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SHSP Prepares for National Public Health Week, April 5 – 8 

StuHE and the SHSP Department of Public Health's 2021 National Public Health Week: Building Bridges to Better Health

March 30, 2021
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National Public Health Week 2021

Registration is required for each of the speaker sessions, scheduled from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, and a Zoom link will be provided upon registering. If you want to attend all the sessions, you will have to register for each one separately. 

2021 National Public Health Week Lineup 

Monday, April 5

Outside in: What do human experiments tell us about how air pollution hurts us
Howard Kipen, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rutgers School of Public Health
Director of Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI)

Tuesday, April 6

Our Path Forward: Building Resiliency with Innovation and Optimism
Oscar Alleyne, Dr.P.H. ’12
Chief Program Officer, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Wednesday, April 7

The Roles of Biostatisticians in Drug and Device Development from Study Design to Regulatory Submission
Nancy Stambler, Dr.P.H. ’11
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health, SHSP

Thursday, April 7

Improving Population Health: What Role Does Education Have to Play?
John Allegrante, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Education and Public Health, Columbia University

To mark this year’s NPHW observance, StuHe is partnering with Feeding Westchester, to provide food items for their Meals-4-Kids Project. Feeding Westchester is Westchester County’s largest hunger-relief organization and is a member of Feeding America, the national network of more than 200 food banks serving every state in the United States.