Events
September 22 - September 23
SPHCM Orientation: Public Health Puzzles and Perspectives
Public Health Puzzles and Perspectives: An Integrated Case Study of Industrial Waste, Fertilizer, and Food Safety
What do leach residue from Arizona mines, brass mill waste from Illinois, and tire ash from New England have in common? They are all banned from air and water release, and they can all be found in significant amounts in the fertilizer that is spread on crops from Washington State to Bangladesh. Do these toxins show up in our food? Do they pose a hazard to health? Are health care providers equipped to recognize these hazards? How good is the evidence that hazards exist? How much evidence do we need before this current – and legal - practice is regulated or banned? Will rising global food prices and the worldwide fertilizer shortage make this practice more common? How are these questions (and their answers) relevant to students launching their academic programs in fields as diverse as biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health services, and global health?
On September 22 and 23, 2008, incoming SPHCM students will meet to discuss these and other issues in an integrated public health case study based on the book Fateful Harvest by Duff Wilson. Through the case study, students will explore how the pieces of public health puzzles fit together and how their own specialized role contributes to the interdisciplinary public health whole. Students will also have the opportunity to interact with local participants in this real life drama that continues to command industry and legislative attention. There will also be time allocated for other orientation activities, including department/program-specific meetings. The session will conclude with a final plenary panel of SPHCM alumni giving their thoughts about how the case illustrates the complex and multi-faceted problems faced by professionals and researchers in public health related disciplines.
More information will be available by mid-summer.
What do leach residue from Arizona mines, brass mill waste from Illinois, and tire ash from New England have in common? They are all banned from air and water release, and they can all be found in significant amounts in the fertilizer that is spread on crops from Washington State to Bangladesh. Do these toxins show up in our food? Do they pose a hazard to health? Are health care providers equipped to recognize these hazards? How good is the evidence that hazards exist? How much evidence do we need before this current – and legal - practice is regulated or banned? Will rising global food prices and the worldwide fertilizer shortage make this practice more common? How are these questions (and their answers) relevant to students launching their academic programs in fields as diverse as biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health services, and global health?
On September 22 and 23, 2008, incoming SPHCM students will meet to discuss these and other issues in an integrated public health case study based on the book Fateful Harvest by Duff Wilson. Through the case study, students will explore how the pieces of public health puzzles fit together and how their own specialized role contributes to the interdisciplinary public health whole. Students will also have the opportunity to interact with local participants in this real life drama that continues to command industry and legislative attention. There will also be time allocated for other orientation activities, including department/program-specific meetings. The session will conclude with a final plenary panel of SPHCM alumni giving their thoughts about how the case illustrates the complex and multi-faceted problems faced by professionals and researchers in public health related disciplines.
More information will be available by mid-summer.
7:30 am
http://sphcm.washington.edu/orientation/
Begins in Health Sciences Building T-435
