Thank you to Dr. Esposito for his Grand Rounds Presentation on Gun Violence.  Audience members participated in an rigorous debate regarding methods to reduce gun violence.  For students who missed the presentation, Dr. Esposito's talk can be viewed thru our internet site. 

Paul Tough to speak at Loyola

Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine contributor and author of "Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America"

REPLICATING THE HARLEM CHILDREN’S ZONE MODEL IN CHICAGO

What would it take?

That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking a decade ago. What would it take to change the lives of poor children — not one by one, but in big numbers? The question led him to create the Harlem Children's Zone (“HCZ”), a 97-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America.

President Barack Obama has called for the creation of “Promise Neighborhoods” nationwide, based on the HCZ model. Learn more about the HCZ, and also hear from an interdisciplinary group of Chicago experts about “what it would take” to replicate the program in Chicago.

sponsored by: The School of Law Street Law Program, the Center for the Human Rights of Children, the Civitas Child Law Center, the School of Education, the Psychology Department, the Masters of Public Health Program, the School of Social Work, and the Center for Urban Research and Learning

Loyola School of Law 25 E. Pearson 10th floor Chicago, IL

February 25, 2010  3:30-5:00 pm

Registration begins at 3pm.

Light refreshments will be provided. 

This event is open and free to the public.

Please RSVP to agikas@luc.edu

as space is limited.  

Public Grand Rounds Spring Schedule

The Loyola Online MPH Program has released its spring schedule for on-campus lectures. All lectures can be viewed in video format approximatly 3 hours after the completion of the seminar online at this address. You must have a Loyola access ID to view these videos.

Public grand Round Lectures
Wednesdays, 5:00 – 6:00pm
Stritch School of Medicine, Room 360

January 20, 2010
“Expedited Partner Therapy: Implementation Challenges for
Public Health Advocates and Healthcare Providers”
Dhrubajoti Bhattacharya, JD, MPH, LLM
Department of Medical Humanities
Southern Illinois University

February 17, 2010
“Gun Violence, A Social Problem or Public Health Disease?”
Thomas J. Esposito MD, MPH, FACS
Surgery, Trauma, Surgical Critical care
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

March 17, 2010
“Emergency Medical Services in Illinois”
Evelyn Lyons, RN MPH
Illinois Department of Public Health

April 21, 2010
“Familial and Community Factors that Influence Obesity
in African-Americans Families Implications for
Neighborhood Interventions and Health Policy”
Angela Odoms, PhD
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition
University of Illinois at Chicago

May 19, 2010
“Perspective on Adolescent Obesity”
Joanne Kouba, PhD, RD, LDN
Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing

For more information about the Loyola Online MPH program visit our website

New MPH concentration at Loyola

The Loyola University Chicago MPH Program will launch a new concentration in Public Health this Fall. This concentration will focus on research methods and epidemiology. Coursework will include traditional evening courses (generally Mondays from 6-9 pm) and online courses. Thus, both traditional and non-traditional students can complete the hybrid program. Research methods courses include biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical trials, meta-analysis and demography. The majority of the research methods courses will be taught at the Maywood campus. Further details will be launched on the web-site soon.