October 19, 2021
Winter 2022 undergraduate course highlights 91̽»¨population health research
The Population Health Initiative is continuing its partnership with the 91̽»¨’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to offer a series of lectures during winter quarter 2022 that focus on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity.
The Research Exposed! () course will feature faculty from a number of disciplines discussing their population health-related research. Undergraduates may take this course for credit (i.e., one credit/quarter; three quarters max). Each lecture is open to all interested faculty, students, staff, alumni and members of the community.
The course will meet Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in Gould Hall 322. The speakers and topics for this quarter are:
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Unit |
| 1/5 | Sophie Pierszalowski Derek Fulwiler |
Course introduction Introduction to population health |
URP Population Health Initiative |
| 1/12 | The Global Burden of Disease: Understanding health disparities | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation | |
| 1/19 | Police Violence as a Threat to Public Health | School of Law | |
| 1/26 | Supporting equitable land management decisions through the characterization of wildfire and prescribed smoke exposure for at-risk communities | School of Public Health | |
| 2/2 | Using health technology to improve the chronic health conditions of children | School of Nursing | |
| 2/9 | Trauma focused mental health care in low-resource settings | College of Arts & Sciences | |
| 2/16 | Coronavirus Risk Communication: How Age and Communication Format Affect Risk Perception and Behaviors | College of Engineering | |
| 2/23 | Aquaponic food production in cities | College of Built Environments | |
| 3/2 | Sophie Pierszalowski and students | Undergraduate research panel | URP |
| 3/9 | Amanda Hornby, Linda Whang, Emilie Vrbancic | Undergraduate research tutorial | 91̽»¨Libraries |
This course is sponsored by the Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the Undergraduate Research Program and the Population Health Initiative.