Seminars presented by the Office of Practice and Research
The Office of Practice and Research has sponsored a series of seminars and workshops.
Grand Rounds: Speakers present public health topics that are of interest to the whole campus community. Typically these seminars are presented in large traditional lecture spaces.
DYAD series: faculty and students present research together with a focus on the mentor/mentee relationship. These seminars take place in a lunch-and-learn format.
Workshops: Speakers present interactive learning experiences for our students.
DYADS, Grand Rounds & EPICH
2022-2023 Academic Year (Jump to current semester.)
Fall Semester:
ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT | September 9, 2022 | Chris Rustin, DrPH, Deputy Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Public Health Administrator for the Chatham County Health Department, Coastal Health District
Title: 2022 Legislative Wrap-Up
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GRAND ROUNDS | September 14, 2022 | Cherie L. B. Trice, MA, CTFA, Director of Development, Greenbriar Children’s Center
Title: An Overview of a Community Outreach Initiative on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
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GRAND ROUNDS | September 21, 2022 | Kimberly Woods, BA, Community Liaison, Seniorlink Caregiver Support Program
Title: Seniorlink Structured Family Caregiving and Collaboration Supporting Georgia Families
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GRAND ROUNDS | September 28, 2022 | Kimberly Paulk, BA, Public Benefits Program Manager, Step Up Savannah, Inc., and Haley D. Kingery, Owner and Operator of MagIns Insurance Services, LLC
Title: Bridging the Public Benefits Cliff
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GRAND ROUNDS | October 5, 2022 | Glenn Gibney, MBA, Associate Vice President of Career Readiness, Office of Career and Professional Development, Georgia Southern University
Title: Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
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GRAND ROUNDS | October 12, 2022 | Maxine Bryant, PhD, Assistant Professor, Criminology, College of Behavioral Sciences, and Director, Center for Africana Studies, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center, Georgia Southern University
Title: Georgia Southern’s Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center: What’s New? What’s Relevant? What’s Hot?
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ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT | October 25, 2022 | Asli Aslan, PhD, Associate Professor, Environmental Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, AND Director, Institute for Water and Health, Georgia Southern University
Title: Water Quality in the Rapid Testing Era and Effective Public Health Risk Communication
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Spring Semester:
GRAND ROUNDS | February 1, 2023 | Kathleen Cleveland-Kennedy, Statewide Care Coordinator, CSEC Response Team, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia and Naeshia McDowell, MPH, Statewide Care Coordinator, CSEC Response Team, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia Director, CSEC Response Team, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia
Title: An Overview of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) as a Public Health Crisis
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GRAND ROUNDS | February 8, 2023 | Jill Johns, MS, CHES, Project Manager, Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics, Georgia Southern University
Title: Facing Our Fearbeasts: A Story of Love, Therapy, & Lucky Breaks
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GRAND ROUNDS | February 15, 2023 | Alicia Johnson, MA, Executive Director, Step Up Savannah Inc.
Title: Powering a More Economically Inclusive Community
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GRAND ROUNDS | March 1, 2023 | Lindsey Grovenstein, Community Engagement Specialist, Inspiritus Refugee & Immigrant Services
Title: Strengthening Epidemiology in Georgia: the Rollins Epidemiology Fellows Program
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Presentation Slides
GRAND ROUNDS | April 5, 2023 | Uche Okoro, DrPH, MPH, Biostatistician, IOWA College of Public Health
Title: TBA
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2021-2022 Academic year
GRAND ROUNDS | September 22, 2021 | 25Valamar Reagon, DrPH, Epidemiologist, Center for Global Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Title: Experiences from the Field: Public Health Across the Globe.
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GRAND ROUNDS | October 6, 2021 | Bettye A. Apenteng, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Community Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu
College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
Title: Keeping the Doors Open: A look at Georgia’s Efforts to Save Rural Hospitals.
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GRAND ROUNDS | October 20, 2021 | Bill Mase, DrPH, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Community Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu
College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
Title: Shame, Blame, and Stigma: Similarities and Differences in HIV and COVID-19.
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GRAND ROUNDS | November 3, 2021 | Moya L. Alfonso, PhD, MSPH, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Nova Southeastern University and Channel Williams, MS, MBA, PhD candidate at Nova Southeastern University
Title: Covid-19 and Alcohol: A Perfect Storm among Women in the US.
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GRAND ROUNDS | November 17, 2021 | Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, Executive Director, Mississippi Public Health Association President-Elect, American Public Health Association
Title: Voices for Public Health: Practice, Academia, and APHA.
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MINDFUL SEMINAR | December 1, 2021 | Vira Salzburn, MSM, Program Director for Safety and Resilience programs at Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council
Title: Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Essentials.
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GRAND ROUNDS | March 30, 2022 | DeMicha Luster, MPH, CHES, Founder of The Urban Advocate
Title: Blooming Health Equity While Neglecting the Roots: A How-To Guide to Looking Beyond Theory.
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GRAND ROUNDS | April 20, 2022 | Sarah Rotschafer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine
Title: Rural Autism Spectrum Disorder: Barriers to Diagnosis and Solutions.
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DYAD | April 6, 2022 | Dr. Stacy Smallwood, PhD (faculty) and Tanya E. Jules, MPH (doctoral student)
Title: Where do we go from here? Advancing HIV prevention, treatment, and advocacy in rural areas.
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DYAD | April 27, 2022 | Dr. Nandi Marshall (faculty) and Christina S. Cook, MPH (doctoral student)
Title: Transparency. Support. Connection.: Transcending the Traditional Mentor-Mentee Relationship.
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2020-2021 Academic year
EPICH Seminar | September 16, 2020
Graduate students Amanda Atkins and Jill John discuss their work on the front line combating COVID-19. Moderator: Jamie Cromley
Title: Public Health in Action, Part 1. Click to watch the archived presentation.
EPICH Seminar | September 23, 2020
Graduate students Karabi Barai and Sonam Dolma Sherpa discuss their work on the front line combating COVID-19. Moderator: Jamie Cromley
Title: Public Health in Action, Part 2. Click to watch the archived presentation.
DYAD | October 14, 2020 | Atin Adhikari, PhD (faculty), and Prachi Joshi (student)
Title: Development of a Successful Mentorship While Developing a Theoretical Based Intervention Model for Prevention of Opioid Addiction at the Workplace. Click to watch the archived presentation.
GRAND ROUNDS | October 21, 2020 | Bill Mase, DrPH, Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management,
Department of Health Policy & Community Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
Title: Management Sessions from 27 Years in Higher Education. Click to watch the archived presentation.
GRAND ROUNDS | October 28, 2020 | Kelly Chester, DrPH, Co-Founder and Principal at Though Bridge, LLC
Title: Introduction to the Basics of Legal Epidemiology.
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DYAD | November 11, 2020 | Joanne Chopak-Foss, PhD (faculty), and Kim Harris (student)
Title: Perinatal Pivots and Promising Directions: Professional Mentorship in Building on Maternal and Child Health in JPHCOPH.
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GRAND ROUNDS | January 27, 2021 | Michael Meit, Director of Research and Programs, Center for Rural Health Research, Research Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University
Title: Health Equity, Poverty, and Rural Health.
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DYAD | February 25, 2021 | Angie Peden, MPH (faculty), and Michela-E Hizine, MPH (student)
Title: Community Based Participatory SWOT Analysis in Hancock County.
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GRAND ROUNDS | March 9, 2021 | Vence L. Bonham, J.D, Associate Investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute
Title: Is Genomics Relevant to Public Health
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GRAND ROUNDS | March 11, 2021 | Oyindamola Akinso, DrPH, Assistant professor of public health at Nova Southeastern University, Global health specialist
Title: Building Vaccine Confidence: Best Practices from a Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Program in Nigeria
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GRAND ROUNDS | March 25, 2021 | Commander Crystal Russell and Commander Todd Erin Johnson
Title: U.S. Public Health Service
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GRAND ROUNDS | April 7, 2021 | Holly Sienkiewicz, DrPH
Title: Exploring COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access challenges in western New York
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GRAND ROUNDS | April 14, 2021 | Carmen Rita Nevarez, MD, MPH
Title: Exploring COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access challenges in western New York
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DYAD | April 28, 2021 | Jessica Schwind, PhD, MPH and Holly Richmond, DVM
Title: Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Pandemic Prevention and Response
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2019-2020 Academic year
GRAND ROUNDS | April 16, 2020 | Lisa Carlson, President, American Public Health Association (APHA) and Executive Administrator, Research Programs and Operations, Emory School of Medicine
Title: Crossing Sectors for Public Health: Tackling the Tough Questions and Messy Stuff. Click to watch the archived presentation.
Workshop | March 6, 2020 |
Diane Jackson, P.E., Environmental Health Scientist, Retired CDC
Title: Lead by Numbers: Making sense of lead hazards when action levels keep dropping.
DYAD | February 19, 2020 | Dr. Yelena Tarasenko (Faculty) and Dr. Whitney Hamilton (former Student)
Title: The Development of a Successful Mentorship through the Examination of Breastfeeding State Laws and Practices in the United States.
DYAD | November 20, 2020 | Dr. Evans Afriyie-Gyawu (Faculty) and students Jamal Choice and Caitlyn Grunert
Title: Developing Intervention Strategies to Eliminate Burning of Scrap Automobile Tires for Meat Singeing in Ghana.
GRAND ROUNDS | November 15, 2020 | Dr. Jessica Schwind, Assistant Professor, JPHCOPH
Title: One Health: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Wicked Problems.
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DYAD | October 23, 2020 | Dr. Tilicia Mayo-Gamble (Faculty) and Delores Quasie-Woode (Student)
Title: A Sickle Cell Research M.A.T.C.H: Mentoring and Training in a Community Health Educational Setting.
Last updated: 3/29/2023