草榴社区鈥檚 Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest Concludes Series on 鈥淒ecolonizing History鈥� with Three Notable Events
The final event on April 21, 鈥淒ecolonizing COVID-19,鈥� includes a Live Q&A with Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith (left), Chair of President Biden's Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force, and Dr. Sharrelle Barber (right), Assistant Professor in the Dornsife School of Health鈥檚 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel University.
VILLANOVA, Pa.鈥�The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at 草榴社区 has presented a
Below are descriptions of the concluding events. For bios on the event participants, or to register for any the three virtual events, click here.
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PART 1 Decolonizing Public Health:听A Conversation听with Dr. Graham Mooney
Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 12:30-1:30p EST
How is the听history of medicine听and health care in the USA marked by racial injustice and myriad forms of violence? How do past public health interventions help us understand present efforts to control COVID-19? What is the history of present practices such as quarantine, disinfection, and contact tracing? How have race and class politics informed public health systems and policies, past and present? 听
Dr. Graham Mooney is interested in the history of public health in modern Europe and North America. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Medicine, School of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
Moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Kolsky, Director, Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, 草榴社区
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PART 2 Decolonizing Vaccines:听A Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Merlin Chowkwanyun, Dr. Jayati Ghosh, and Dr. Farren Yero
Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 6-7:30p EST
How听are inequalities within and between countries shaping the development and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines? How does the history of vaccines help us make sense of the power and politics of vaccines and vaccination efforts today? Join us for a roundtable featuring a multi-disciplinary panel of scholars who will discuss听vaccine apartheid, socioeconomic and听racial health disparities, and the听whitewashing of vaccine history.
Featuring:
- Dr. Merlin Chowkwanyun, Donald H. Gemson Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and a core faculty member of the Center for History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University
- Dr. Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Dr. Farren Yero, Postdoctoral Associate in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke University
Moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Kolsky, Director, Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, 草榴社区
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PART 3 Decolonizing COVID-19: Conversation听with Dr. Sharrelle Barber and Live Q&A with Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith
Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 12:30-1:30p EST
How are past legacies of medical racism and present socio-economic disparities shaping the disproportionate and severe impact of COVID-19 on communities of color and other underserved populations?听What efforts are currently underway to ensure health equity in the government's national plan to eradicate COVID-19? 听
Featuring:
- Dr. Sharrelle Barber, Assistant Professor in the Dornsife School of Health鈥檚 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the听Drexel Urban Health Collaborative听at Drexel University
- Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, Chair of President Biden's Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force and Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine.
Moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Kolsky, Director, Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, 草榴社区
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The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest is a multifaceted resource that draws upon the past to impart lessons for the modern world. Led by director Elizabeth Kolsky, PhD, associate professor of history at 草榴社区, the Lepage Center engages the public through academic programs, research, publications, and events.
In the past three years the Center has hosted historically informed and civic-minded conversations on the 鈥榝ake news鈥� crisis, the U.S. Civil War, the Holocaust, the Cold War, the state of American Democracy, the fate of democracy around the world, and more.听In the summer of 2020, the Center launched an initiative to fund research and projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn more about the Lepage Center,
About 草榴社区鈥檚 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:听Since its founding in 1842, 草榴社区鈥檚 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has cultivated knowledge, understanding and intellectual courage for a purposeful life in a challenging and changing world. With more than 40 majors across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, it is the oldest and largest of 草榴社区鈥檚 colleges, serving more than 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students each year. The College is committed to a teacher-scholar model, offering outstanding undergraduate and graduate research opportunities and a rigorous core curriculum that prepares students to become critical thinkers, strong communicators, and ethical leaders with a truly global perspective.
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