GRAND ROUNDS
About the Lecture Series
Sponsored by the School of Public Health and organized by Jalayne Arias, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences, the Grand Rounds Lecture Series brings nationally recognized thought leaders to the Georgia State University School of Public Health for dialogues that contribute to the school’s mission of advancing health equity and solving contemporary and emerging health issues. The lectures are held monthly during fall and spring semesters.
Dr. Jeffrey Koplan is Senior Strategic Advisor for CHAMPS, Principal Investigator for IANPHI and the Global Health Institute-China Tobacco Control Partnership. Dr. Koplan founded the Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) in 2006. He served as the institute's Director and as Emory University's Vice President for Global Health until 2021.
A former Director (1998-2002) and 26-year veteran of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Koplan began his public health career in the early 1970s as a member of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. He has worked on virtually every major public health issue, including infectious diseases such as smallpox and HIV/AIDS, environmental issues such as the Bhopal chemical disaster, and the health toll of tobacco and chronic diseases around the globe. From 1994 to 1998, he pursued his interest in enhancing the interactions between clinical medicine and public health by leading the Prudential Center for Health Care Research, a nationally recognized health services research organization.
Past Lectures
“Endemic and Emerging Arboviruses: Lessons from Health Surveillance and Cohort Studies in an Urban Epicenter in Brazil”
Dr. Guilherme Ribeiro is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine and a Public Health Researcher at Fiocruz, both in Brazil. He is also a Visiting Professor at Emory University, supported by scholarships from Fulbright and CAPES. As an infectious disease epidemiologist, he has researched urban health problems that affect the most neglected populations. Since 2009, he has led an interdisciplinary research group investigating the eco-epidemiology and transmission dynamics of arboviral diseases in a large Brazilian city.
"It Doesn’t Have to be ‘1-in-3’: A Public Health Approach to Campus Sexual Violence Prevention"
Jennifer Hirsch, a medical anthropologist and Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University, works at the intersection of public health and social science with a research agenda that examines gender, sexuality and migration, the anthropology of love, social dimensions of HIV and undergraduate well-being, including sexual assault.
"Changing the Conversation About Maternal Health Equity"
Michael Kramer, Ph.D., is a social and maternal and child health epidemiologist, and the Director of the Emory MCH Center of Excellence. His research, teaching, and public health practice focus on the social, spatial, and structural determinants of maternal and infant health. He is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
"Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America"
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. A leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on disparities in health, health care, and the social determinants of health, Dean Matthew joined GW Law in 2020. She is the author of the bestselling book “Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care” and the recently released “Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America.” She is also the co-author of a case book on public health law, ethics, and policy.
For more information on the Grand Rounds Lecture Series, please contact [email protected].
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