Public Health Research@Maryland 2015 was held on Thursday, April 9, 2015 and attended by more than 550 people. You may view the video recordings of all of the event sessions at sph.umd.edu/multimedia.
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7:30 AM Grand Ballroom Lounge |
Registration Begins
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8:45 AM–9:15 AM Atrium |
Welcoming Remarks Jane E. Clark, PhD, Professor and Dean, UMD School of Public Health Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MS Hyg, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health, UM School of Medicine E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor and Dean, UM School of Medicine |
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9:15 AM–10:30 AM Atrium |
Keynote Lecture and Discussion "Climate, Infectious Disease and Human Health in an Era of Climate Change" Rita Colwell, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland Introduction by: Donald Milton, MD, DrPH, Director, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, UMD School of Public Health |
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10:30 AM–11:30 AM Atrium |
What We Know and Don’t Know About Climate Change and Health Leads: Amir Sapkota, PhD, Associate Professor, Maryland Institute of Applied Environmental Health and Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UMD School of Public Health Laura L. Hungerford, DVM, MPH, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UM School of Medicine Panelists: Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH Jennifer Martin, MA, JD |
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10:30 AM–2:00 PM Grand Ballroom |
Meet students and faculty and explore research on diverse public health topics. Awards will be given to the best student-presented posters at 3:30 PM in the Atrium immediately following the keynote lecture, Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Public Health Approach. *UMD students who won the 2014 APHA Public Health Codeathon will demonstrate the Healthy Actionable Behavioral-Based Informational Technology (HABIT) tool they developed from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. |
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11:30 AM–1:30 PM Grand Ballroom |
Buffet lunch during Poster Session |
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12:00 PM–12:50 PM Prince George's Room |
Opportunities for a Better State of Maternal and Child Health in Maryland Leads: Sandra L. Hofferth, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Family Science, UMD School of Public Health Wendy G. Lane, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health, UM School of Medicine Panelists: Rebecca Dineen, MS, Assistant Commissioner, Maternal and Child Health, Baltimore City Health Department Pamela Creekmur, RN, Health Officer and Director, Prince George’s County Health Department |
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1:00 PM–1:50 PM Prince George's Room |
Impact of Marijuana Use on Cognitive Processes and Academic Achievement: What does this mean for college students? Introductory Comments by: David K. Mineta, MSW, Deputy Director of Demand Reduction for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Leads: Asaf Keller, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UM School of Medicine |
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2:00 PM–2:15 PM
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Break |
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2:15 PM–3:30 PM Atrium |
Keynote Lecture and Discussion “Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Public Health Approach” Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association Introduction by: Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UMD School of Public Health |
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3:30 PM–3:45 PM Atrium |
Presentation of Poster Awards |
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3:45 PM–4:45 PM Atrium
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Maryland’s Health System Initiatives and Population Health Leads: Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Health Services Administration; Director, MD Center for Health Equity, UMD School of Public Health Karen S. Kauffman, PhD, CRNP, RN, FAAN, Chair and Associate Professor, Dept. of Family & Community Health, UMB School of Nursing Panelists to include: Madeleine Shea, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; George H. Bone M.D., Commissioner, Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission |
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Concluding Remarks Jane E. Clark, PhD, Professor and Dean, UMD School of Public Health |
Limited Attendance PHRM Events
| 11:30 AM–12:30 PM Nanticoke Room |
Agilent Technologies' Lunch Seminar*: Measuring the Exposome Speakers: Denis Sarigiannis, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Institute of Advanced Study, Pavia, Italy H.M. (Skip) Kingston, PhD, Professor, Duquesne University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Pittsburgh, PA |
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6:30 PM–8:30 PM |
Speaking Out for Public Health** Student-led TOTUS Spoken Word Collective |
* Register for the Agilent lunch seminar at www.agilent.com/chem/UMD_Research
**Questions on the "Speaking Out for Public Health" event should be directed to Stephanie Cork at scork@umd.edu