Events

Past Event

National Public Health Week Community Panel Discussion

April 4, 2023
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
America/New_York
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032

Kate Barnhart, Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff, Rosita Romero, and Peggy Shepard will take part in a discussion moderated by Dean Linda P. Fried exploring the National Public Health Week theme Centering and Celebrating Cultures in Health.


Columbia Mailman School of Public Health is proud to participate in the American Public Health Association's annual National Public Health Week. Our community events, reflecting this year’s theme “Celebrating and Centering Cultures in Health,” brings together students, faculty and staff along with colleagues from our Northern Manhattan neighborhoods and Columbia University's Irving Medical Center. Presented in partnership with The Office of Diversity, Culture, and Inclusion (ODCI).


Kate Barnhart, Founder & Director, New Alternatives for Homeless LGBT Youth

Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff, Choose Healthy Life Clergy Leader, New York, Advocate, Activist, Leader, and Strategist

Rosita Romero, Executive Director, Dominican Women’s Development Center

Peggy Shepard, Co-founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Member, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health Board of Advisors

Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (moderator), Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice, Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine, Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center, Director, Columbia Aging Center


Hybrid Event: Register to attend in-person or view the discussion online.

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Contact Information

Lauren Sagnella