Guest Speakers

 

Visiting Lecturers (Sponsored by NCDHR)

"Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Is it a Disability? Perspectives from the World of Public Health" (June 30, 2008)
Sara Beth Weiner, MSW, MPH
Women with Disabilities Health Equity Coalition
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

"Vision and Deafness" (June 27, 2008)
Andrew Baker, O.D.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
A Teaching Hospital of Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

"Natural History and Genetic Studies of Usher's Syndrome" (June 28, 2007)
Thomas Friedman, Ph.D. and Ekaterina Tsilou, M.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Bethesda, MD

"What is Community-Based Participatory Research?" (May 10, 2007)
Daniel S. Blumenthal, M.D., MPH
Professor and Chair
Community Health & Preventive Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Morehouse School of Medicine Preventive Research Center
Atlanta, GA

"Unilateral and Slight-Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss in Infants and Children: Developmentally Significant" (September 26, 2006, AM Presentation)
"The Epidemiology and Prevention of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease: Activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" ( September 26, 2006, PM Presentation)
Danielle S. Ross, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Senior Service Fellow
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

"Charting Globalization of the Deaf Community" (May 16, 2006)
Markku JokinenPresident
World Federal of the Deaf (WFD)
Helsinki, FINLAND

"Deaf Patients and their Doctors" A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Doctor's Office" (February 24, 2006)
Michael A. Schwartz
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Public Interest Law Firm
Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse, NY

"The Role of Disability and Health Science in Public Health: An Application of a Public Health Conceptual Framework to Older People with Sensory Loss" ( March 25, 2005)
John Crews, DPA
Lead Scientist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA