Sociomedical Sciences

Upcoming Events

  • LEARNING TO HEAL: A Discussion with Professor Ed Cohen (Rutgers)

    Friday, March 28, 2025
    3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
    Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 923
    • Healthcare
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKSHOP & TALK  Learning to Heal Professor Cohen will be presenting a talk on his book "Learning to Heal." This book draws on 50 years of living with Crohn's to consider how Western medicine's turn from an "art of healing" toward a "science of medicine" deeply affects both medical practitioners and their patients. Those interested in joining are requested to read the Prologue, Overture and Chapter 1:  contact  centerhistoryethics@cumc.columbia.edu.  FRIDAY, March 28, 2025  3:00 PM - 5:00P PM  Allan Rosenfield Building  722 W. 168th Street  ARB 923  Sponsored by SMS/*Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health  *NEH Challenge Grant Lecture Series

  • BRIM Film Screening

    Wednesday, April 2, 2025
    10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
    Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 8th Floor Auditorium
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    You’re invited to a screening of BRIM   A 3-part narrative film series that highlights how structural racism across the life course influences experiences that may lead to poor health and healthcare later in life. The film illustrates the multigenerational experiences of two families with structural racism based on 3 studies led by Columbia University Assistant Professor and Film Executive Producer, Dr. Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson, PhD, MPH. The film will be followed by a panel discussion.   Film Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1050564804/d6393e7886   Panelists: Jennifer J. Manly, PhD, Professor Neuropsychology Amber Baylor, JD, LLM, Clinical Professor of Law Tess Pottinger, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Studies Samuel K. Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor of History and Sociomedical Sciences   April 2, 2025 10am-12pm EST Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health 8th Floor Auditorium Allan Rosenfield Building 722 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032

  • Public Health's Constitutional Crisis: What You Need to Know

    Monday, April 7, 2025
    11:45 AM to 1:00 PM
    Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 532AB
    • Government and Public Policy
    • Law
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    • Political Science
    Public Health's Constitutional Crisis:  What You Need to Know A TALK WTH PROFESSOR STEVEN VLADECK (Georgetown Law, CNN) History Matters: An Endowed Lecture Series  Sponsored by SMS / Center for History and Ethics of Public Health  Grant cancellations, funding freezes, layoffs at major health agencies, and declarations that the President has the right to impound Congressional-appropriated money.  In this talk, constitutional law authority Steven Vladeck will walk our community through the major legal issues we are confronting and must understand.  An authority on constitutional law, Vladeck is also the author of the popular One First blog and a regular commentator on CNN who  most recently appeared on 60 Minutes.   

  • CAARE Symposium

    Tuesday, April 8, 2025
    8:15 AM to 3:00 PM
    Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 Hess Commons
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    Please join the Department of Sociomedical Sciences and FORWARD Fellows for the inaugural CAARE Symposium, a platform for Columbia Mailman students, staff, and faculty to amplify voices on social justice initiatives and engage in meaningful dialogue about local and global partnerships. Light Breakfast and Lunch Served. Sponsored by: The Department of Sociomedical Sciences, FORWARD Fellows, and the Office of Inclusive Excellence Open to: Columbia Mailman students, staff, and faculty