Special Lectures
Throughout the year, our speaker series featured topics related to the commemoration.
September 4
Grand Rounds: Framing Our Struggles for Justice
Columbia Mailman Faculty Roundtable
Robert Fullilove, EdD (moderator)
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Associate Dean of Community and Minority Affairs
David Bell, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Population and Family Health
Merlin Chowkwanyun, PhD, MPH
Donald H. Gemson Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Jasmine McDonald, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Frederica Perera, DrPH, PhD
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
October 14
Grand Rounds: An Ecology of Inequality
Raygine DiAquoi, EdD (moderator)
Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Assistant Dean of Diversity, Culture, and Inclusion
Chandra Ford, PhD, MPH, MLIS
Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health
University of California, Los Angeles
Harriet Washington
Author of Medical Apartheid
October 16
Awakening Our Democracy: The Slavery Legacy: Long-Term Health Impacts of Racial Inequality
(co-hosted by the Office of University Life)
November 20
Grand Rounds: 50 Years Since Stonewall
Ilan H. Meyer, PhD
Williams Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy
Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
January 23
Chronic Disease: Stigma and Health: The Lethality of Bias
Brenda Major, PhD
Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark Hatzenbuehler, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
January 29
Grand Rounds: Go Back to Where You Came From: 400 Years of Xenophobia
VEC 401
Monette Zard (moderator)
Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health
Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center
Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health
Rosita Romero
Executive Director, Dominican Women's Development Center (DWDC)
Avigail Ziv
Executive Director, International Rescue Committee's New York Office
February 13
Chronic Disease: Justice and Global Health: Intersections of Public Health and Law
Lawrence O. Gostin, JD
University Professor, Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law, and Faculty Director
O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National & Global Health Law
Georgetown Law
Terry McGovern, JD
Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor and Chair
Population and Family Health
Director, Program on Global Health Justice and Governance
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
February 19
Grand Rounds: Data Science for Justice
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
VEC 401
Gary Miller, PhD (moderator)
Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation
Kiros T. Berhane, PhD
Cynthia and Robert Citrone-Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Professor
Chair of Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Charon Gwynn, PhD
Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Epidemiology
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene