Past Seminars: Spring 2008

January 28
A Qualitative Analysis of the Relationship between Pleasure, Power, and Contraceptive Use 
Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH 
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University

February 4
Research on Heterosexual Anal Sex: A Review of Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Kimberly McBride, PhD, MA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Affiliated Researcher, Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University, Bloomington

February 13 (Wednesday)
Reducing Risk and Using Culture in an Era of AIDS
Michelle Poulin, PhD
PARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
February 25
What You're Doing is Great!: Hybrid Researcher-Doctors and Subject-Patients in the U.S. Urban Landscape
Ben Peacock, MPH, ABD
Doctoral Candidate, Joint Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco

March 3
The (Dis)Connection between Crystal Methamphetamine and Unsafe Sexual Behavior
Christian Grov, PhD, MPH
Project Director, The Club Drugs and Health Project, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), CUNY
Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research, National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI)
March 10
Socioeconomic Position Associated with Effectiveness of
HIV Drugs, Even Among Subjects Adhering to Treatment Schedules
Linda Marc, ScD, MPH, MS
Research Scientist, Behavioral Science Research Institute, Inc. Lecturer, Yale School of Public Health
March 24
Fertility Control and Reproductive Decision-Making in Poland
Joanna Mishtal, PhD
Charlotte Ellertson Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University

April 7
Effective Strategies for Promoting Childhood Immunizations through Community Actions: Lessons from the Northern Manhattan Start Right Coalition
Sally Findley, PhD
Professor, Clinical Population and Family Health and Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
April 10
Investing in Health Systems to Meet Growing Challenges in Global Health
Dr. Agostino Paganini
Scientific Advisor to the Director of Doctors with Africa, Padua, Italy

April 14
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Infants (IPTi): Operations Research from the Implementer's Perspective
Alexandra de Sousa, MD PhD MPH
IPTi Coordinator, UNICEF-HQ
April 21
UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey of Children and Women The Case of Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr. Mary E. Black, MPH, MB Bch
Senior International Health and Business Consultant
Manager, Evaluation Section, UNICEF - HQ
April 28
Evidence-based Reproductive and Child Health Program Development in Ghana
James Phillips, MS, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, MSPH