Archived Information | Epidemiology & Justice Group

Fall 2020

Anti-Racist Research Discussion Group on Zoom

August topic: Positionality // Monday, August 24, 4pm-5pm
September topic: Objectivity // Monday, September 21, 4pm-5pm
October topic: Burden of proof // Monday, October 19, 4pm-5pm
November topic: TBD (we’ll choose a topic based on the first 3 discussions!) // Monday, November 16, 4pm-5pm

Please join the Epi & Justice Group for a monthly informal conversation about conducting anti-racist research. Each month, we will host a discussion focused on a different theme related to how we approach and frame our research. Prior to each meeting, we will send out an optional short article to provide a touchstone for the conversation. However, we encourage people to attend whether or not they read the article – the discussions will be facilitated so that people can participate by drawing on examples from their experiences conducting research, their coursework, and their community participation, in addition to the chosen article reading. We hope these discussions will provide a casual setting to connect with other people who are interested in anti-racist research and a space to help us all think critically about how to apply anti-racist frameworks to epidemiological research.

We will meet monthly on Monday from 4-5pm on Zoom. This shortened link will redirect you to the zoom meeting: http://go.unc.edu/arrdg

Summer 2020

This summer we are working on compiling a syllabus for a justice-centered epidemiology class.

When	Where	What
Mon, Jun 1, 4pm	Zoom	Working Group Meeting – work on syllabus
Mon, July 6 4pm	Zoom	Working Group Meeting – work on syllabus
Mon, Aug 3, 4pm	Zoom	Working Group Meeting – work on syllabus

2019-2020

When	Where	What
Thurs, Sept 12, 4pm	TRU 114 Henderson St	Journal Club – Activist/Action-Based Scholarship Hale, CR. What is activist research? Social Science Research Council. 2001.
Thurs, Sept 26, 1:30pm	Carolina Square* 2nd floor kitchen	Working Group Meeting
Thurs, Oct 10, 4pm	Mayes Center (230 Rosenau Hall)	Seminaren’t: Panel on Failures in Successful Public Health Careers Panelists: Dr. Charlie Poole, Dr. David Richardson, & Dr. Meghan Shanahan
Thurs, Oct 24, 4pm	Carolina Square* 3004	Working Group Meeting
Fri, Nov 8, 12-2pm	322 MacNider Hall (School of Medicine)	Public Health Ethics and Epidemiology Workshop Dr. Jim Thomas (Associate Professor in Epidemiology and international expert in public health ethics) will facilitate this discussion-based workshop using a public health case study and provide a landscape overview of ethics to describe ethical theories, and their relation to public health and epidemiology. Participants will leave the workshop having gained language on public health ethics to enable future discussions as epidemiologists and researchers. If interested: fill out a registration form by Monday, November 4th.
Thurs, Nov 14, 4pm	MHRC 2005	Journal Club: Social epidemiology and causal inference Galea S, Hernan MA. Win-win: Reconciling Social Epidemiology and Causal Inference. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2019. https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwz158/5580308/ Robinson WR, Bailey ZD. What social epidemiology brings to the table: reconciling social epidemiology and causal inference. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2019. https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwz197/5574907/

Winter Break
Wed, Jan 22, 6pm	Open Eye Cafe 101 S Greensboro St	Working Group Meeting
Wed, Feb 19, 5pm	MHRC 2005	Working Group Meeting
Mon, May 11, 11am	Zoom	Working Group Meeting (discuss future of group during COVID-19 times)

Winter Break

Wed, Jan 22, 6pm

Open Eye Cafe

101 S Greensboro St

Working Group Meeting

Wed, Feb 19, 5pm

MHRC 2005

Working Group Meeting

Mon, May 11, 11am

Zoom

Working Group Meeting (discuss future of group during COVID-19 times)

*Carolina Square is located at 123 W. Franklin Street

2018-2019

When	Where	What
Wed Aug 22, 2018 at 4:45 pm	TRU Deli	Start of the Year Meeting
Fri Sep 7, 2018 at 3:30pm	UNC SPH – MHRC 2005	Journal Club: The limits of epidemiology (1) “Epidemiology Is a Science of High Importance.” Nature Communications 9, no. 1 (December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04243-3. (2) Wing, Steve 1994. ‘Limits of Epidemiology.’ Medicine and Global Survival 1: 74–86.
Wed Sep 26, 2018 at 4:45pm	UNC SPH – MHRC 3005	Journal Club: Critical Race Theory (1) Ford, Chandra L., and Collins O. Airhihenbuwa. Commentary: Just What is Critical Race Theory and What’s it Doing in a Progressive Field like Public Health?“. Ethnicity & Disease 28, no. Supp 1 (August 8, 2018): 223. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.28.S1.223.(2) Muhammad, Michael, E. Hill De Loney, Cassandra L. Brooks, Shervin Assari, DeWaun Robinson, and Cleopatra H. Caldwell. “I think that’s all a lie…I think It’s genocide”: Applying a Critical Race Praxis to Youth Perceptions of Flint Water Contamination. Ethnicity & Disease 28, no. Supp 1 (August 8, 2018): 241. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.28.S1.241.(Entire issue is on critical race theory and public health: https://www.ethndis.org/edonline/index.php/ethndis/issue/view/35)
Oct 5, 2018 at 3:30pm	TBD (off campus)	Working Group / Braintrust
Wed Oct 24, 2018 at 4:45pm	UNC SPH – MHRC 2005	Seminaren’t: Panel on Failures in Successful Public Health Careers Panel: Dr. Julie Daniels, Dr. Audrey Pettifor, Dr. Whitney Robinson
Fri Nov 2 at 3:30pm	Steel String Brewery	Working Group / Braintrust
Wed Nov 28, 2018 at 4:45pm	UNC SPH – Rosenau 228	Seminaren’t: Epidemiology from other Academic Disciplines Panel: Dr. Danielle Purifoy & Dr. Geni Eng
Fri Dec 7 at 3:30pm	Blue Dogwood on Franklin St.	Working Group / Braintrust
Winter Break
Fri Jan 25, 2019 at 10:00 am	UNC SPH – Room TBD	Journal Club in collaboration with ENVR Epi: Race, ancestry, and lung function 1. Braun, L. (2015). Race, ethnicity and lung function: a brief history. Canadian journal of respiratory therapy: CJRT= Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire: RCTR, 51(4), 99. 2. Kumar, R., Seibold, M. A., Aldrich, M. C., Williams, L. K., Reiner, A. P., Colangelo, L., … & Choudhry, S. (2010). Genetic ancestry in lung-function predictions. New England Journal of Medicine, 363(4), 321-330.
Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:00 pm	Libby’s House (email for directions)	Working Group/Zine Making
Weds, Feb 27, 2019 at 4:45 pm	UNC SPH – Rosenau 228	Seminaren’t: Epidemiology from Outside Academia Panel Q&A discussion on interactions with epidemiology as a field and epidemiologists as well as focusing on the gaps and contributions of epidemiology to action and policy. Elizabeth Haddix (Julius Chambers Center for Civil Rights, Attorney), Jamie Cole (North Carolina Conservation Network, Policy Manager), Anna Austin (UNC Gillings SPH, PhD Maternal and Child Health Student).
Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 3:30pm	TBD (off campus)	Working Group/Braintrust
Weds, Mar 27, 2019 at 4:45 pm, 6pm	Carolina Square 2nd floor cafe	Journal Club: Public Health Ethics (4:45pm) Thomas JC, Sage M, Dillenberg J, Guillory VJ. A Code of Ethics for Public Health. Am J Public Health 2002;92:1057-9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447186/ Optional: Coughlin SS. Ethical issues in epidemiological research and public health practice. Emerg Themes Epidemiol 2006;3:16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1594564/ Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health, version 2.2. Public Health Leadership Society. 2002. https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/membergroups/ethics/ethics_brochure.ashx?la=en&hash=1E9425A9C96347E42AC0D6B0D2000AA6A8717C3C American College of Epidemiology Ethics Guidelines. Annals of Epidemiology, Nov 2000. https://www.acepidemiology.org/ethics-guidelines Working Group/Zine Making (6pm)
Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 3:30pm	TBD (off campus)	Working Group/Braintrust
Weds, Apr 17, 2019 at 4:45 pm	UNC SPH – Rosenau 228	Seminaren’t – Panel on Public Health Ethics Panelists: Dr. Courtney Woods (SPH-ESE), Dr. Jim Thomas (SPH-EPID), Ms. Naeema Muhammad (NCEJN), Dr. Stuart Rennie (SoM-Social Medicine) Details: An informal discussion of public health ethics. We’ll dedicate about 5 minutes per panelist at the beginning of the session, and the rest of the time will be for Q&A with attendees — likely PhD students from epidemiology. In our meetings, epidemiology students have expressed interest in learning and thinking more about public health ethics — a topic not well covered in our general curriculum. Example topics of interest include the code of public health ethics; inclusion/exclusion of vulnerable populations in biomedical research (e.g., prisoners, children, pregnant women), the ethics of community-engaged research, and the implications for generalizability and policy change, etc.
Fri, May 3, 2019 at 3:30pm	TRU Deli & Wine 114 Henderson St., Chapel Hill	End-of-year meeting We will talk about future plans for the Zine, discuss future journal clubs and seminaren’ts, and brainstorm future plans for our group.