anne Pearson JD, and/or
Scott Neal
Public Health-Seattle & King County Tobacco Prevention Program

Event Sponsor: UW Tobacco Studies Program
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Dr. Ross I. Donaldson, author of "The Lassa Ward", a memoir about international aid work, and an expert on global emergency and disaster care, will discuss sustainable disaster care in low- and middle-income countries.

Event Sponsor: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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Selected second-year masters students in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences will present summaries of their research.

More information: http://depts.washington.edu/envhlth/research_day/srd_12.php

Event Sponsor: DEOHS Graduate Program
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In Australia, citizens suffer many of the lifestyle diseases that are reaching epidemic levels in the United States—obesity and diabetes, among others. Research has shown links between these epidemics and the design of cities, so Australian health professionals are working to influence urban planning in a five-year, $1.5 million initiative, the Healthy Built Environments Program, funded by the New South Wales Department of Health.

Susan Thompson, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and Director of the program, will talk about how the program seeks to revitalize the relationship between the built environment and health sectors through policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research, education and workforce development, leadership, and advocacy. She will touch on their current activities, interdisciplinary work, and the challenges posed by working across disciplines.

Event Sponsor: Healthy Planning Research Group/Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
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Wayne Cascio

Director, Environmental Public Health Division (EPHD), United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL)

more information

Event Sponsor: Joel Kaufman
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Lack of access to adequate sanitation systems is the largest cause of disease worldwide. Last year the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the 'Reinventing the Toilet' Challenge to reduce water-borne disease and improve the lives of billions of people worldwide. Responding to this Challenge, teams of researchers worldwide are working to invent waterless, hygienic toilets that are safe and affordable for people in the developing world and don't need to be connected to a sewer.

The Luminaries of Science series taking place this June as part of the Seattle Science Festival will 'get the straight poop' on this important topic in its Reinventing the Toilet event. Experts and performers from around the world will come to Seattle to share 'toilet talk' with our community and address the topic of the importance of clean water.

Student tickets are $10.

 

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Michael Von Korff, Sc.D., Senior Investigator at the Group Health Research Institute, GHC
"Long-term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: Risks and Risk Mitigation"

Event Sponsor: Department of Epidemiology
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SPH Graduates: Shaping the Future of Public Health

Graduation Celebration 2012

Join the University of Washington School of Public Health as we gather as a community to celebrate achievements and shared passion, to reflect on where we've been and look towards the future as a new class of Public Health leaders graduate.

 

There will be two events, one for graduating Undergraduate students, the other for graduating Graduate students:

June 8, 2012
Hogness Auditorium (Health Sciences A420)

10:00 am: Undergraduate Celebration

11:00 am: All School Reception, Health Sciences Lobby

12:30 pm: Graduate Student Celebration

More information & FAQs

Event Sponsor: SPH
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Surgeon General Regina Benjamin; Lawrence Deyton, director of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products; policymakers; educators; public health professionals, and young people from around the Northwest will participate in this day-long Town Hall-style meeting about preventing tobacco use in youth and young adults.

Register at https://www.meetinglink.org/youthtobaccotownhall/registration.aspx

Event Sponsor: U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Region X
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Sheryl Schwartz

We appreciate RSVPs from guests so we can be sure to have enough chairs and handouts. Please RSVP to Yael Yanich.

Event Sponsor: Health Promotion Research Center
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This "hybrid" course consists of five interactive online learning modules leading up to a 3.5 -hour in-person session.

Who Should Participate: Designed as an introduction to the field of occupational health, this course is ideal for practicing nurses, recent nursing graduates and those with an interest in occupational health, who have not yet received formal training in the field. The course content and skills can be applied to many nursing specialties and related fields, and serves as a foundation for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Topics Include: Industrial hygiene basics; workplace exposures and health outcomes; regulatory system navigation; occupational health assessment skills; worker stress and vulnerable worker populations.

Register here: https://osha.washington.edu/coursedetail.cfm?courseid=2825

 

Event Sponsor: Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
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Annual Hazardous Waste Refresher with John Malool

Sponsored by: Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety | DEOHS Continuing Education

Time: 8:00a Registration | 8:15a-5:00p Class

Dates & Locations:

Course Content

Faculty

More info: nwcenter.washington.edu | 206-543-1069 | ce@uw.edu

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Scott Ramsey

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Event Sponsor: Health Promotion Research Center
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• Week-long courses specifically designed for today's public health practitioner
• Top-notch plenary sessions with national leaders in public health and related disciplines
• Valuable networking opportunities

Event Sponsor: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
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Marlana Kohn

We appreciate RSVPs from guests so we can be sure to have enough chairs and handouts. Please RSVP to Yael Yanich.

Event Sponsor: Health Promotion Research Center
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