Public Health Grand Rounds Archive
Public Health Grand Rounds Archive
Below you can find available videos and slides from past presentations organized by discussion topic.
- 4/10/26 – Christina Mulé, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, URochester Medicine, and Simone Gonyea, a member of the Onondaga Snipe clan and senior health project coordinator in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at URochester Medicine: Recognizing the Gifts of Every Indigenous Child: Ensuring Equitable Access to Developmental Services and Special Education
- 9/26/25 – Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza, PhD: Addressing Disparities in Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment through Community Engaged Research
- 4/4/25 – Rev. Myra Brown: Rochester Guaranteed Basic Income to Living Water GBI Program
- 10/25/24 – Megan Lytle, PhD, Betty Webb, CHES: Patient-Centered Care for Trans and Gender Diverse Individuals
- 4/19/24 – Michelle A. Williams, ScD: Bold Steps American Health Care Systems Must Take to Ensure an Equitable and Healthier Future
- 4/5/24 – Julia Iyasere, MD, MBA: Advancing Health Justice Through Data: Dalio Center for Health Justice
- 12/1/23 – Maureen R. Benjamins, PhD: Unequal Cities, Structural Racism, and the Death Gap in America’s Largest Cities
- 11/3/23: Naomi Lee, PhD, CPH: The More You Know...About HPV and Cervical Cancer in Native American Communities
- 2/17/23 – Edith Williams, PhD, and Theresea Green, PhD, MBA: Progress Report: URMC Equity and Anti Racism Action Plan
- 11/4/22 – URMC Equity and Anti Racism Action Plan Panel: URMC Equity and Anti Racism Action Plan
- 1/20/22 – Jonathan Jackson, PhD: Towards a Quantifiable Science of Research Equity
- 1/7/22: Edith M. Williams, PhD, MS: Special Session Supplement: "Joy in the Journey: Triumphs in lessons learned along the way"
- 12/2/21 – Dean S. Seneca, MPH, MCURP and Rohsennase Dalton LaBarge: Historical Trauma and the Health Disparities that Perpetuate in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
- 10/1/21 – Wade Norwood, CEO, Common Ground Health: The Color of Health: The Devastating Toll of Racism on Black Lives
- 3/19/21: Stephanie Townsend, PhD: Commission on Racial and Structural Equity, Our City. Our County. United for Change.
- 2/19/21 – Amy JH Kind, MD, PhD: Aligning Towards Action in Social Determinants of Health Research: The Neighborhood Atlas
- 11/12/25 – Leseliey Welch MBA, MPH, Special Public Health Grand Rounds, Dr. Bernard Guyer Lecture Series: Beloved Birth 50 by 50: An Invitation to Courageous Collective Action
- 10/24/25 – Angela Odoms Young, PhD: Transforming Nutrition Across the Life Course: Applying Targeted Universalism to Improve Racial and Socioeconomic Gaps in Maternal and Child Health
- 11/19/24 – Dorcey L. Applyrs, DrPH, MPH: Are Black Women Safe Giving Birth: The Hard Truth of How Racism and Discrimination Perpetuate Disparities in Maternal Mortality
- 12/9/22 – Lisa Harris, MD, PhD: From Politics Towards Care: Talking about Abortion as a Health and Public Health Issue
- 10/7/22 – Stefanie Hollenbach, MD, MS: Modern Echoes of Historic Institutionalized Racism: Associations Between Previously Redlined Districts and Current Obstetric Outcomes
- 3/18/22 – Ndidiamaka Amutah Onukagha, MD: Black Women and Maternal Health Disparities: Addressing the Role of Racism
- 3/6/26 – Elizabeth Murray, DO, MBA, FAAP, associate professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, URochester Medicine: Despite What You Might Have Heard...Vaccines Remain One of the Best Public Health Advances in Our History
- 4/10/26 – Christina Mulé, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, URochester Medicine, and Simone Gonyea, a member of the Onondaga Snipe clan and senior health project coordinator in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at URochester Medicine: Recognizing the Gifts of Every Indigenous Child: Ensuring Equitable Access to Developmental Services and Special Education
- 10/24/25 – Angela Odoms Young, PhD: Transforming Nutrition Across the Life Course: Applying Targeted Universalism to Improve Racial and Socioeconomic Gaps in Maternal and Child Health
- 3/7/25 – Joseph McFall, PhD; Kristin Lynch, MS, CCC SLP; Matthew Tae, BA: Children’s Institute and Get Ready to GROW: Supporting Child Development in Monroe County
- 11/15/24 – Jennie Noll, PhD: Making Greater Rochester Safer and Healthier with Cutting Edge Research and Child Abuse Prevention Efforts
- 2/16/24 – Mary T. Caserta, MD: A New Era of RSV Prevention
- 2/3/23 – David Figlio, PhD: How Population Level Matched Birth School Administrative Records Can Address Public Health and Education Policy Questions
- 3/6/26 – Elizabeth Murray, DO, MBA, FAAP, associate professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, URochester Medicine: Despite What You Might Have Heard...Vaccines Remain One of the Best Public Health Advances in Our History
- 5/1/26 - Parul D. Rahbari, MPH, program development officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mari Brick, diabetes prevention coordinator, New York State Department of Health, Susan Gasparino, MD, MPH, DABOM, medical director of Clinical and Community-Based Programs, Center for Community Health & Prevention, URochester Medicine, and Imalai Rosado, lifestyle health coach, Diabetes Prevention, Center for Community Health & Prevention, URochester Medicine: From National Model to Local Impact: The National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Lifestyle Change Program (LCP) in Action
- 9/12/25 – Marielena Vélez de Brown, MD, MPH: The Public Health Landscape in Monroe County and Beyond
- 5/9/25: Janette Berkley-Patton, PhD: Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards & Special Public Health Grand Rounds: Engaging Community and Health Partners in Designing and Delivering Large-Scale Health Interventions for Increased Reach, Influence and Impact
- 9/20/24 – Marielena Vélez de Brown, MD, MPH: Public Health and Cross-Sector Collaboration: Continued Progress Towards Whole Health
- 9/29/23: Martin Shapiro,MD, PhD, MPH: The Present Illness: American Health Care and Its Afflictions
- 9/15/23: Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH: Public Health in Monroe County: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future
- 4/21/23: Andrea Garroway, PhD: Strategies for Effective Partnership and Communication in Healthcare
- 3/3/23: URochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Candidates for Distinction in Community Health: Mariah Erlick ’23, Kiersten Flodman ’23, Shane Fuentes ’23, Nilsa Ricci ’23, and Valentina Sedlacek ’23: Medical Students and Community Engagement: Partnerships for Health
- 9/16/22 – Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH: Public Health in Monroe County: Past, Present and Future
- 4/1/22: Michael Waller, PhD: Sustainability in Healthcare
- 2/4/22: Daniel G Petereit, MD: Walking Forward: Collaborating at the Community Level to Advance Cancer Control in the Northern Plains American Indians
- 12/3/21 – Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH: Making the Most of a Global Pandemic
- 11/19/21 – Jeff Wyatt, DVM, MPH: One Health Initiative in Borneo: Transforming Community Health and Saving Endangered Orangutans
- 11/5/21 – Jane Hoppin, ScD: Responding to Community Concerns about Chemical Exposure: The GenX Exposure Study
- 1/23/26 – Mitch Gruber, PhD, senior vice president and chief impact officer of Foodlink, Denise Read, deputy commissioner of Monroe County Department of Human Services, and Taylor Harrison, MHA, PMP, LSSBB, manager of Programs and Projects in the Health Equity Program Support Office at URochester Medicine: Understanding Changes to SNAP Benefits
- 4/10/26 – Christina Mulé, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, URochester Medicine, and Simone Gonyea, a member of the Onondaga Snipe clan and senior health project coordinator in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at URochester Medicine: Recognizing the Gifts of Every Indigenous Child: Ensuring Equitable Access to Developmental Services and Special Education
- 2/7/25 – Heather Busick, MD; Hannah Grisewood, RN, BC; Taylor Harrison, MHA: Social Drivers Determine Health: A Technology Response to Health Related Social Needs
- 5/3/24 - Kelly M Luther, LMSW, Peg Bierley, LMSW, Lisa Lewis, MPA, Kathy Curtis-Rubin, RN: Transitional Supportive Housing and Community Partnerships
- 3/1/24 –Marlene Blocker; Jodi Cook; Maria A. Marconi, EdD, RN; Emily Murphy; Ashwani Sharma, MD; Elizabeth Cox, MD; Annabelle Kleist, PhD: EAST High School and University of Rochester Collaborations Panel
- 3/17/23 – Mahala Schlagman, MD and Rebecca Russo: Medical Legal Partnership: A Tool for Community Advocacy
- 2/18/22 – Wendy Parisi, MS; Amy Woods, MPH; Mitch Gruber, PhD; Laura Ballou, MSW; Eugene Vogler: A Tale of Two Pantries: Partnering with the Community to Address Local Food Insecurity
- 4/2/21 – Moderator: Katrina Smith Korfmacher, PhD, Speaker: Elijah de la Campa, PhD, Panelists: Nadine D. Hylton, PhD; Mark Muoio; John Oster; Denise Read: Housing and Health in a Pandemic: A Public Health Perspective on Rochester’s Looming Eviction Crisis
Reading:
- 5/1/26 - Parul D. Rahbari, MPH, program development officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mari Brick, diabetes prevention coordinator, New York State Department of Health, Susan Gasparino, MD, MPH, DABOM, medical director of Clinical and Community-Based Programs, Center for Community Health & Prevention, URochester Medicine, and Imalai Rosado, lifestyle health coach, Diabetes Prevention, Center for Community Health & Prevention, URochester Medicine: From National Model to Local Impact: The National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Lifestyle Change Program (LCP) in Action
- 2/2/24 – Sandhya Seshadri, PhD and Rev. Kelly Spahr, MDiv: Loneliness of the Long-Term Caregiver: Exploring Connections for the Disconnected Caregivers of Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy-body Dementia Patients.
- 11/17/23 – Alisha Moreland Capuia, MD: Building Trauma Informed Organizations and People: Why Healing Must Be the Way Forward
- 3/31/23 – Holly Russell, MD and Jade Malcho, MD: Opioid Safety at UR Medicine
- 4/22/22 – Jessica Watington; Meghan Jenner, LCSW; Jason Teller BA, CASAC: Changing Times: Behavioral Health in Monroe County
- 12/6/24 – Gale Burstein, MD, PhD, FAAP, Ryan Belka Esq., Spencer Cantrell, Nina Agrawal, MD, Shannon Frattaroli: Extreme Risk Protection Orders: A New Gun Violence Prevention Tool for Healthcare
Additional Resources:
- Clinical Approaches to the Prevention of Firearm-Related Injury
- National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center
- Everytown Research & Policy Extreme Risk Laws
- American Academy of Pediatrics Gun Safety Resources
- 10/20/23 – Irshad Altheimer, PhD: Assessing Gaps in Services for Violence Victims and How We Can Fix Them
- 11/18/22 – Garen Wintemute, MD, MPH: Public Health Grand Rounds and 11th Annual Bernard Guyer Lecture on Gun Violence and Prevention
- 5/2/25 – Benjamín Castañeda, MS, PhD: Developing Technologies for Inclusive Medical Care in Rural Peru
- 2/7/25 – Heather Busick, MD; Hannah Grisewood, RN, BC; Taylor Harrison, MHA: Social Drivers Determine Health: A Technology Response to Health Related Social Needs
- 3/4/22 – Heather Reyes, MD: Social and Emotional Learning Tool via Moxie the Robot
- 10/15/21 – Abigail Zuger, MD: Public Health at the Bathroom Sink: Home Testing for Contagious Disease
- 9/17/21 – Heather J. Busick, MD: The HEART of the Matter: Leveraging Our Electronic Health Record to Address Health Inequities
- 4/16/21 – Girmay Berhie, PhD: Managing Epidemics with Consumer Wearables
- 1/23/26 - Mitch Gruber, PhD, senior vice president and chief impact officer of Foodlink, Denise Read, deputy commissioner of Monroe County Department of Human Services, and Taylor Harrison, MHA, PMP, LSSBB, manager of Programs and Projects in the Health Equity Program Support Office at URochester Medicine: Understanding Changes to SNAP Benefits
- 5/7/26 - Special Public Health Grand Rounds -Daniel Dawes, JD: Too Close to Fail: An Examination of the Political Determinants of Health
- 12/5/25 – Joshua Farrelman: View from Washington and Albany
- 2/21/25 – Jamie Druckman and Cameron Hecht: Interventions to Strengthen Democracy
- 3/17/23 – Mahala Schlagman, MD, and Rebecca Russo: Medical Legal Partnership: A Tool for Community Advocacy
- 3/3/23: URochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Candidates for Distinction in Community Health: Mariah Erlick ’23, Kiersten Flodman ’23, Shane Fuentes ’23, Nilsa Ricci ’23, and Valentina Sedlacek ’23: Medical Students and Community Engagement: Partnerships for Health
- 12/9/22 – Lisa Harris, MD, PhD: From Politics Towards Care: Talking about Abortion as a Health and Public Health Issue
- 10/21/22 – Abigail McHugh Grifa, PhD: Climate Impacts and Solutions for the Genesee Finger Lakes Region
- 2/6/26 - Miriam Weber, PhD, associate professor of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, URochester Medicine: Hormones and Cognition in Women: Menopause and Beyond
- 2/20/26 - Thomas V. Caprio, MD, MPH, MS, CMD, HMDC, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, FGSA, professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, Dentistry, Clinical Nursing, & Environmental Medicine and Public Health Sciences, URochester Medicine: The Priority for Age-Friendly Care in Identifying and Reducing the Risks for Elder Abuse
- 3/21/25 – Michael Alan Anderson, PhD: Encore, Encore: Giving Voice to People Living with Dementia
- 10/11/24 – Ann Marie Cook and Paul L. Caccamise, LMSW, ACSW: Lifespan of Greater Rochester
- 2/2/24 – Sandhya Seshadri, PhD, MA, MS, and Rev. Kelly Spahr, M.Div., BCC: The Loneliness of the Long-Term Caregiver: Exploring Connections for the Disconnected Caregivers of Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy-body Dementia Patients.
- 3/6/26 – Elizabeth Murray, DO, MBA, FAAP, associate professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, URochester Medicine: Despite What You Might Have Heard...Vaccines Remain One of the Best Public Health Advances in Our History
- 11/3/23: Naomi Lee, PhD, CPH: The More You Know...About HPV and Cervical Cancer in Native American Communities
- 12/3/21 – Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH: Making the Most of a Global Pandemic
- 4/16/21 – Girmay Berhie, PhD: Managing Epidemics with Consumer Wearables
- 3/5/21: Nancy M. Bennett, MD, MS: Feast and Famine: COVID-19 Vaccine Local Efforts
- 2/5/21 – Marguerite A. Urban, MD: Pandemics and Epidemics: Updates on Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2021