Seminar Series

First Term Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy: Drug Control Policy & Overdose Prevention

August 28 “Course Introduction: Drug Control Policy and Overdose Prevention”

Renee M. Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health
Director of Training & Education, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research & Policy
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A top priority for injury control is to ensure the broad implementation of evidence-based overdose prevention strategies. This seminar provides fundamental information about the concepts, terminology, and intervention strategies that will be covered in presentations throughout the term. Dr. Johnson will discuss drug control policies in the US and provide an overview of overdose prevention strategies. 

September 11 “Framing Messages About Harm Reduction” 

Alene Kennedy-Hendricks, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Kennedy-Hendricks’ work examines how communication about harm reduction can change the level of support for harm reduction services. She investigated responses to test messages about the persuasiveness of messages about how harm reduction and addiction treatment can reduce overdose, and her presentation will discuss what her team learned.

September 18 "Naloxone training during the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic"

Catherine Tomko, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Department of Health Behavior & Society
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Opioid-related overdose deaths increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this seminar, Dr. Tomko will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community-based naloxone trainings and opioid overdoses in Maryland. 

September 25 “State laws requiring co-prescribing naloxone with opioids”

Kayla Tormohlen, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. This seminar will discuss the early impacts of laws that require naloxone to be co-prescribed to patients at increased overdose risk in eight states across the US. 

 
October 2 “Vermont’s 2021 law to decriminalize buprenorphine”

Kenneth Feder, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Department of Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

In July 2021, Vermont decriminalized the possession of 224 mg or less of buprenorphine, a partial opioid agonist medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder. In this seminar, Dr. Feder will discuss the early impact of buprenorphine decriminalization in Vermont among residents who used illicit opioids or participated in medication treatment for opioid use disorder. 

October 9 “How the pandemic impacted women who inject drugs”

Jennifer Glick, PhD
Associate Scientist
Department of Health, Behavior & Society
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Lyra Cooper, MHS
Health Research Analyst
Mathematica

The guest speakers will discuss their research project in which they explored changes in access to substance use and harm reduction services during the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. They conducted in-depth interviews women who inject drugs in Baltimore City and conducted thematic analysis. As part of their presentation, they will highlight the usefulness of qualitative research in overdose prevention research. 

October 16 “Spatial analysis of HCV treatment among PWID”

Michael Desjardins, PhD, MA
Assistant Scientist
Department of Epidemiology
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Space–time scan statistics are widely used approaches to detect clusters of disease. This seminar will discuss the geographic heterogeneity in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment penetration among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Baltimore, Maryland using space–time clusters of HCV viraemia, which also adjusted for significant predictor variables.

October 23 Discussion Session
 

Information about the seminars, including Zoom meeting links, are available at the Johns Hopkins Calendar of Events.

Second Term Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy - Occupational Injury

October 30“Pricing Occupational Risks”

Kip Viscusi, PhD
University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management
Vanderbilt University
https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud--hqTgsGNIUoyS6TkyjRM7uZKQKhBHk

November 6  “Emerging Risks of Correctional Work: Sources of Occupational Stress and Psychological Distress Among Officers”

Stacie St. Louis, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Georgia Southern University

This seminar is jointly hosted by the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. Please use this link to register for the special session: https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIldOGupjwvHtM_-xObqmKVIHFCz8u8nZtt

November 13  "From Injury to Infection: How Intersecting Exposures Impact Worker Outcomes"

Meghan Davis, DVM, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering
Bloomberg School of Public Health
https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud--hqTgsGNIUoyS6TkyjRM7uZKQKhBHk

November 20 Daniel J Raskin Memorial Lecture: "Leading Organizations for Social Change"

Stacey D. Stewart, CEO
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
https://Raskin2023.eventbrite.com

November 27 “Immersive Media and Occupational Injury Prevention”

Kang Namkoong, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Communications
University of Maryland
https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud--hqTgsGNIUoyS6TkyjRM7uZKQKhBHk

December 4 “Data Privacy in the Fire Service”

Rachel Topazian
PhD Candidate
Department of Health Policy & Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health

This seminar is jointly hosted by the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. Please use this link to register for the special session: https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlcemrrjksEtBobePCctecBNIig2A0Kdwj.

December 11   "Inventory of State Workers' Compensation Laws for First Responder Mental Health"

Jennifer Taylor, PhD, MPH
Arthur L and Joanne B Frank Professor
Director of the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends
Drexel School of Public Health
https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud--hqTgsGNIUoyS6TkyjRM7uZKQKhBHk

December 18     Discussion Session – Required for students registered for course credit

This session is required for students pursuing the Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention. Dr. Crifasi will facilitate a discussion where the overall seminar series themes are explored, as well as observations and reflections from the students.
https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud--hqTgsGNIUoyS6TkyjRM7uZKQKhBHk

Third Term Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy -- Transportation

January 23: Course Introduction:  Strategies for Implementing Landmark Federal Policy to Prevent Impaired Driving: Congressional Mandate for Vehicle Technology to Prevent Driver Impairment

Instructor: Jeffrey Michael, EdD
Distinguished Scholar
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy

Dr. Michael will provide an overview of recent legislation that mandates a vehicle safety requirement for driver impairment prevention technology in all new cars.  He will provide an overview of key challenges to implementing the mandate and preview planned course sessions and special speakers who will address strategies for addressing these challenges. 

Dr. Michael will explain how this course follows the discussion of impairment prevention technology that was started in the third-term 2022 course.  With the Congressional deadline for implementation approaching, this course will involve a different set of expert speakers and a more focused set of issues that could affect the success of the new policy.

As with the prior course, the final session will include a summary discussion and short reports by students of their perspectives on strategies for overcoming key issues that could affect successful implementation of the Congressional mandate. 
 

January 30: Driver Monitoring Systems for Impairment Prevention

Instructor: Frank Harris, Director of State Government Affairs,
Mothers Against Drunk Driving

A senior attorney from Mothers Against Drunk Driving will review of survey of technologies that are relevant to driver impairment prevention and present a viewpoint on their potential for use by auto manufacturers to comply with the new federal mandate.   Many of these technologies are driver monitoring systems that are being developed to monitor driver readiness in vehicles equipped with partial automated driving and have potential application for preventing driver impairment. 
 

February 6: Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS)

Instructor: Robert Strassburger, President and CEO
Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety

The DADSS system is a product of a unique public/private partnership initiated in 2008 to develop technology that can passively detect driver impairment and prevent vehicle operation.  The director of the research program will explain the background of the research program, the status of technology development, and implications for the Congressional mandate.   

February 13: Federal Rulemaking Process

Instructor: Steve Oesch
Vice President, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (ret.) and Federal rulemaking attorney (ret.)

An authority on federal rulemaking with specific experience in developing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards will explain how the rulemaking process works, including requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act and the fundamental requirements of a motor vehicle safety rule.  
 

February 20: Consumer Information and Manufacturer Incentives for Advanced Impairment Prevention Technology

Instructor: Kelly Funkhouser
Manager of Vehicle Technology
Consumer Reports

A safety expert who has direct experience in consumer information programs to incentivize safer cars will explain how impairment prevention technology can be used as part of a consumer information program to encourage manufacturers to exceed minimum implementation requirements. 
 

February 27: Estimating the safety Impact of Driver Impairment Prevention Technology

Instructor: David Zuby
Senior Vice President for Vehicle Research
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Complete implementation of vehicle-based driver impairment prevention technology has been estimated to prevent more the 9,000 deaths per year.   A representative of the research organization that developed this estimate will explain the methodology used in the calculation and the reasons for developing the estimate. 
 

March 6: Equity and Privacy Implications of Impairment Prevention Technology

Instructor: Kadija Ferryman, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

An expert who has studied advanced technologies and their effects on bias, equity and privacy will discuss implications for driver impairment prevention technologies and how precautions in design, deployment, or operation might lead to positive social outcomes. 
 

March 13: Congressional Support for Driver Impairment Prevention Technology

Instructor: TBD

A representative of a Congressional office that supported enactment of the impairment prevention provision in the 2021 infrastructure bill will explain why the member advanced the legislation, what they hope to achieve, and how they will work toward successful implementation. 
 

March 20: Discussion Session – Required for students registered for course credit

Instructor: Jeffrey Michael, EdD
Distinguished Scholar
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy

This session is required for students pursuing the Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention.  Dr. Michael will facilitate a discussion of key issues, overlapping themes, and implementation strategies presented by the guest speakers.  Based on information from the speakers, students will be asked to discuss their observations and recommendations regarding optimal strategies for implementing the new federal policy. 

Fourth Term Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy -- Violence

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March 27 Cassandra Crifasi, PhD, MPH  
An Introduction to evidence-based advocacy: lessons learned from the Center for Gun Violence Solutions 

April 3 Silvia Villarreal, MPP 
Alcohol misuse and gun violence: An evidence-based approach for state policy

April 10 Mudia Uzzi, PhD, MSc 
Structural racism, racial capitalism and firearm violence in Baltimore City 

April 17 Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH 
Reviewing Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs’ Effects on Risk for Future Violence 

April 24 Julie Ward, MN, RN, PHNA-BC 
Fatal and nonfatal injurious shootings by police 

May 1 Lisa Geller, MPH 
Spencer Cantrell, JD 
Successful public health advocacy for firearm removal laws 

May 8 Janel Cubbage, MS, LCPC, MPH 
The Intersection of Racism and Suicide Risk 

May 15 Carla Tilchin, MPH 
Centering frontline workers to understand challenges and develop solutions for community violence interventions