Community/Urban Health Lecture Series

2023- 2024

September 13, 2023
Class of 2026 Students 
"CUH Class of 2026 Summer Experiences Part I"

September 27, 2023
Class of 2026 Students 
"CUH Class of 2026 Summer Experiences Part II"

October 18, 2023
Members from the 11th Street Bridge Project
"A Model for DC Community Health Planning: 11th Street Bridge Park"

November 8, 2023
12 Community Based Organizations from D.C.
"A DC Community-based Showcase Fair"

2022- 2023

September 8, 2022
Class of 2025 Students 
"CUH Class of 2025 Summer Experiences Part I"

September 20, 2022
Malika Fair, MD, MPH
"Community Conversations: Tips to Advancing Health Equity as a Medical Student"

September 27, 2022
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"Addressing Food Insecurity in Washington, DC"

October 4, 2022
Class of 2025 Students 
"CUH Class of 2025 Summer Experiences Part II"

October 25, 2022
James Huang, MD
"Community Conversations with Dr. James Huang"

November 4, 2022
Rebekah Rollston, MD
"CUH Op-Ed Writing Workshop Part I"

November 17, 2022
Rebekah Rollston, MD and guests 
"CUH Op-Ed Writing Workshop Part II-Application"

January 3, 2023
Dr. Maranda Ward and Julia Xavier (MSII)
"Naming and Framing Racism"

February 9, 2023
Dr. Maranda Ward and Julia Xavier (MSII)
"The History of Scientific Racism"

March 9, 2023
Dr. Maranda Ward
"Race-Based Medicine"

April 3, 2023
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"Exploring Lived Experiences of Poverty in Community Health"

May 11, 2023
Caleb Dafilou (MS4 student), Dr. Nia Bodrick, and Parent Cafe participants
"Parent Cafe Photovoice"

2021- 2022

September 9, 2021
Class of 2024 Students 
"CUH Class of 2024 Summer Experiences Part I"

September 21, 2021
Class of 2024 Students 
"CUH Class of 2024 Summer Experiences Part II"

September 30, 2021
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"Food Insecurity & Washington DC Part 1"

October 5, 2021
Lawrence Deyton, MSPH, MD
"Community Health Conversations with Dean Bopper Deyton"

October 19, 2021
Rebekah Rollston, MD, MPH
"CUH Op-Ed Writing Workshop Part I"

October 20, 2021
Kanav Kathuria, Founder, The Farm to Prison Project
"Criminal Justice & Food Systems in Community Health"

November 2, 2021
Jill Catalanotti, MD, MPH, FACP
"Community Health Conversations"

November 9, 2021
Rebekah Rollston, MD, MPH
"CUH Op-Ed Writing Workshop Part II-Application"

December 2, 2021
Lawrence Deyton, MSPH, MD
"Community Health Conversations with Dean Bopper Deyton"

January 11, 2022
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"Exploring Lived Experiences of Poverty in Community Health"

February 15, 2022
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"Recognizing the Language of Health Equity & Community Health"

March 8, 2022
Naseema Shafi, JD
"Whitman-Walker Health’s Decades of Service"

April 8, 2022
Elmer Huerta, MD
"Community/Urban Health Communication in Latino Communities"

April 22, 2022
Wendy Ellis, DrPH
"Building Community Resilience"
 

2020-2021

October 6, 2020
Rebekah Rollston, MD, MPH
"CUH Op-Ed Writing Workshop – Introduction"

October 22, 2020
Rebekah Rollston, MD, MPH
"CUH Op-Ed Writing Workshop Part 2 - Application"

October 27, 2020
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"A Deeper Dive in Food Insecurity Interventions During COVID-19"

November 10, 2020
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"CUH Student Summer Experiences"

November 23, 2020
Lawrence Deyton, MSPH, MD
"Community Health Conversations with Dean Bopper Deyton"

January 19, 2021
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
"Exploring Lived Experiences of Poverty in Community Health"

February 11, 2021
Cori Alonso-Yoder, JD
"Immigrant Health and the Public Charge"

March 23, 2021
Ashely Alker, MD, MSc
"Public Health, Media, and Messaging"

April 6, 2021
Corrie McDaniel, MD, and Jimmy Beck, MD
"Special Topics Series - "A Primer to Survey Design in Public Health""

April 20, 2021
Newton Kendig, MD
"Critical Importance of Addressing Health Needs in Criminal Justice Populations to Advance Healthcare"

2019-2020

August 22, 2019
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
"Welcome Back Potluck! Community Urban Health Student Lessons from Summer"

October 8, 2019
Newton Kendig, MD
"Critical Importance of Addressing Health Needs in Criminal Justice Populations to Advance Healthcare"

November 1, 2019
Kofi Essel, MD
"Activities in Community Service Learning"

December 5, 2019
Leana Wen, MD
"Community Health Conversations with Dr. Leana Wen”

January 14, 2020
Drs. Kofi Essel, Seema Kakar, Lalit Narayan
"Community Service Learning (CSL) Orientation"

February 25, 2020
Anne C. Cardile, MD and Julie Kaminski, MPH
"Housing and Housing Policy as a Social Determinant of Health"

April 14, 2020
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
"Food Insecurity & Community Health"

April 28, 2020
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
"CUH TEDx Special Topics"

2018-2019

September 20, 2018
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
"Exploring Food Insecurity in the Clinical Settings - How to Screen & Intervene Today"

October 11, 2018
Ed Lazere
"Health & Housing: Exploring the Housing Crisis in DC"

November 27, 2018
Kelli Vos, MSPH, and Lisa Anderson
"Social Media & Public Health Marketing in Community Health - Case Study: FNV Campaign"

January 15, 2019
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, and Seema Kakar, MD
"Caring with Compassion - Case Studies Exploring Social Determinants of Health"

February 22, 2019
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"An Exploration of Community Needs Assessments"

March 19, 2019
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, Lalit Narayan, MD, Seema Kakar, MD, and Lawrence Deyton, MD
"Community Service Learning (CSL) Reflections"

April 23, 2019
Sanjeev Sriram, MD, MPH
"All Means ALL: Racial Justice in Health Policy"

May 14, 2019
Marcee White, MD
"Description: A Community Physician's Lived Experiences in Community Health"

2017-2018

August 25, 2017
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"Case Studies in Community Health - Strengthening Community/Clinical Ties"

September 21, 2017
Alyia S.P. Gaskins, MPH
"Investing Upstream: Roles for Hospitals in the Community Investment System"

October 12, 2017
Kamillah Wood, MD, MPH, FAAP
"Moving Upstream - Investing in the Social Determinants of Health to Improve Outcomes"

November 16, 2017
Newton Kendig, MD
"Critical Importance of Addressing Health Needs in Criminal Justice Populations to Advance Healthcare"

January 30, 2018
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH
"Social Determinants & Community Health - An Interactive Discussion"

February 20, 2018
LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH
"Community Health Lessons Learned from the Director of the Department of Health"

March 23, 2018
Dr. Olga Price 
"Building Community at the Intersection of Healing & Learning"  

April 12, 2018
Leornard Friedman, PhD, MPH
"Leadership Skills for a Physician in Community/Population Health"

April 24, 2018
Olga Price, PhD
"Building Community at the Intersection of Health & Learning"

May 1, 2018
Peter LaPuma, PhD
"Environmental Health & Community/Population Health"

2016-2017

August 22, 2016
Karla Bartholomew, PhD, JD, MPH, PA
"Community Health Across Cultures"

September 12, 2016
Tiana Garrett, PhD, MPH
"Zika and Community Health"

October 13, 2016
Lawrence Deyton, MD, Karla Bartholomew, PhD, JD, MPH, MPA, and Jill Catalanotti, MD
"Case Studies in Community Health"

November 14, 2016
Danielle Dooley, MD, and Lanre Falusi, MD
"Immigrant Health in Washington, DC"

January 23, 2017
Jill Catalanotti, MD, MPH, FACP
"Introduction to Community Health"

February 13, 2017
Karla Bartholomew, PhD, JD, MPH, PA
"Evidence-Based Practice in Community Health"

March 20, 2017
Joel Teitelbaum, JD, LLM
"Medical-Legal Partnerships"

April 27, 2017
Carrie Stoltzfus
“Food Security as a Determinant of Health"

2015-2016

November 10, 2015
Sir Michael Marmot, MBBS, M.P.H, Ph.D., FRCP, FFPHM
"The Health Gap - The Challenge of an Unequal World"

November 16, 2015
Lisa Alexander, MD
"Community-based Simulation Event"

January 14, 2016
Joe Greer, MD
"Why It's Up to You to Save the World"

February 10, 2016
Joel Teitelbaum and Ellen Lawton
"Legal Needs and Health / Medical-Legal Partnerships"

March 16, 2016
Carrie Stolzfus
"Food Security, Nutrition, and Health "

April 13, 2016
Rachel Throm, MSW and Priscillas Dhas, RD, LD
"Nutrition as a Social Determinant"

April 13, 2016
Jill Catalanotti, MD
"Foundations of Community Health"

2014-2015

November 16, 2014
Dr. Lisa Alexander
"Community-based Simulation Event"

October 27, 2014
Tracy Knight, LCSW
"Wrap Around Services in Community Health Settings"

November 10, 2014
Michelle Gaskins-Craig, MD
"Domestic Violence - Issues and Interventions"

February 20, 2015
Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, PA-C
"Public Health Approaches to Hepatitis C and the Advances in Treatment Options"

April 15, 2015
Ikeita Cantu Hinojosa
"The DC Health Benefits Exchange:  Increasing Access to Affordable Health Care"

2013-2014

November 4, 2013
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
"Understanding the Nexus between Primary Care and Emergency Medicine"

November 11, 2013
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
Panel Speakers:  Randi Abramson, MD; Jehan El-Bayoumi, MD and Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH
"Community Health Forum:  Learning from Local Leaders"

January 31, 2014
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
"Trends Worth Watching in Primary Care"

February 28, 2014
Anna Dills, MS4
"Innovations in Primary Care:  Examples from India and America"

March 24, 2014
Richard Katz, MD
"Patient Management of Chronic Disease using Mobile Phones and Community Health Workers"

2012-2013

October 10, 2012
Jillian Catalanotti, MD; Steven Davis, MD; Julia Frank, MD, MPH; and Christiane Mitchell
"Physician Panel on the Affordable Care Act"

November 5, 2012
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
"Equity Issues & the Health Care Safety Net in Washington, DC"

January 1, 2013
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
"Affordable Care Act and Community Health"

March 22, 2013
Robert Keisling, MD
"Community Psychiatry: Housing First"