During the 2008-2009 academic year, Penn's Center for Public Health Initiatives and the VA CHERP, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Department of Health and the Philadelphia College of Physicians, Philly Health Info., presented

Unnatural Causes

Exploring Health Inequalities though the PBS Series
An Interdisciplinary Speaker & Video Program at Penn for 2008-2009

Series Schedule and Speakers

Monday

September 15

Noon - 2:30 PM

In Sickness and In Wealth

Dr. Troutman is featured in the series opening, which looks at reasons why some populations have poor health and how patterns of health and illness reflect underlying class and racial inequities.

 

Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, MA
Director

Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness

Associate Professor
University of Louisville School of Public Health

Monday

October 20

Noon - 1:30 PM

When the Bough Breaks


A look at why African American women of all education and income levels have preterm labor at a rate nearly twice that of white American women.

Jennifer Culhane, PhD, MPH
Senior Investigator, Adolescent Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and
Co-PI National Children’s Study and
Associate Professor, Department of OB/GYN
Drexel University College of Medicine

Monday

December 8

Noon - 1:30 PM

Becoming American


An examination of the Latino paradox, a term used to describe how recent Latino immigrants to the US are generally in better health than relatives who have been here for a longer time.
This episode features Dr. Larson and residents of Kennett Square, PA.

Steve Larson, MD, MPH
Assistant Dean for Global Health Programs
and Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

and

Sarah Paoletti, JD

Clinical Supervisor and Lecturer,

University of Pennsylvania Law School

 

 

Monday

February 9
Noon – 1:30 PM

 

 

 

 

Place Matters

Examination of vulnerable neighborhoods and how conditions in these neighborhoods contribute to poor health among residents.

 

Amy Hillier, PhD

Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning

School of Design

Research Associate Professor,

School of Social Policy & Practice

University of Pennsylvania

 

Wednesday

March 4
4:00 to 5:30 PM


 

 

Not Just a Paycheck

A comparison of the community and individual effects of a manufacturing plant closing in the US versus Sweden.

 

Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD
Chair,

Department of Society, Human Development, and Health
Professor of Social Epidemiology,
Harvard School of Public Health

Wednesday

April 15
Noon to 2 PM

 

 

Collateral Damage

An examination of the relationship between the U.S. and the Marshall Islands and the health consequences for the islands’ native populations.

 

 

Rachel Poulain, MPH

Director of Outreach, California Newsreel