Home About Us Divisions Centers & Programs RWJF Programs Fellowships Research   People Events Directions   Related Sites Site Map About this Site   RBHS Planning Contact Us 112 Paterson Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1293 (848) 932-8413 Email: webmaster		About Us » Lectures, Seminars & Events: Upcoming • All Events 3/3/2015 The Pharmacoepidemiology of Drugs that Treat (and Cause?) Autoimmune Diseases Visiting Speaker Daniel Horton Tuesday, March 03, 2015, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm 112 Paterson Street, 1st floor conference room 120 Daniel Horton, MD, is an attending pediatric rheumatologist at Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, where he completed a pediatric rheumatology fellowship in 2014. Currently he is completing his Master’s of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of Dr. Brian Strom. His master’s thesis is on glucocorticoid toxicity in chronic inflammatory diseases and is supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award F32 Individual Fellowship from NIAMS. In his talk Dr. Horton will discuss his research investigating drug toxicity related to the treatment and development of chronic inflammatory diseases using a large medical records database. He will focus on a study of oral glucocorticoids and osteonecrosis in children and adults with asthma and various autoimmune diseases and a separate line of research investigating the connection between antibiotics and the development of arthritis and psoriasis in children. 3/24/2015 Numeracy and Health: A Tyranny of Numbers Brown Bag Seminar Series Ellen Peters Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioral Decision Making Initiative Ohio State University Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm 112 Paterson Street, 1st floor conference room Ellen Peters, PhD is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioral Decision Making Initiative at The Ohio State University. She conducts basic and applied research in judgment and decision making. She has worked extensively with the U.S. National Cancer Institute and Food and Drug Administration to advance the science of human decision making as it applies to health and health policy. Dr. Peters focuses on understanding the basic building blocks of human judgment and decision making especially how affective, intuitive and deliberative processes help people to make decisions in an increasingly complex world. She studies decision making as an interaction of characteristics of the decision situation and characteristics of the individual. In applied research, she focuses on risk perception and risk communication in health, financial and environmental contexts including how to present information to facilitate its comprehension and use. Recently, she has been interested in the psychological mechanisms underlying tobacco use and prevention and how to "nudge" people towards healthier behaviors. 3/26/2015 ** GLOBAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM ** Latino Immigrant Health over the Life Course: Social, Cultural, and Economic Influences Brown Bag Seminar Series Jacqueline Angel Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology University of Texas, LBJ School of Public Affairs and Department of Sociology Deborah Carr Professor Department of Sociology, Rutgers University Karen D'Alonzo Associate Professor School of Nursing, Rutgers University Peter Guarnaccia Professor IHHCPAR and Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University Nancy Reichman Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Thursday, March 26, 2015, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm 112 Paterson Street, 1st floor conference room A multidisciplinary team of scholars will discuss health disparities, health behaviors, and access to health care among Latino immigrants in the United States. The four speakers are internationally recognized scholars of global health, with a particular emphasis on the ways that Latino immigrants’ cultural practices, social relations, neighborhood characteristics, and legal and/or economic obstacles affect their health and access to care. Drs. Angel, D’Alonzo, and Reichman will each focus on a distinct stage of the life span: old age, adulthood, and childhood/adolescence, respectively. Dr. Guarnaccia will highlight the ways that medical training in cultural competence may contribute to the overall health and well-being of Latino immigrant children, adults, and elders in the United States. Dr. Carr will serve as moderator and will provide a brief overview of the demography of Latino immigration to the United States in the 21st century. 4/16/2015 Is 50 the New 80? Health, Pain, Suicide, and Age Brown Bag Seminar Series Anne Case Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Economics Department Princeton University Angus Deaton Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics and International Affairs Princeton University Thursday, April 16, 2015, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm 112 Paterson Street, 1st floor conference room Anne Case, PhD is Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Economics, Princeton University. Dr. Case is Director of the Research Program in Development Studies and a Faculty Fellow in two research centers, the Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Office of Population Research at the Woodrow Wilson School. Dr. Case’s long-standing research examines the interrelationships among economics, health issues and societal factors both domestically and in South Africa. Angus S. Deaton, PhD is Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Economics, Princeton University. One of the world's leading development economists, his research on health, wellbeing and economic development focuses on social determinants of health, how people's incomes, their education and the characteristics of the societies in which they live, affect their health status and life chances. His recent book, THE GREAT ESCAPE: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality is “the story of mankind’s escaping from deprivation and early death”, but not for all. 4/23/2015 Poster Session Brown Bag Seminar Series Thursday, April 23, 2015, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm 112 Paterson Street, 1st floor conference room The poster session will highlight research of Institute for Health faculty, research staff, postdoctoral fellows and students. In addition to enhancing awareness of many fine and innovative research projects underway, the session will provide opportunities for discussion among Institute members, affiliates and interested others. A light lunch will be served. 4/30/2015 Ecological Momentary Tobacco Control Brown Bag Seminar Series Thomas Kirchner Research Investigator Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies, American Legacy Foundation Thursday, April 30, 2015, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm 112 Paterson Street, 1st floor conference room Thomas R Kirchner, PhD is Research Investigator at the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies and adjunct assistant professor at the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and in the Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kirchner’s work focuses on understanding health-related behavior and decision-making notably the momentary influences on the maintenance of addictive and health-related behavior utilizing both field-based (ecological momentary assessment) and laboratory-based methodologies. A primary focus is the use of mobile devices to capture the multilevel interface between individuals and their momentary circumstances in time and place. Current projects are beginning to uncover the social and environmental determinants of tobacco use initiation, maintenance and cessation. Upcoming Events : 3/3/2015, 12:00 pm The Pharmacoepidemiology of Drugs that Treat (and Cause?) Autoimmune Diseases Daniel Horton   All Events...   Event Information: For more information on events sponsored by the Institute, write to webmaster or call our main number (848) 932-8413.