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The Center for Social Medicine hosts many events each year, focusing on the most pressing and important issues at the intersection of Psychiatry, Public Health, Social Services, and the Humanities.
To learn about upcoming events, check out our Calendar on the homepage, follow us on Twitter, or email (no subject/body needed): socialmedicine_humanities+subscribe@lists.ucla.edu




Friday, June 17, 2022
Reproductive (In)Justice in America
Carole Joffe, PhD, Professor, UC San Francisco
Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC Davis
“CJ” Catherine John, Community Organizer, Black & Brown United in Action
Sam Dickman, MD, Abortion Provider in Texas & montanta


Friday, June 3, 2022
Crisis in El Salvador: A Model of Empowerment by Rural Youth Organizers Focusing on Sustainable Agricultural Development, Historical Memory of the Revolutionary Struggle, and Gang Prevention
María Betty Jovel Rivera, Specialist in Administration systems for hydroponic and organoponic agriculture
“Peter” elvis Antonio Martinez Nataren, Rural Youth educator political organizer

Friday, April 29, 2022
Character in Context: Some Observations from K-Drama
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, LFAPA, Hon AIA Social Psychiatrist & Professor, Urban Policy & Health, The New School in NYC

Friday, April 22, 2022
Healing, Self-Care, and Youths' Civic Leadership
Veronica Terriquez, PhD, Director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Professor, Chicana/o & Central American Studies Department and Urban Planning Department

Friday, March 11, 2022
The Inside Game: Psychoanalysis as Resistance
Stephen Seligman, DMH, Clinical Professor, UCSF & NYU


Friday, February 11, 2022
using a community engaged approach to improve sexual health education & outcomes among youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation
Eraka Bath, MD, Director, Child forensic services, associate professor, dept of psychiatry, vice chair for equity, diversity, & inclusion
sarah Godoy, MSW, PhD Student, Royster Fellow, University of North Carolina at chapel hill

Friday, January 28, 2022
The fundamental cause theory of health inequalities: an overview & application
Bruce Link, PhD, Distinguished professor of public policy & sociology, UC Riverside, Professor emeritus of epidemiology & sociomedical sciences, columbia university


Friday, January 14, 2022
Health and public policy in the (hopefully) post-trump era
David U. Himmelstein, MD, Distinguished professor, hunter college city university of new york (CUNY)
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, Distinguished Professor, Hunter College City University Of New York (CUNY)

Friday, November 5, 2021
"All i eat is medicine:" going hungry in mozambique's aIDS economy
Ippolytos Kalofonos, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, uCLA Center for Social Medicine & humanities, UCLA International Institute West LA VA Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Department of anthropology




Friday, June 17, 2022
Reproductive (In)Justice in America
Carole Joffe, PhD, Professor, UC San Francisco
Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC Davis
“CJ” Catherine John, Community Organizer, Black & Brown United in Action
Sam Dickman, MD, Abortion Provider in Texas & montanta

Friday, October 22, 2021
Utilizing the social ecological model to heal from historical & intergenerational trauma
Denese O. Shervington, MD, Professor and chair of psychiatry, charles r. drew university of medicine and science

Friday, October 15, 2021
Inflamed: Decolonizing Medicine for Better Health outcomes
Rupa Marya, MD, Associate professor of medicine uCSF, Executive Director of Deep medicine circle



Friday, June 25, 2021
Black & asian relations in america: Dangers & opportunities for Health Equity
Kyeyoung Park, PhD, Anthropology & Asian American Studies at UCLA
Alyssa Newman, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute of bioethics
Discussant:
Carlos Oronce, MD, MPH, UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program



Friday, May 7 2021
Structural racism in Biomedical research
D. Nanibaa’ Garrison, Associate Professor at the institute for society and genetics, the institute for precision health, & the division of general internal medicine & health services research at uCLA
Dr. Terence Keel, associate professor in the department of african american studies & the institute for society & genetics
Discussant & Moderator:
Dr. Keith C. Norris, professor & executive vice chair for equity, diversity, & inclusion in the department of medicine at UCLA DGSOM

Friday, April 23, 2021
Strengthening our Communities by Providing Culturally-Informed treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Dr. Ayana Jordan, Associate Residency Program Director & assistant professor of psychiatry at yale university school of medicine
MASS INCARCERATION IN THE PANDEMIC: 2021 SERIES




Saturday, May 8th, 2021
Health care inside and out
Panelists:
Terry Kupers, Professor, Wright Institute, School of Psychology
Peter Chin-Hong, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Joseph Goldenson, Former Dir. of Jail Health Services, SF
Patricia Ramdhan, California Coalition for Women Prisoners




Saturday, April 17, 2021
Can the courts fix the crisis of mental health?
Hadar Aviram, Professor of Law, UC Hastings
Sharon Dolovich, Professor of Law, UCLA
Jane Dorotik, California Coalition for Women Prisoners
James King, Campaign Manager, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights



