2021-22 Events

Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the BSD 

​This event will cover ways that students can get involved in clinical research in the BSD. Many of these research opportunities integrate the behavioral sciences, medicine, and public health into translational clinical research projects.

Panelists
David Meltzer
Alexandra Tate

MD/PhD in the Social Sciences Roundtable

Are you interested in potentially combining an MD with a PhD in the social sciences? Unsure about what this path entails? This roundtable brings together MD/PhDs from a range of social science disciplines who will speak about their own trajectories and answer your questions.

Panelists

Afia Khan
David Meltzer
Michelle Munyikwa
Steve Server

Recording available upon request (jagentry@uchicago.edu).

2020-21 Events

All 2020-21 events were conducted virtually.
Available recordings are noted.

Careers in Public Health Panel

Panelists Kavi Bhalla and Eloesa McSorley discuss Master of Public Health (MPH) programs—who these programs may appeal to, and what kinds of career outcomes are possible.

Panelists
Kavi Bhalla
Eloesa McSorley

View the recording: https://youtu.be/_octEAiHHTo

Graphic Medicine: A Workshop

What do comics have to do with health and disease? What insights do comics provide about the experience of illness? Can comics improve patient education and the patient experience? The field of graphic medicine seeks to answer these questions. At the intersection of comics and the discourse on healthcare and medicine, graphic medicine explores how the medium of comics is used to educate, express illness and healthcare experiences, and critique healthcare. This presentation and workshop will provide a basic understanding of graphic medicine and its various uses and will be followed by a brief comics-making workshop.

Brian Callender, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago

Integrating Place-Based Thinking In Public Health With Spatial Data Science

A spatial perspective isn’t (just) about making compelling maps and visualizations, but also investigating how complex human-environment interactions impact the theory, design, methods, and infrastructure of research. Detangling how place impacts, interacts with, and/or drives factors of health outcomes for different people and neighborhoods is essential to reduce health disparities. In this talk I’ll highlight recent projects that engage an intersectional framework to inform how we think about  health, place, and disparities. And, share lessons learned around how this kind of research can best make an impact in policy and public spaces.

Marynia Kolak, Associate Director for Health Informatics, UChicago Center for Spatial Data Science; Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information Science

Email Jamie Gentry (jagentry@uchicago.edu) for access to the video recording of this event.