Chronic Disease Seminar: 2018-2019

See below for information on seminars from the 2018-2019 academic year, including links to video of the seminars and readings.

Frailty, Resilience and New Models for Aging 

September 17, 2018

Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Gary Miller, PhD
Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health 


Social Engagement and Health: The Lethality of Loneliness

October 30, 2018

Louise Hawkley, PhD
Senior Research Scientist at NORC
University of Chicago 

Lisa Bates, ScD 
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology 
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health  


Population Screening at the Exome Level: The Geisinger Clinic Program

November 19, 2018

Michael F. Murray, MD 
Director for Clinical Operations in the Center for Genomic Health
Yale University

Paul S. Appelbaum, MD   
Director, Division of Law, Ethics & Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons


The Long Tail: Late Health Effects of War

December 6, 2018

Dora Costa, PhD
Professor-Department Chair of Economics
University of California, Los Angeles

L. H. Lumey, MD, PhD 
Professor of Epidemiology 
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health  


War, Geopolitics and Famine: Malthus Revisited

January 28, 2019

Martin W. Bloem, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for Livable Future
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sandra Albrecht, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health


The Obesity Epidemic: Looking for Game Changers

February 21, 2019

William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness
George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

Andrew Rundle, DrPh
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health


Beyond the Apple Watch: The Arrival of Mobile Health Technologies

April 1, 2019

Samuel K. Sia, PhD 
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University Data Science Institute

Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center


Ethical Issues in Public Health: Morality, Justice and the Public Good

April 29, 2019

Ruth R. Faden, PhD
Berman Institute Founder
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics
John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Ronald Bayer, PhD
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Co-Director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health