The American Association of Geographers (AAG) recently announced that Ivan J. Ramírez, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health & Behavioral Sciences, will join its first-ever cohort in the new Elevate the Discipline program , which will train and showcase geographers around this year’s theme of Climate and Society...

Ivan J. Ramírez, Clinical Assistant Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences (HBS), and Carolina Jaime, HBS PhD student, recently traveled to Perú to reconnect and establish research collaborations with universities (Universidad del Pacifíco) and governmental institutions, such as the Ministry of Health (CDC Perú) and Geophysics Institute of Perú (IGP)...

Health and Behavioral Sciences Alum Channing Tate recently spoke with 144 older Black adults while conducting research for her doctoral dissertation about hospice care – what they knew about it, whether they’d consider it, what their experiences with hospice had been. She is undertaking this work as part of her...

2:30 – 4:00 pm North Classroom, Room 1207 Mara Buchbinder, ‘Making Death’ in the Era of Medical Aid-in-Dying Recent social scientific studies of life and death have used the framework of biopolitics to explore the role of the state and its associated regimes of knowledge, expertise, and power in governing...

2:00 - 4:00pm NC 1207 Featuring : Indira Gujral, adjunct assistant professor;new visiting assistant professor Hyeyoung Oh Nelson; and graduate student Sarah Brewer. Gujral’s talk will be titled “Blind Spot: Limitations of a Population Attributable Risk Analysis”; Oh Nelson will talk on “’Keep it Collegial’”: Status Distinctions and Hierarchies on...

2:30 – 4:00 PM North Classroom, Room 1207 Beyond Risk: Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Perceptions of Social Support and Child Body Mass Index Using the Fragile Families Study Emily Melnick, MPH Mental Health and Housing Affordability Disparities: Dual Burdens in Colorado Ivan Ramirez, PhD Navigating the Risk of Displacement:...

2:30 – 4:00 PM North Classroom, Room 1207 Beyond Risk: Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Perceptions of Social Support and Child Body Mass Index Using the Fragile Families Study Emily Melnick, MPH Mental Health and Housing Affordability Disparities: Dual Burdens in Colorado Ivan Ramirez, PhD Navigating the Risk of Displacement:...