Public Health Discovery Seminar Series

Interested in public health? Join the Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine faculty to learn more about ongoing research and hot topics in a wide variety of public health disciplines in our ongoing virtual seminar series.

All seminars will be uploaded and added to a YouTube Playlist.

Seminar Schedule

When I Say...Health Equity 
Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM  
Maranda C. Ward, EdD, MPH, Alumni, Associate Professor and Director of Equity at GW SoM, Department of Social Behavioral and Population Sciences  
Despite there being no universal definition of health equity, join WSPH alumni Dr. Maranda C. Ward as her seminar will offer framing language to understand the distinguishable but interrelated concepts of health equity, health inequity, and health disparities. 
Learning Objectives: 
1. Distinguish between the interrelated concepts of health equity, health inequity, and health disparities; 
2. Explain how social justice is used as a tool to advance health equity; 
3. Describe how the social and structural determinants of health impact health equity. 
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Immigration and Health 
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM 
Dr. Mark J. VanLandingham, Professor Emeritus, Department of International Health and Sustainable Development 
Immigrants have very different health profiles with respect to non-immigrants. Not all of these differences are negative. This seminar will provide an overview of some of the principal underlying causal mechanisms driving these differences; will highlight some work by Dr. VanLandingham and other Tulane faculty investigating these mechanisms; and will recommend some coursework and project opportunities at Tulane for students interested in the health of immigrants and other mobile populations. 
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Between the Dashboard and the Bedside: Bridging Data, Operations, and Leadership 
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM 
Molly Mallory, MHA, Alumni, Director of Strategic Insights at Ochsner Health, Department of Health Policy and Management  
This seminar examines how health systems translate data into operational and clinical practice, drawing from experience across clinic operations, health system analytics, and executive strategy. Please join Molly Mallory, WSPH Alumni, as she explores the structural and behavioral disconnects between measurement and reality, highlighting how human behavior, operational constraints, and differing professional perspectives shape system performance beyond what dashboards alone can capture. The session advances a leadership framework grounded in flexibility, humility, and human-centered design, positioning data as a strategic guide rather than a substitute for understanding real-world care delivery. 
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