CPHD Guest Speakers

2006

Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 12:00-1:00pm
Merritt Dean Schreiber, Ph.D., Senior Program Manager, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters
The Public Health Implications of Disasters and Terrorism on Children and Families: Toward a National Model

Monday, February 13, 2006, 12:00-1:00pm
Dr. Arpana Gupta, Former Deputy Health Officer for the Ventura County Health Department
Public Health Impacts of the October 2005 Pakistan Earthquake

2005

January 19, 2005, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Larry Collins, Captain, LA County Fire Department
Jeff Terry, Emergency Manager, LA County Office of Emergency Management
Tsunami Planning and Public Education in Los Angeles County


2004

December 6, 2004, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Scott Lillibridge, MD
University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston
Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness and Professor of Epidemiology
Emergency Public Health and Security: The Past Ten Years

February 18 , 2004, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Eric K. Noji, MD, MPH, FACEP
Senior Policy Advisory for Medical Preparedness to the Department of Homeland Security and the
Office of the US Surgeon General (on secondment from CDC)
Recipient of The Woodrow Wilson Award for 2003 recognizing distinguished public service
Humanitarian Assistance in Armed Conflict: People, Agencies, and Political Will

2003

November 6, 2003, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Laura J. Proctor, Michelle C. Ramos, and Angèle Fauchier
Department of Psychology, University of Southern California
Families, Children, and Natural Disasters: Impact of the Northridge Earthquake

March 10, 2003, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Richard Goodman, MD, MPH, JD
Director for Law and Science of the Public Health Law Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Forensic Epidemiology: An Interface Between Public Health and Law
Problems From the Real World

2002

November 20, 2002, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lieutenant Erik D. Arbuthnot
Supervising Coroner Investigator
Speaking on the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) of the Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner