UCSF Social and Behavioral Sciences

Institute for Health and Aging 

2007-2008 Colloquium Series

Monday, September 10, 2007 – Beth Mertz, Doctoral Student, SBS, UCSF, “A sociological view of the dental care system in the US" 

Monday November 19, 2007 – Brian Dolan, Professor, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UCSF, "Applied Medical Humanities: Critiquing or Complementing the Health Sciences?"  *This paper will be pre-circulated for comments. Please contact krista.sigurdson@ucsf.edu if you plan on attending and would like to receive a copy of the paper.

Monday, December 10, 2007, 3pm-4pm – Erica Solway, Doctoral Student, SBS and Mental Health Fellow, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, UCSF, "Addressing Smoking Cessation with the Mental Health Community: The Reason, the Partnership, the Research, and the Future"

NOTE: TWO PRESENTATIONS IN JANUARY!

Monday, January 7, 2008 - Joanna Weinberg,  Associate Adjunct Professor, IHA and SBS, and Adjunct Professor Law, Science  and Health Policy Coordinator, Hastings College of Law and Joel Adelson, Chief of the Integrating Medicine and Public Health Program at IHA and the California Department of Health Services, UCSF, "Cell Cultures and Institutional Cultures: Policy Development in the California Stem Cell Initiative."

Monday, January 14, 2008 - Amy Donovan, Assistant Researcher, IHA, UCSF, "Income and Resource – Generating Activities of Homeless and Migrant Youth in San Francisco." 

Monday, February 4, 2008 – Charlene Harrington, Professor, SBS, UCSF, "Shareholder Value and the Performance of a Large Nursing Home Chain"

Monday, March 10, 2008 – CANCELED -  Susan Leigh Star, Professor, Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University, Immediate Past President, Society for the Social Study of Science (4S) and SBS Alumna, “Orphans of Infrastructure”. Please note room change: 474 laurel heights. Wine and cheese reception to follow (4:30-5:30). All are welcome!

Monday, April 14, 2008 - Robert D. Nachtigall, M.D. Adjunct Professor, IHA and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF. "The Disposition Dilemma: What do we do with 500,000 frozen embryos?"

NOTE: TWO PRESENTATIONS IN MAY!

  Monday, May 12, 2008 –  Marty Jessup, RN, PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor, IHA and Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF. "Drug Abuse Treatment in 2008:Expanding Definitions of  Health & Recovery in the Public Sector."

  Monday, May 19, 2008 – CANCELED - Nicole Wolfe, Doctoral Candidate, SBS, UCSF.

Monday, June 9, 2008 – Howard Pinderhughes, Professor, SBS, UCSF. "Dealing With Danger: How Inner City Youth Cope With Violence Around Them"

September 2008 – Teresa Scherzer, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Sociology, SBS, UCSF

October 2008 -- Bob Newcomer, Professor, SBS, UCSF

November 2008 -- Janet Shim, Assistant Professor and Katherine Thompson, Doctoral Candidate, SBS, UCSF