Lecture Series 2022

Schedule and Information

Online for Spring 2022: See schedule below for registration links

The 8th annual Global Public Health Spring 2022 lecture series is open to the public, free, & available for 1 credit to UM Students (PUBH 494.50). The series features professionals from a variety of the fields that influence public health outcomes around the world. The series runs parallel to the Public Health Seminar Series on Monday's at 2 pm. The series will be delivered via Zoom and attendees must register and will be emailed a link for accessing each lecture. Since it will be recorded and posted, enrolled students may view the videos outside of the scheduled time. The series and each lecture are open to all students and the general public.

The GPH Lecture series is co-sponsored by UM's Global Public Health minor, UM's School of Public Health, and UM's Institute of Health & Humanities.

Lecture series schedule with registration links and video recordings

Schedule and Videos
Date	Speaker	Title
January 24	Emily Mendenhall, PhD, MPH Professor in Science, Technology, & International Affairs (STIA), Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University	"Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji"
January 31	Mark Nichter, MPH, PhD Regents Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona	“Developing a Buruli Ulcer community of practice in Bankim, Cameroon: A model for Neglected and Emerging Disease outreach in Africa”
February 7	Donna Bainbridge, PT, EdD, AT-Ret Special Olympics Global Clinical Advisor Adjunct Instructor, College of Health Professions & Biomedical Sciences, UM	“The Three-legged Stool: Special Olympics Strategy to Promote Global Health Equity for People with Intellectual Disabilities”
February 14	Ethan S. Walker, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Center for Population Health Research, School of Public and Community Health Sciences, University of Montana	“Impact of the wood-burning Justa cookstove on household air pollution and cardiometabolic health in rural Honduras"
February 21	No Lecture Presidents's Day Holiday
February 28	Michelle Grocke-Dewey, PhD Assistant Professor, Community Health, Montana Sate University, Health & Wellness Specialist, Montana State University Extension	“Building Subjective Well Being Schema Among Ethnic Tibetans”
March 7	Angela Luis, PhD Associate Professor, Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana	"How Biodiversity Affects Zoonotic Disease Risk: Hantavirus as a Case Study”
March 14	Mimi Nichter, PhD Professor Emerita, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona	"Building Capacity for Tobacco Cessation in Indonesia: From Formative Research to Community-Based Interventions"
March 28	Patrick Linn, MPA Consultant, Logistics Management Institute Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Senegal MPA - International Development, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs	“All That Glitters - Mercury and Gold in the Sahel: Results from an educational and appropriate technology intervention to address mercury exposure among residents of eight artisanal, small-scale mining communities in southeastern Senegal
April 4	Juthika Jayendra Thaker, MHA, BDS Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant, School of Public and Community Health Sciences, The University of Montana	“Engaging Non-Physician Healthcare Personnel in Improving the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Rates in Montana: A Research Update”
April 11	Tony Banbury, President and CEO, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Former U.N. Under-Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER, the UN’s only emergency health mission	“Lessons from the 2014 Ebola Crisis — And What’s Missing from the International Response to the Covid Pandemic”
April 18	D'Shane Barnett, MS Director & Health Officer, Missoula City-County Health Department, Doctoral Candidate, School of Public & Community Health Sciences, The University of Montana	“American Indian Traditional Ceremonial Practices (TCP): Addressing Problem Substance Use in a Multi-tribal Urban Community”
April 25	UM SPCHS MPH Spring Applied Practical Experience Presentations	UM SPCHS MPH Spring Applied Practical Experience Presentations Alexandria Albers - “Evaluation of All Nations Health Center’s Covid-19 Support Program” Morgan Miller - “Developing Best Practices for Addressing Extreme Heat in Montana” Erin Schmitt - “Expanding Specialty Access Care in Rural Libby, MT with Virtual Health Services” Madalen BieterLete – “Sexual Health Education for Newly Arriving Teen and Youth Refugees” Leo John Bird – “Meaningful Community Participation in Health Services Development & Evaluation”
May 2	UM SPCHS MPH Spring Applied Practical Experience Presentations	UM SPCHS MPH Spring Applied Practical Experience Presentations Steffi Johns - "Preliminary Catalog for Care Coordination in Montana" Seana Westcarr-Gray "Montana Environmental Health Association Needs Assessment" Diane Brown "Research & Evaluation in Practice: A Look at the Rural Institute’s Work with the MOMS (Montana Obstetrics & Maternal Support) Program" Sarah Levitsky "Health Information Acquisition During Covid-19 Pandemic in Rural Missoula County"