Meet the Next Sociomedical Sciences Chair: Dr. Lisa Metsch
Come July, the School's Department of Sociomedical Sciences will welcome a new chair: noted medical sociologist and public health scholar Lisa Metsch. Dr. Metsch is an internationally recognized leader in the prevention of HIV among populations that abuse substances. Her research has helped to shape national policy and intervention programs.
For Dr. Metsch, the new position will be a homecoming of sorts. Though she has built her career at the U. of Miami, she was born in Brooklyn, grew up on Long Island and earned her BA at Columbia. Dr. Metsch will be the first to hold the newly endowed Stephen Smith Professorship. She succeeds Dr. Amy Fairchild who served the last few years as interim department chair.
Grand Rounds: Maintaining the Aging Brain
Dr. Michelle Carlson of Johns Hopkins will present "Move the Body & Enrich the Brain: Maintaining, Rehabilitating and Improving Neuro-cognitive Health Throughout Life."
Student Blog on Preventable Death & Injury in Haiti
Exec. MPH student Jason Friesen on emergency care and the potential for mobile technology.
Registration Open for Summer Courses
EPIC program offers intensive 1-week courses in June for professionals and students.
Is Research on a Mutant Avian Flu Too Dangerous to be Published?
Ian Lipkin moderates a contentious panel at the NY Academy of Sciences.