Public Health Informatics, COVID-19, and Vaccination Rollout
Overview:
A historical perspective, emphasizing the unique requirements of addressing the full scope of the community, the wide range of health issues, and the requirements to focus on key practical problems that require urgent solutions.
Speaker:
Richard Cooper, MD, is a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences (until July, 2020) at Loyola University Chicago. He received training in Clinical Cardiology, and completed an NIH fellowship in Cardiovascular Prevention, Epidemiology, and Nutrition. His major research focus has been a description of the evolution of cardiovascular disease across the course of the African diaspora. Dr. Cooper received a MERIT award from the NIH in 1998 and has served on numerous advisory and review panels. He is a consultant to the WHO, the CDC on issues related to control of cardiovascular disease in developing countries, and is Course Director for an annual training program in sub-Saharan Africa. In the last several years he has written widely on the topic of genetics and race and has been a frequent speaker at professional meetings. He was a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) from 2008-2011.
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Originally recorded on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, as part of CHOIR's
Overview:
A historical perspective, emphasizing the unique requirements of addressing the full scope of the community, the wide range of health issues, and the requirements to focus on key practical problems that require urgent solutions.
Speaker:
Richard Cooper, MD, is a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences (until July, 2020) at Loyola University Chicago. He received training in Clinical Cardiology, and completed an NIH fellowship in Cardiovascular Prevention, Epidemiology, and Nutrition. His major research focus has been a description of the evolution of cardiovascular disease across the course of the African diaspora. Dr. Cooper received a MERIT award from the NIH in 1998 and has served on numerous advisory and review panels. He is a consultant to the WHO, the CDC on issues related to control of cardiovascular disease in developing countries, and is Course Director for an annual training program in sub-Saharan Africa. In the last several years he has written widely on the topic of genetics and race and has been a frequent speaker at professional meetings. He was a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) from 2008-2011.
Watch previous presentations and to find more information about future seminars.