Global Public Health: Experiences and Insights
These lectures are recorded via Zoom and published to the Global Public Health, University of Montana YouTube channel.
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"
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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"
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”
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”
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”
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"