The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH Director of Community Outreach and Education at the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research and Sheila Murphy, PhD  Professor of Communication at USC Annenberg.  

Dr. Baezconde-Garbanati is a tenured professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She is also a member of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center where she is co-Director and Project Leader of the Patient Education and Community Outreach Center. Dr. Baezconde-Garbanati has a solid reputation as a widely recognized national and international community engaged scholar in the areas of culture and community health, with an emphasis on Hispanic/Latino health.

Dr. Sheila Murphy is trained in social psychology at the University of Michigan. She specializes in identifying the individual, interpersonal, community, and ethnic and cultural factors that shape people’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Understanding cultural diversity and tailoring messages to diverse audiences has been a major theme of her research both domestically and internationally (including India, Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, El Salvador, Panama, Thailand, and Indonesia).

Register for ZOOM link: February 20 IDEAS Initiative Seminar Registration Link 

If attending in-person: https://forms.gle/hKZbQu4pc1TzshTk7