News and Announcements - HBS PhD Newsletter - October 1, 2021

HBSC Alumna Emily Hammad Mrig was awarded runner-up for the best new writer prize from Sociology of Health and Illness for her recent publication "Integrating fundamental cause theory and Bourdieu to explain pathways between socioeconomic status and health: the case of health insurance denials for genetic testing."

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Monica Adams set out to find other rollerskaters in the Denver community, but now Denver Roller Skates has 2200+ members! They share rollerskating events all around town from businesses like Denver Skates, Colorado Skate Fitness, Denver Urban Skate, Tracks/Roll, etc. They partner with these organizations to host free rollerskating workshops to teach people how to rollerskate and teach different styles of skating like skatepark skating or jam skating (kind of like dancing on skates). To give back to the community, they hosted a Back to School drive for our rollerskating teachers and recently had a local skate shop, Death and Glory, donate full skate setups and safety gear for 2 children.

Monica would love for HBSC to join in on the fun! You can get involved on their Facebook page linked below.

Denver Roller Skates Facebook

We are posting a new cork board in the hallway outside the HBSC administrative office to highlight our graduate students and their research. The board will be similar to the faculty research board with pictures of current students, recent publications, and areas of interest. This is an opportunity to show off your work and get to know the research interests of other students in the program. Please send Itzel the following to itzel.cervantes@ucdenver.edu:

• A photo (can be a headshot or something fun)
• A recent publication of your choice (if any)
• 3-5 key words to summarize your research interests (for example: maternal health, food insecurity, vaccine hesitancy, access to transgender healthcare)

Even if you don’t have any published work, we still want to feature you! Please send in your materials no later than October 31. Contact us any time throughout the semester if you would like to update the information on the board.

All Colloquium talks listed below will be hosted in North Classroom 1130 from 2:30pm-4:00pm.

• October 8th: "Community Disaster Recovery: Moving from Vulnerability to Resilience" with Deserai A. Crow, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs.
• October 15th: "Legal Epidemiology as a Tool for Mapping Structural Stigma" with Daniel Goldberg, J.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Center for Bioethics and Humanities.
• October 29th: "Interpersonal and Institutional Discrimination among U.S. Adults with Disability" with Chloe East, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver, Economics.  
• November 12th: "Leveraging Health Services to Promote Sexual Health Equity in Young Women of Color" with Sneha Thamotharan, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver, Psychology.

Congressional responsibility for programs to address SDOH is divided among many Committees, while programs addressing health and social needs are splintered across multiple federal agencies. The bipartisan Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus brings together members of Congress from disparate jurisdictions to highlight the opportunities for coordination across programs, to improve health outcomes, and to maximize existing and future federal investments in health, food, housing, transportation, and other important drivers of health. 

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Sustaining Behavior Change Conference, October 15th and October 22nd, 10:00am-3:00pm on Zoom: The Sustaining Behavior Change Conference assembles a group of leading scholars in a range of disciplines, including behavioral sciences, behavioral economics, marketing and neuroscience to share their insights and perspectives on this important issue. The goal is to spur creative new thinking about how researchers might study and implement strategies that will foster effective long-term behavior change. The conference is free for all participants.

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