Lecture Series Videos - 2022
Global Public Health: Experiences and Insights
These lectures are recorded via Zoom and published to the Global Public Health, University of Montana YouTube channel.
Video: January 24, 2022
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"
Video: January 31, 2022
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”
Video: February 7, 2022
Donna Bainbridge, PT, EdD, AT-Ret, Special Olympics Global Clinical Advisor; Adjunct Instructor, College of Health Professions & Biomedical Sciences, University of Montana, “The Three-legged Stool: Special Olympics Strategy to Promote Global Health Equity for People with Intellectual Disabilities”
Video: February 14, 2022
Ethan S. Walker, PhD, MPHAssistant 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”
Video: February 28, 2022
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”
Video: March 7, 2022
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”
Video: March 14, 2022
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"
Video: March 28, 2022
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”
Video: April 4, 2022
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”
Video: April 11, 2022
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”
Video: April 18, 2022
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”
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, 2022 - 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"
Sarah Levitsky "Health Information Acquisition During Covid-19 Pandemic in Rural Missoula County"