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January 2021
SPH Alumni/Student Connections
Navigating Professional Job Opportunities: Strategies During and After COVID A series of virtual meetings to connect current students with SPH grads. Join the SPH Alumni Society for Alumni/Student Connections. These gatherings are intended to bring our SPH community together and learn from each other about professional topics during a period where connection is more challenging due to the coronavirus. The meetings are intended to be professional, casual, open, and discuss and celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Facilitated by SPH Alumni…
Find out more »Division of Biostatistics Seminar with Sam Pimentel
Sam Pimentel, of the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, will present: "Optimal Tradeoffs in Matched Designs Comparing US-trained and Internationally-trained Surgeons" Abstract: Does receiving a medical education outside the United States impact a surgeon's performance? We study this question by matching operations performed by internationally-trained surgeons to those performed by US-trained surgeons in reanalysis of a large health outcomes study. An effective matched design must achieve several goals, including balancing covariate distributions marginally, ensuring units within…
Find out more »SPH Faculty Spring 2021 Kick Off
To kick off the spring semester, please join faculty colleagues and school leaders for an interactive session discussing what we have learned about our work and mission-delivery in this last year and how this shapes our plans for 2021, a post-pandemic School of Public Health. There will be opportunity for input electronically for those who aren't able to attend. Agenda: 2:00-2:10 p.m.: Welcome + Setup (Dean John Finnegan) 2:10-3:00: Breakout sessions (discuss 2 questions) 3:00-3:25: Full group discussion 3:25-3:30: Wrap…
Find out more »EpiCH Webinar – Mobile Health Technology for Hypertension Management in Hmong and Latino Adults: Empowerment or Entrapment?
Presented by Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, MBBS, PhD, MS Associate Professor Division of Epidemiology & Community Health High blood pressure is a major risk factor for stroke and heart attack. Unfortunately, only 43.7% of US adults with hypertension have adequate blood pressure control. Patients from minority groups, including Hmong and Latino communities, have disproportionate levels of uncontrolled hypertension. Self-measured blood pressure monitoring at home can improve hypertension control. This is particularly relevant in times of restricted clinic visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Find out more »HPM Seminar with Dori Cross, PhD
HPM Seminar Series Hospital-SNF Information Sharing: Discordance and Disruption Dori Cross, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Health Policy & Management Care transitions between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are poorly coordinated, frustrating providers and compromising patient care quality and safety. Recent payment reforms incentivize efforts to address these challenges, encouraging hospitals to invest in improved information sharing and different types of care integration strategies that support handoff. However, hospitals invest differently in improved transitional care practices. SNFs,…
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