November 22, 2022
Winter 2023 undergraduate course highlights 91探花population health research
The Population Health Initiative is continuing its partnership with the 91探花’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to offer a series of faculty-led lectures during winter quarter 2023 focused 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 range 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, sta铿�, alumni and members of the community.
The course will meet Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in Mary Gates Hall 251. The speakers and topics for this quarter are:
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Unit |
| 1/4 | Sophie Pierszalowski Arti Shah |
Course introduction Introduction to population health |
URP Population Health Initiative |
| 1/11 | The Global Burden of Disease: Understanding health disparities | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation | |
| 1/18 | Jane J. Lee | Disparities among racial/ethnic and immigrant populations | School of Social Work |
| 1/25 | Alissa Bilfield | Sustainability and social entrepreneurship in the coffee and tea industries | School of Public Health |
| 2/1 | Racial disparities in the criminal justice system | Evans School of Public Policy & Governance | |
| 2/8 | Equity in education | College of Education | |
| 2/15 | Himanshu Grover | Planning for development of safe, equitable, and sustainable communities | College of Built Environments |
| 2/21 | Eliminating inequalities and improving oral health for vulnerable populations | School of Dentistry | |
| 3/1 | Sophie Pierszalowski and students | Undergraduate research panel | URP |
| 3/8 | Library Staff | Undergraduate research tutorial | 91探花Libraries |
This course is sponsored by Undergraduate Academic A铿�airs, the Undergraduate Research Program and the Population Health Initiative.