BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153458Z UID:26715-1590022800-1590022800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Freelancing during COVID-19: Tips from AHCJ members DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPDF presentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Freelance Center\n\n \n\nRecorded May 21\nHealth care reporters across the world have stepped up to cover COVID-19\, and some freelancers have reported that they’re covering “all COVID\, all the time.” This webcast features three AHCJ freelancers who have written a variety of stories for different publications. We’ll talk about their experiences and discuss the unique ways that freelancers can adapt during the pandemic\, whether they cover COVID-focused news or not. Bring questions! \n \n\n\nElaine Howley\, freelance writer \n\n\nEmily Sohn\, freelance writer \n\n\nSerena Gordon\, freelance writer \n\n\nModerator: Carolyn Crist\, AHCJ freelance community correspondent \n\n\n\nElaine Howley is a freelance writer\, editor and researcher in Boston who writes about health and sports. Her stories have been published in U.S. News & World Report\, AARP.org\, Medscape\, Atlas Obscura\, espnW\, SWIMMER\, Outdoor Swimmer and others. During COVID-19\, she has written news pieces for U.S. and sports-related updates for Outdoor Swimmer and U.S. Masters Swimming. \nEmily Sohn is a freelance writer in Minneapolis who focuses on health\, science and environmental stories. Her work has appeared in Nature\, Discovery News\, Nautilus\, U.S. News & World Report\, Science News\, Smithsonian and National Geographic. During COVID-19\, she has written pieces for National Geographic\, NYT Parenting\, Outside\, Popular Mechanics and Medscape. \nSerena Gordon is a freelance writer and editor in New York who primarily focuses on health news. She often writes for HealthDay\, and her stories appear in U.S. News & World Report\, WebMD and United Press International. During COVID-19\, she has written more than two dozen HealthDay stories focused on the coronavirus\, which have appeared in several outlets\, including CBS and U.S. News. \n\nElaine Howley \n\n\nEmily Sohn \n\n\nSerena Gordon \n\n\nCarolyn Crist URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/freelancing-during-covid-19-tips-from-ahcj-members/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153455Z UID:26718-1590627600-1590627600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding the path to a COVID-19 vaccine DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nTara Haelle presentation\nMaria Elena Bottazzi presentation\nLinks for Reporting on COVID Vaccine\nVaccine Development Terminology\nTypes of vaccines\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\n\n \n\nRecorded May 28\nThe race to develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV2\, the virus that causes COVID-19\, is picking up speed. There are more than 100 studies and clinical trials with early promising results. President Trump predicted in mid May there will be “hundreds of millions of doses” of vaccine by the end of 2020. \nBut what is hype and what is real? How can journalists responsibly cover these vaccine studies? A vaccine researcher and AHCJ’s core topic leader on medical studies will talk about how you can write about this topic and where to look for the next story. \nThere will be time for Q&A during the webcast. To ensure your question is addressed\, you can submit it ahead of time here. \n\n\nMaria Elena Bottazzi\, Ph.D.\, associate dean\, National School of Tropical Medicine; professor\, Pediatrics & Molecular Virology & Microbiology\, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital \n\n\nTara Haelle\, AHCJ topic leader/medical studies \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\n\nMaria Elena Bottazzi is a microbiologist\, currently Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine as well as Distinguished Professor at Baylor University and Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Current Tropical Medicine Reports. Along with Peter Hotez\, Bottazzi runs the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. The center develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases and other emerging and infectious diseases. \nTara Haelle guides journalists through the jargon-filled shorthand of science and research and enable them to translate the evidence into accurate information that their readers can grasp. Haelle is a freelance journalist and multimedia photographer who has particularly focused on medical studies over the past five years. She particularly specializes in reporting on vaccines\, pediatrics\, maternal health\, obesity\, nutrition and mental health. Her work has appeared in Scientific American\, The Washington Post\, Politico\, Slate\, NOVA\, Wired and Science\, and she writes regularly for HealthDay\, Frontline Medical Communications\, Forbes and her parenting science blog Red Wine & Apple Sauce. She’s co-author of the 2016 evidence-based parenting book\, “The Informed Parent: A Science-Based Resource for Your Child’s First Four Years.” \n\nMaria Elena Bottazzi \n\n\nTara Haelle \n\n\nBara Vaida \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-the-path-to-a-covid-19-vaccine/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153453Z UID:26716-1591146000-1591146000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Older adults\, coronavirus and food insecurity DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nAnnelies Goger presentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Aging\n\n \n\nJune 3\, 1 p.m. ET\nMillions of older adults sheltering at home face another crisis—food insecurity. Many lack the financial cushion to stock up on groceries\, or fear risking a trip to the supermarket. Online ordering is a non-starter for those who lack the technology. Those who relied on senior centers for socialization and hot\, nutritious meals have lost access during the shutdown. Local food banks are overwhelmed and under-funded; many seniors\, especially those in rural areas\, are left with few places to turn and empty pantries. Reporters will learn more about this vital issue\, what policies are in place\, how they can be improved and why seniors need more than short-term triage to address this real and growing problem. \n \n\n\nAnnelies Goger\, fellow\, Brookings Institution \n\n\nModerator: Liz Seegert\, AHCJ topic leader/aging \n\n\n\nAnnelies Goger is an economic geographer\, developing innovative policy solutions to address rising inequality and improve access to economic opportunity. Her research focuses on workforce development policy\, the future of work (processes of industrial transformation)\, and inclusive economic development. \n\nAnnelies Goger \n\n\nLiz Seegert \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/older-adults-coronavirus-and-food-insecurity/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153448Z UID:26725-1591750800-1591750800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering the effect of the coronavirus on Native Americans DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nDonald Warne’s presentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Insurance\nAHCJ Core Topic: Social Determinants\nWarne’s presentation at Health Journalism 2018\nContact: donald.warne@ndus.edu or701-777-3037\n\n \n\nJune 10\, 1:30 p.m. ET\nFor an in-depth look at how to report on the effect the novel coronavirus is having on Native Americans\, AHCJ will host a webcast with Donald Warne\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, the director of the Indians Into Medicine program and director of the master of public health program in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota. A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge\, S.D.\, Warne will explain how the virus is affecting Native Americans\, the best sources of data about the outbreak in Native American tribes\, and how journalists can cover the pandemic in these underserved communities. \n \n\n\nDonald Warne\, M.D\, M.P.H. \n\n\nModerator: Joseph Burns\, AHCJ topic leader/insurance \n\n\n\nDonald Warne is the associate dean of diversity\, equity and inclusion and the director of the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) and Master of Public Health programs\, and professor of family and community medicine at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota. A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge\, S.D.\, Warne serves as the senior policy adviser to the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board in Rapid City\, S.D. He received his M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and his M.P.H. from Harvard School of Public Health. \n\nDonald Warne \n\n\nJoseph Burns \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-native-americans/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153445Z UID:26727-1592355600-1592355600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding COVID-19 transmission as communities attempt to reopen DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nWhat’s the deal with masks?\nFlying in the age of COVID-19\nThe Risks – Know Them – Avoid Them\nIt’s not whether or not you were exposed to the virus\nIdentifying airborne transmission as the dominant route\nerinbromage.com\n\n \n\nJune 17\, noon ET\nAs we move into summer and states are lifting more restrictions on community interactions\, how should reporters be writing about transmission of SARS-CoV-19\, the virus that causes COVID-19? What do we now understand about how people become infected and how can we best inform the public about weighing the risks of returning to some of the normal activities of life\, such as reopening schools\, camps and restaurants\, returning to offices for work and traveling for summer vacations? In the US\, has our approach set us up for a spike in new cases? A biologist who specializes in understanding the spread of infectious diseases will answer these and other questions from AHCJ members in this webcast. \n \n\n\nErin Bromage\, Ph.D.\, associate professor of biology\, University of Massachusetts\, Dartmouth \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious disease \n\n\n\nDr. Bromage is an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth\, where he teaches courses in immunology and infectious disease\, including a course this semester on the ecology of infectious disease and the emerging SARS-CoV2 outbreak in China. He graduated from the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences James Cook University\, Australia and received his post-doctoral training at the College of William and Mary\, Virginia Institute of Marine Science in the Comparative Immunology Laboratory. Bromage’s research focuses on the evolution of the immune system\, the design and use of vaccines to control infectious disease in animals and designing diagnostic tools to detect environmental threats in real-time. \n\nErin Bromage \n\n\nBara Vaida \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-covid-19-transmission-as-communities-attempt-to-reopen/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200623T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200623T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153443Z UID:26730-1592874000-1592874000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering antibody tests for the novel coronavirus DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\n\n \n\nTuesday\, June 23\, at 1 p.m. ET\nDuring a webcast on antibody testing for the new coronavirus\, Elitza S. Theel\, Ph.D.\, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Infectious Disease Serology Laboratory\, will explain what clinicians know about antibody testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 illness. \nShe also will explain what journalists can expect to learn in the coming months about these tests. In addition\, she will answer our questions about what we know about immunity to the virus and what we need to know about the specificity and sensitivity of antibody testing\, among other topics. \nThere will be time for Q&A during the webcast. You can submit it ahead of time here. \n\n\nElitza S. Theel\, Ph.D.\, director\, Mayo Clinic’s Infectious Disease Serology Laboratory \n\n\nModerator: Joseph Burns\, AHCJ core topic leader/insurance \n\n\n\nElitza Theel \n\n\nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-antibody-tests-for-the-novel-coronavirus/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153438Z UID:26736-1593478800-1593478800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Investigative journalism and the COVID-19 pandemic DESCRIPTION: \n\nRecorded webcast (youtube.com)\n\n\nWebcast\, Tuesday\, June 30\, at 2 p.m. ET \nA collaboration between AHCJ and the Fund for Investigative Journalism \nInvestigative journalism plays a critical role in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications. Journalists are uncovering new information about how the public and private sector are responding to the epidemic – and how millions of people are affected. \nThe Association of Health Care Journalists and the Fund for Investigative Journalism are partnering to hold an online forum\, “Covering COVID: Investigative Journalism and the COVID-19 Pandemic.” This one-hour virtual forum will include insights\, lessons and tips for reporting around this complicated and fast-moving story. \nThe discussion will include: \n\n\nIvan Oransky\, vice president/editorial at Medscape; AHCJ board president \n\n\nAnu Narayanswamy\, data reporter at The Washington Post; FIJ board member \n\n\nMorgan Baskin\, independent journalist covering social welfare \n\n\nDerek Kravitz\, fellow at Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation \n\n\nModerator: Mark Greenblatt\, senior national investigative correspondent at Scripps DC and Newsy; FIJ board president  \n\n\nThe Fund for Investigative Journalism is providing emergency rolling grants to freelancers for stories that break new ground related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Association for Health Care Journalists provides comprehensive resources for reporters covering the pandemic. \nResources\nAssociation of Health Care Journalist’s Resource Center re COVID-19 \nFIJ Board President and investigative correspondent for the Scripps Washington Bureau Mark Greenblatt’s coverage on insurance companies during the pandemic: \n\n\nAdvocates Worry Insurance Providers Could Profit From COVID-19  \n\n\nState Farm\, Progressive Join List Of Auto Insurers Issuing Refunds \n\n\nData resources suggested by Washington Post Data Reporter Anu Narayanswamy: \n\n\nCoronavirus counts by county \n\n\nCOVID nursing home data \n\n\nCenters for Disease Control Provider Relief Fund data \n\n\nCOVID related financial assistance via HHS \n\n\nSBA PPP loans to public companies \n\n\nResources suggested by Ivan Oransky and the Association of Health Care Journalists: \n\n\nRetraction Watch \n\n\nSection on retracted coronavirus articles \n\n\nRetraction Watch Searchable Database \n\n\nColumbia Journalism Review op-ed (with tips for journalists re working with scientific papers) \n\n\nMorgan Baskin’s report in the Washington City Paper\, on D.C.’s child welfare system and COVID-19 \nDerek Kravitz and team’s web page at the Brown Institute and Columbia University\, including recent coverage using the documents they obtained \nWatch a recording of this webcast. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/investigative-journalism-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T181759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153431Z UID:26740-1596070800-1596070800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Reporting on school reopenings in the time of COVID-19 DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nBlog post: Community transmission rate key to K-12 school reopening\nEnriqueta Bond’s presentation\nNational Education Association page on COVID-19 action\nAll Hands On Deck: Guidance Regarding Reopening School Buildings\nCDC guidelines on school re-openings\nNational Governor’s Association school reopening guidelines\nEducation Week: Tracking of School District Re-opening Plans\nNYT: Reopening schools is way harder than it should be\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\n\n \n\nThursday\, July 30\, 11 a.m. ET\nEveryone agrees that reopening schools this fall has been a priority for parents\, students and teachers\, but the nation’s inability to curb the COVID-19 outbreak is leading to an extremely challenging environment for deciding when and if to open schools.  \nA July 22 AP-NORC poll found that 46% of Americans believe schools need major modifications to deal with the coronavirus pandemic\, and 31% think they shouldn’t reopen for in-person learning at all. \nCommunities are wrestling to answer questions such as: \n\n\nWhat conditions are needed for schools to reopen safely? \n\n\nWhat role do children play in the transmission of COVID-19? \n\n\nWhat do public schools need to have in place to reopen safely or conduct virtual learning? \n\n\nThree experts\, in education policy\, the education work force and infectious disease\, will help journalists answer these questions and more. \nThere will be time for Q&A during the webcast. You can submit it ahead of time here. \n\n\nEnriqueta Bond\, Ph.D.\, chair\, National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, Medicine advisory committee on Reopening K-12 Schools in the Time of COVID-19 \n\n\nLily Eskelsen García\, president\, National Education Association \n\n\nTina Q. Tan\, M.D.\, professor of pediatrics\, pediatric infectious diseases attending physician\, Northwestern University\, Feinberg School of Medicine \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nTina Q. Tan\, M.D.\, is professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine\, Northwestern University\, and a pediatric infectious diseases attending; medical director of the International Patient Services Program (IPS); co-Director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Tan received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her residency\, chief residency\, and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship in the Department of Pediatrics\, Baylor College of Medicine\, Houston. Tan is the chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Infectious Diseases (SOID). \nLily Eskelsen García (@Lily_NEA) is president of the National Education Association\, the nation’s largest labor union. She began her career in education as a school lunch lady and now leads a professional association of 3 million educators. She is the first Latina to lead the NEA and one of the country’s most influential Hispanic educators. Prior to assuming the top post\, she served two terms as NEA vice president and secretary-treasurer. Most recently\, García was appointed to serve on the Executive Committee as secretary of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute\, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization\, providing leadership development programs and educational services to students and young emerging Latino leaders. \nEnriqueta Bond\, M.A.\, Ph.D.\, until recently served as president of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\, an independent private foundation that advances medical science and the treatment of disease by supporting research and other scientific\, scholarly\, and educational efforts. Prior to joining Burroughs Wellcome\, Bond served a distinguished tenure at the National Academy of Sciences\, most recently as chief executive officer of the Institute of Medicine but also as director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention\, director of the Division of Health Sciences Policy\, and senior staff officer. She holds a Ph.D. in biology-biochemical genetics from Georgetown University\, an M.A. in biology-genetics from the University of Virginia\, and an A.B. in zoology and physiology from Wellesley College. \n\nEnriqueta Bond \n\n\nLily Eskelsen García \n\n\nTina Q. Tan \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-on-school-reopenings-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200922T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200922T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T182301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153408Z UID:26758-1600736400-1600736400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:GeoHealth: The Impact of Climate Change on Health and Society DESCRIPTION:Sept. 22\, 11 a.m. ET \nConcurrent with Climate Week NYC\, Wiley and AGU will host a webinar on the emerging field of GeoHealth\, which explores the intersections of the Earth and environmental sciences and health sciences. The webinar will focus on the effects of climate change on health and society. Journalists who attend this webinar will:     \n\n\nWalk away with a deeper understanding of the current climate change trends\, how climate change affects individual and population health in the U.S. and abroad\, and which populations are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. \n\n\nHear about research that explores how climate change will affect human health\, and current efforts underway to develop protocols for communities to use in understanding these impacts. \n\n\nUnderstand the most critical factors in climate change-driven health impacts and learn about emerging topics that are of interest to researchers and important for society. \n\n\nLearn where to find information about current research\, and established programs and resources in these areas. \n\n\nREGISTRATION INFORMATION”¯  \nJournalists may register for this complimentary Science Talks webinar HERE \nThe hour-long webinar will include time for questions and answers.”¯”¯  \nIf you are not able to attend the live webinar\, it will be recorded for on demand viewing. Visit WFSJ\, your journalist association website\, or Wiley’s Science Talks YouTube channel to see all webinars.”¯  \nAbout the Program  \nWiley Science Talks provides ongoing education for journalists through free webinars on topics of global importance. Held in partnership with the”¯World Federation of Science Journalists”¯(WFSJ) and the”¯Association of Health Care Journalists”¯(AHCJ) each session connects journalists with research experts who explain complex science topics. Science Talks are recorded and includes access to relevant research and trusted resources to support evidence-based journalism. \nAbout the Speakers \nGabriel Filippelli is a Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He writes and teaches on a range of topics\, including climate change\, human health\, and science policy. Professor Filippelli is Editor in Chief of GeoHealth\, an Open Access AGU journal publishing high-quality original research articles and commentaries across the intersections of the Earth and Environmental Sciences and Health Sciences. \nSusan Anenberg is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and of Global Health. She serves as the Director of the MPH concentration in Global Environmental Health. Dr. Anenberg studies the health implications of air pollution and climate change\, from local to global scales. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/geohealth-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-health-and-society-2/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T182702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153400Z UID:26770-1601600400-1601600400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Pitching your best stories during the pandemic DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation: Khamsi\nPresentation: Vanchieri\nPresentation: Weintraub\n\n \n\nFriday\, Oct. 2 at noon EST\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a constant news cycle stories covering health and science\, and provided many opportunities for freelancers – if you know how to find and take advantage of them. Editors are busier than ever and pitches now need to be shorter\, and\, at some outlets\, the bar is higher. This panel of top writers and editors will help you craft pitches for coronavirus and non-coronavirus stories. Panelists will also help you prepare for the virtual PitchFest by providing tips to hone your one-on-one pitching skills. \n\n\nRoxanne Khamsi\, independent journalist \n\n\nCori Vanchieri\, features editor\, Science News \n\n\nPamela Weintraub\, psychology and health editor\, AEON PSYCHE \n\n\nModerator: Maryn McKenna\, independent journalist \n\n\nRoxanne Khamsi is a writer and editor in Montreal. Her articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times\, The Economist\, Popular Science\, Scientific American\, Slate\, Nature\, New York magazine\, Wired magazine and the MIT Technology Review. For more than a decade\, Khamsi served as chief news editor at Nature Medicine\, a monthly biomedical journal published by Nature Publishing Group. She has received many rewards for her work\, including a first-place award from AHCJ in the trade publication category for her story about insurance issues plaguing medical foods. \nPamela Weintraub is an investigative journalist\, award-winning author\, and narrative storyteller covering science\, medicine\, and psychology at the crossroads of culture. She is a a longtime executive-level editor known for intensive writer and story development. Winner of the American Medical Writers Association book award for “Cure Unknown.” \nCori Vanchieri joined Science News in August 2014 as features editor. She has more than 25 years of experience as a writer\, editor and project manager within the health and science field. She helped launch news sections at Annals of Internal Medicine and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute\, where she covered European cancer research from Milan\, Italy\, and was senior medical editor at Cleveland Clinic Magazine. Before joining Science News\, Vanchieri was the story editor at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s magazine\, the HHMI Bulletin. She earned degrees from Cornell University and Stanford University. \nMaryn McKenna is an independent journalist who specializes in public health\, global health and food policy. She has been published in Wired\, Scientific American\, Self\, the Atlantic\, the Guardian\, Nature and other publications in the United States\, Europe and Asia. She is the author of the 2017 bestseller\, “Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” (National Geographic 2017); “Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA” (Free Press/S&S 2010) and “Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service” (FP/S&S 2004). A senior fellow of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University\, she was a reporter at several newspapers. She has held fellowships with the Dart Center on Journalism and Trauma\, the East-West Center\, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Knight-Wallace Fellows of University of Michigan. She serves on AHCJ’s Freelance Committee. \n\nRoxanne Khamsi \n\n\nCori Vanchieri \n\n\nPamela Weintraub \n\n\nMaryn McKenna URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/pitching-your-best-stories-during-the-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T182703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153358Z UID:26773-1602550800-1602550800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Disrupting disinformation: A skill set for journalists DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nResources\n\n \n\nOct. 13\, 2020; 11 a.m. ET\nWhether it is electoral disinformation or hoaxes about miracle cures for coronavirus\, the information landscape we navigate daily is increasingly polluted. This master class will walk you through the most common types of disinformation we find online\, how to spot them and provide some tools and tips on how to slow its spread. \n\n\nLaura Garcia\, training & support manager\, First Draft News \n\n\nDiara J. Townes\, investigative researcher & community engagement lead\, First Draft News \n\n\nModerator: Keren Landman\, M.D.\, independent journalist \n\n\nLaura Garcia heads First Draft’s training and education across newsrooms and journalism schools. Her work as a multimedia journalist started back in her home\, Mexico\, as a photographer for a newspaper. She also worked for newspapers and film production companies in the US before coming to the UK in September 2011. Garcia has worked in different newsrooms across the UK: ITV Meridian\, BBC South East\, BBC Radio Kent\, NBC News\, R4’s The World Tonight and Channel 5 News. Previously she worked as a lecturer in television and multimedia journalism at the University of Kent\, and produced a politics show for KMTV. She is passionate about access into journalism and diversifying the media and is the co-founder of PressPad and the UK chapter of AMMPE World. Garcia also works as the London correspondent for Bloomberg Mexico and Estrella TV in Los Angeles. \nDiara Townes’ decade of experience in public speaking\, science education and creating online digital media allow me to cultivate a more inclusive approach to science and journalism. As an investigative researcher\, she uncovers misinformation to develop an understanding of social narratives and how they spread and intersect online. She has led on several innovative projects as First Draft’s community engagement lead for the U.S. team. She is developing a career around building relationships using community engagement methodologies to develop sustainable environmental change. She strives to create effective communicative strategies that will combat the climate crisis on local\, regional and international levels. \nKeren Landman\, a member of AHCJ’s board of directors\, is a practicing physician\, epidemiologist\, and journalist who covers topics in medicine and public health. Several years ago\, Landman pivoted to journalism from a career as a physician and epidemiologist. After training in internal medicine\, pediatrics\, and infectious diseases and working as a “disease detective” at the CDC and the NYC health department\, she completed a journalism fellowship at the University of Toronto in 2016. Since then\, she has written for a variety of publications about health disparities and other public health issues. She has served on AHCJ’s freelance committee and\, this year\, as a contest judge. \n\nLaura Garcia \n\n\nDiara Townes \n\n\nKeren Landman URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/disrupting-disinformation-a-skill-set-for-journalists/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150358Z UID:26814-1614301200-1614301200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering airborne transmission and COVID-19: What to know DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\n\n \n\nFeb. 26\, 2021\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET\nAt the very beginning of the pandemic\, there was lots of uncertainty about the primary transmission route of COVID-19. Increasingly\, the evidence is showing the virus spreads through the air. \nWhy did it take scientists so long to determine this? What do we know now about airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and is it possible to create indoor environments so that schools and businesses can be open safely? How should journalists cover this aspect of the story as President Biden is pushing to reopen schools for in-person learning in March and many state governors are allowing businesses to increase the number of people permitted indoors at the same time? \nHear from two experts on this topic: one an expert on how infectious diseases spread in the air\, and the other an infectious disease epidemiologist and hospital preventionist. \n\n\nJoseph Allen\, D.Sc.\, M.P.H.\, associate professor\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\nSaskia Popescu\, Ph.D.\, assistant professor\, infectious disease preventionist\, George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nDr. Joseph G. Allen began his career conducting forensic health investigations of sick buildings in several hundred buildings across a diverse range of industries\, including healthcare\, biotechnology\, education\, commercial office real estate and manufacturing. At Harvard\, Dr. Allen directs the Healthy Buildings program\, where he created “The 9 Foundations of a Healthy Building.” He is also the faculty advisor to the Harvard Healthier Building Materials Academy. He works with Fortune 100 companies on implementing Healthy Building strategies in their global portfolios and presents internationally on the topic of Healthy Buildings. \nPopescu is an experienced infectious disease epidemiologist and infection preventionist with a strong background in enhancing healthcare biopreparedness\, infectious disease threats\, pandemic preparedness/response\, project management\, translation of complex issues into frontline applications\, and disease surveillance. She is an assistant professor within the biodefense graduate program at George Mason University\, serving as a consultant with the World Health Organization and helping to lead the Netflix infection prevention efforts for return to production work. She is also an affiliate of the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security. \n\nJoseph Allen \n\n\nSaskia Popescu \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-airborne-transmission-and-covid-19-what-to-know/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155108Z UID:26822-1615942800-1615942800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering the vaccine rollout: How to connect to audiences DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nResources\n\n \n\nMarch 17\, 2021\, 2 p.m. ET\nWith a slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines\, it’s a story for health journalists to cover for the next several months or longer. Learn about more resources and how to reach your audiences with some of the authors of the Vaccine Education Toolkit\, a project geared for journalists. Created after a survey by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute with help from the National Association of Broadcasters and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores\, the toolkit lets you dig through survey findings and finding data sources\, leading experts and more. The webcast can help you find stories and make deadlines. \n\n\nAndrew Finlayson\, executive vice president of digital and social media strategies\, SmithGeiger \n\n\nDan Reines\, senior vice president\, research insights\, SmithGeiger \n\n\nMonique Luisi\, assistant professor of strategic communication\, Missouri School of Journalism \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nAndrew Finlayson is the executive vice president of digital and social media strategies at SmithGeiger\, an international research and consulting company based in California where he works with leading media companies examining opportunities in TV\, digital\, streaming and content monetization. He joined SmithGeiger after being a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. He is the recipient of numerous Emmy and Edward R. Murrow regional awards\, has reported from Asia\, South America\, Europe\, Russia and across the U.S.\, and before COVID-19\, regularly spoke at industry conferences regarding audience trends. He is also the author of the business book\, “Questions That Work” (Harper Collins) that has been translated into five languages. \nDan Reines is senior vice president\, research insights for SmithGeiger. With nearly two decades of experience in a variety of news and entertainment organizations\, he has a combination of rigorous analytical abilities\, an abiding journalistic perspective\, and a knack for compelling writing and clear storytelling. Reines’ work at SmithGeiger includes strategic research and consulting for news\, entertainment and tech clients\, among them NBC and ABC News\, CNBC\, Participant Media\, Google\, the Discovery Networks\, ESPN\, T-Mobile\, FOX Sports\, the BBC\, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, among many others. His professional background includes nearly two decades in print journalism as a writer and editor for national and local newspapers and magazines. He has reported on everything from the music industry and pop culture to sports to business and business ethics\, and his writing on investing and public relations has appeared in two textbooks. Dan has an MBA with a marketing emphasis from Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management\, and a BA in Mass Communications from the University of California at Berkeley. \nMonique Luisi is an assistant professor of strategic communication in the Missouri School of Journalism. Her research focuses on media messages and audience interpretation of messages related to disease\, treatments\, and the lives of minority groups. Using both quantitative and qualitative research methods\, she had conducted research on such topics as the HPV vaccine on social media\, Ebola in U.S. newspapers\, mental health in the Black American community\, and coming out in sports. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Vaccine\, Journal of Research in Science Teaching\, Howard Journal of Communication\, Journal of Homosexuality\, and others. Some of these works have also been featured in publications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \n\nAndrew Finlayson \n\n\nDan Reines \n\n\nMonique Luisi \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-the-vaccine-rollout-how-to-connect-to-audiences/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155104Z UID:26826-1616461200-1616461200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Post-COVID health: What will we need to catch up on? DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\n\n \n\nMarch 23\, 2021\, 1 p.m. ET\nNote: This AHCJ webcast aired before one of the speakers\, Howard Bauchner\, M.D.\, was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the American Medical Association’s Journal Oversight Committee into a controversial JAMA podcast about structural racism in medicine. On June 1\, 2021\, he tendered his resignation effective June 30\, 2021. The AHCJ webcast focused on looking forward about health care stories in coming months. AHCJ believes this webcast still contains valuable COVID-19 information for colleagues. \nWhat health issues have been set aside during the pandemic\, what are the ramifications of that and how will patients and doctors catch up? \n\n\nHoward Bauchner\, M.D.\, editor\, JAMA\, American Medical Association \n\n\nLeana Wen\, M.D.\, visiting professor of health policy and management\, George Washington University \n\n\nModerator: Fran Kritz\, freelance health care writer \n\n\nHoward Bauchner\, M.D.\, was appointed the 16th editor-in-chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network in 2011. Prior to coming to JAMA\, Howard was a professor of pediatrics and public health at Boston University School of Medicine and editor-in-chief of Archives of Disease in Childhood (2003-2011). At BUSM he was vice chair of research for the Department of Pediatrics and chief\, Division of General Pediatrics. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health\, United Kingdom. At JAMA\, Bauchner has focused on publishing important and novel research articles and special communications\, improving and expanding clinical content\, using electronic/digital approaches to enhance communication\, and ensuring a commitment to innovation. \nLeana Wen\, M.D.\, is an emergency physician and visiting professor of health policy and management at George Washington University\, where she is also a distinguished fellow at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. She is an expert in public health preparedness and previously served as Baltimore’s health commissioner. She’s the author of the book “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests” and the forthcoming book\, “Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health.” A contributing columnist for The Washington Post\, Wen is a frequent guest commentator on the COVID-19 crisis. \n\nHoward Bauchner \n\n\nLeana Wen \n\n\nFran Kritz URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/post-covid-health-what-will-we-need-to-catch-up-on/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155050Z UID:26832-1621904400-1621904400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:From research to storytelling: Online tools for journalists DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation (16MB .pdf)\nPresenter’s handout (81KB .pdf)\nAlerts: google.com/alerts\nScholar: scholar.google.com\nDataset search: toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch\nThe Common Knowledge Project: commonknowledge.appspot.com\nFact Check Tools: g.co/factchecktools\nTrends: trends.google.com/trends\nPinpoint: g.co/pinpoint\nGif maker: datagifmaker.withgoogle.com\nFlourish: flourish.studio\nMaps: google.com/maps/about/mymaps\n\n \n\nMay 25\, 2021\, 2 p.m. ET\nThis session will equip you with practical research tips with examples. We’ll highlight the tools to help you verify social media content across Google. We’ll point to data journalism tools that can help you research and visualize your ideas\, including a look at how Google Trends can complement your storytelling. From a breaking news situation to a feature length article – learn how Google Maps and Earth can complement social media posts or add a visual element to your articles. You’ll dive into a range of tools with examples along the way. \n\n\nMary Nahorniak\, teaching fellow\, Google News Lab \n\n\nModerator: Jeff Porter\, AHCJ director of education \n\n\nMary Nahorniak is Google News Lab’s U.S. teaching fellow\, focused on collaborating with journalists and entrepreneurs to drive innovation in news. She was previously part of USA Today’s leadership team as the director of audience\, responsible for the organization’s digital platforms and a 24/7 team of nearly 30 editors. Nahorniak was one of the first journalists pioneering how newsrooms can directly connect with audiences through social platforms\, beginning at The Baltimore Sun in the mid-2000s. She’s also an associate certified coach and has helped clients at ESPN\, Harvard Business Review and the U.S. Department of Justice define and realize their goals. She believes in empathetic leadership\, audience-centered strategy and strong coffee. \n\nMary Nahorniak \n\n\nJeff Porter URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/from-research-to-storytelling-online-tools-for-journalists/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T194718Z UID:26835-1622682000-1622682000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Growing Client Bases DESCRIPTION:Webinar: Growing Client Bases \nSponsor: Freelancers Union \nCost: Free \nDate: June 3 \nLocation: Online \nRegistration: https://www.freelancersunion.org/community/spark-events/ \nShare your suggestions and experiences and learn from your fellow freelancers at this online meetup.  Topics will include how to find new clients\, how to make a solid first impression and how to shape your social media and website to attract clients.  Keep in mind that this webinar is for all kinds of freelancers\, not just writers. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-growing-client-bases/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150354Z UID:26843-1626656400-1626656400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding and reporting on the Delta variant DESCRIPTION:July 19\, 2 p.m. CST\nThis webinar will provide an overview of what we know right now about the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus and what challenges it presents to public health based on its properties and epidemiology. Eric Topol\, M.D.\, founder of Scripps Research Institute\, and Vaughn Cooper\, PhD\, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Pittsburgh\, will explain how the variant differs from others\, what we’ve learned about it\, and what it means for public health so you’re equipped to report accurately and thoroughly on Delta-related news. Tara Haelle\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on medical studies\, will moderate the discussion and take questions. \nRecording of the webcast \n\nEric Topol \n\n\nVaughn Cooper \n\n\nTara Haelle URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-and-reporting-on-the-delta-variant/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210811T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210811T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154747Z UID:26850-1628643600-1628643600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Back to school: Reporting on COVID-19 as kids return to classes DESCRIPTION:Aug. 11\, 9 a.m. ET\nAs parents prepare to send their kids back to elementary\, middle and high school this fall\, challenging questions persist about balancing children’s safety with the importance of school. Hear from an infectious disease expert and a school nurse about the latest data on COVID-19 in children and what needs to be done to protect them. You’ll also have an opportunity to get comments on the CDC’s latest mask guidance for students and teachers to improve your coverage of schools and the pandemic. \nRecording of the webcast … \n\n\nTina Q. Tan\, M.D.\, is professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine\, Northwestern University\, and a pediatric infectious diseases attending; medical director of the International Patient Services Program (IPS); co-director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Tan received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her residency\, chief residency\, and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship in the Department of Pediatrics\, Baylor College of Medicine\, Houston. Tan is the chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Infectious Diseases (SOID). \n\n\nRobin Cogan\, M.Ed.\, R.N.\, N.C.S.N.\, is in her 21st year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. She is also the legislative co-chair for the New Jersey State School Nurses Association and a Johnson & Johnson School Health Leadership Fellow and past program mentor. Robin is the recipient of the 2019 and 2020 National Association of School Nurses President’s Award\, 2018 NCSN School Nurse of the Year\, 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year\, and the New Jersey Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin is on the faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing where she teaches the next generation of school nurses. You can follow her on Twitter at @RobinCogan. \n\n\nDaaiyah Bilal-Threats is a labor\, social justice and public education advocate who serves as senior policy advisor at the National Education Association (NEA)\, representing 3 million educators. Daaiyah works to ensure that NEA’s education policy priorities are shaped first and foremost by educators\, as well as parents\, communities and a multitude of partners and allies that are needed to ensure that students and public education thrive. She has worked in large-scale social change beginning with the World Wildlife Fund\, American Red Cross\, and Health Information Network. She joined the NEA as a policy analyst focusing on the combination of public health and education policy. She has wide-ranging experience leading national and international programming\, as well as political campaigns\, that advance racial and social justice\, public education\, and pro-public education candidates. She currently serves in leadership roles with the Committee on States\, Color of Change PAC\, the National Council for Responsive Philanthropy\, the Partnership for The Future of Learning\, and the Coalition to Advance Future Student Success. \n\n\nBara Vaida is AHCJ’s core topic leader on infectious diseases. An independent journalist\, she has written extensively about health policy and infectious diseases. Her work has appeared in the National Journal\, Agence France-Presse\, Bloomberg News\, McClatchy News Service\, MSNBC\, NPR\, Politico\, The Washington Post and other outlets. \n\n\n\nTina Q. Tan \n\n\nRobin Cogan \n\n\nDaaiyah Bilal-Threats \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/back-to-school-reporting-on-covid-19-as-kids-return-to-classes/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154738Z UID:26854-1631667600-1631667600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Make it stop: Reporter burnout and the endless pandemic DESCRIPTION:Sept. 15\, 1 p.m. ET\nIt’s been more than a year and a half since reporters were thrust into the daily challenge of reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic\, and there’s still no end in sight. It’s been a bruising struggle for the high ground against misinformation\, disinformation and often very personal attacks on social media and in real life by news media-haters and science-rejecters. The strain of bearing witness to other people’s pain — on top of the personal losses many reporters have suffered — has made a hard job even more difficult. Is there a way to do this kind of work and stay psychologically healthy? The answer is yes. Find out how. \nView the recording See the presentation \n\n\nElana Newman\, Ph.D. is McFarlin Professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa\, research director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma\, and co-director of the University of Tulsa Institute of Trauma\, Adversity\, and Injustice. She is a journalist ally & expert in traumatic stress studies. Throughout her career\, Newman has researched a wide range of topics regarding traumatic life events: PTSD assessment in children and adults\, journalism and trauma\, veterans\, disaster mental health\, substance abuse\, sexual assault\, therapy\, cultural issues\, and trauma\,  and trauma research ethics. Together with a colleague\, she fostered the creation and acceptance of the APA New Haven Competencies/Guidelines on Trauma Competencies for Education and Training. Her scholarly work in journalism and trauma focuses on understanding the occupational health of journalists who cover traumatic events and examining the effects of journalistic practice upon consumers and individuals covered in the news. Newman has overseen the development of a bibliographic database about journalism and trauma to aid teachers and scholars in identifying information about trauma and journalism (see www.dartcenter.org). She helps journalists learn about trauma science\, best psychological practices for interviewing survivors\, self-care\, best newsroom practices and consider other ways psychological knowledge may be relevant to journalistic practice. Newman also trains organizations\, professionals\, clinicians\, and researchers on how they can better collaborate with journalists. Newman regularly consults to a range of organizations\, attorneys\, businesses and about trauma science\, resilience building\, self-care\, trauma-informed practice. Newman also serves as a writing consultant for those working on trauma-related topics. Newman co-directed the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma’s first satellite office in NYC after 9-11. Newman is a past president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. \n\n\nNaseem Miller is senior health editor at The Journalist’s Resource\, a project of Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center. Prior to JR she was the senior health reporter at the Orlando Sentinel\, where she covered the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting. In 2017\, she helped start the Journalists Covering Trauma Facebook group to create a supportive space for reporters who cover tragic events. She has an undergraduate degree in molecular and microbiology and a master’s degree in multimedia journalism and public affairs. \n\n\nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s core topic leader for behavioral and mental health. A former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow\, Gray provides resources to help AHCJ members expand their coverage of mental health amid ongoing efforts to de-stigmatize mental illness and to place mental health care on par with all health care. \n\n\nCaroline Chen is an investigative reporter covering health care at ProPublica. Her stories on the pandemic were part of the coverage that earned ProPublica a finalist nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in public service. \n\n\nKatherine Reed will moderate and is director of education and content and a longtime member of AHCJ. She was a professor of practice in the Missouri School of Journalism for 17 years and an editor at the Columbia Missourian. She designed and taught a course on covering trauma and a course for STEM field and journalism students on improving science communication. \n\n\n\nElana Newman \n\n\nNaseem Miller \n\n\nKatti Gray \n\n\nCaroline Chen \n\n\nKatherine Reed \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/make-it-stop-reporter-burnout-and-the-endless-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154736Z UID:26853-1632186000-1632186000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:What solutions journalism has to offer health care reporters DESCRIPTION:Sept. 21\, 2021\, 11 a.m. ET\nSolutions journalism goes beyond reporting on problems and explores the ways organizations and communities are trying to solve them. Learn what solutions journalism is\, what it is not\, and why it is so relevant to health care reporting. Get tips for generating and pitching great story ideas and for crafting a compelling narrative. Julia Hotz of the Solutions Journalism Network and Meryl Davids Landau and Sarah Kwon\, two freelance reporters who have written solutions-focused stories\, will guide the way. AHCJ’s freelance community correspondent Barbara Mantel will moderate. \nView the recording \nLinks from the webcast\n\n\nSolutions Journalism Network: Pitch your story \n\n\nIntroducing the Solutions Journalism Talent Network: Connecting Freelance Journalists to Editors \n\n\nWhat Editors Are Looking For in Solutions Pitches \n\nThe Top 10 Takeaways from the Newest Solutions Journalism Research\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nJulia Hotz is a journalist who’s reported solutions-focused stories for The New York Times\, The Boston Globe\, WIRED\, Scientific American\, Fast Company\, VICE\, Next City\, and more. With her podcast-partner-in-coolness\, Jay Woodward\, Julia cohosts “Google\, Tell Me Something Good” — a daily newscast exploring what’s working. As Network Manager at the Solutions Journalism Network\, she leads workshops\, directs strategy\, and manages initiatives like the LEDE fellowship and mentorship program –which empower journalists around the world to do and spread more solutions-focused journalism. \n\n\nMeryl Davids Landau is a novelist and freelance journalist\, reporting on health\, integrative health\, psychology\, science\, climate change/environment\, parenting\, and general-interest topics. Meryl’s articles have appeared in numerous publications and websites\, including The New York Times\, Prevention\, National Geographic\, O: The Oprah Magazine\, Vice\, Undark\, Glamour\, Reader’s Digest\, Good Housekeeping\, Consumer Reports\, Everyday Health\, and AARP. In July\, her article\, “What Do Police Know About Teenagers? Not Enough\,” ran in The New York Times’ Fixes column. The column examines efforts to address social problems. \n\n\nSarah Kwon is an independent journalist who covers public health issues and the business of health care. Sarah’s stories have been published in Fortune\, Los Angeles Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, The Boston Globe\, and elsewhere. Before journalism\, she worked in health policy and the health care industry. Sarah has written several solutions-focused stories\, including an article for Health Affairs about the University of North Dakota’s approach to boosting American Indian representation in medicine and public health and an article about peer respites for people experiencing a mental health crisis that appeared in the Los Angeles Times. \n\n\nBarbara Mantel\, an independent journalist\, is AHCJ’s freelance community correspondent. Her work has appeared in CQ Researcher\, Rural Health Quarterly\, Undark\, Healthline\, NBCNews.com and NPR\, among others. She helps members find the resources they need to succeed as freelancers and welcomes your suggestions. \n\n\n\nJulia Hotz \n\n\nMeryl Davids Landau \n\n\nBarbara Mantel URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/what-solutions-journalism-has-to-offer-health-care-reporters/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211012T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211012T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151750Z UID:26866-1634000400-1634000400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Author explains how to push back on high health care costs DESCRIPTION:Recorded Oct. 12\, 1 p.m. ET\nThis past summer\, Penguin Random House published Marshall Allen’s book\, “Never Pay the First Bill\,” promoting it as “the guerilla guide to health care the American people and employers need.” On Tuesday\, Oct. 12\, Allen will explain why he wrote this important consumer guide to the high and rising costs of health care and outline the steps journalists and patients can follow to push back. \nView the webcast \n \n\n\nMarshall Allen is the author of “Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win.” A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and recipient of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting\, Allen spent 15 years investigating the health care system as a journalist\, including a decade as a reporter for ProPublica. He has also taught investigative reporting for more than a decade. He now works for the Office of the Inspector General for HHS and runs the Allen Health Academy to help boost the health care literacy of working Americans. \n\n\nJoseph Burns is the health reform topic leader for the Association of Health Care Journalists who writes about efforts to make the nation’s health care system more equitable and affordable for all and how health systems and health insurers can reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. He has written for The New York Times\, Hospitals & Health Networks\, Managed Healthcare Executive\, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, the National Business Coalition on Health\, the National Committee for Quality Assurance\, and the National Quality Forum\, among others. \n\n\n\nMarshall Allen \n\n\nJoseph Burns \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/author-explains-how-to-push-back-on-high-health-care-costs/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151747Z UID:26869-1634259600-1634259600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Meet AHCJ President Felice Freyer DESCRIPTION:Friday\, Oct. 15\, noon-1 p.m. ET \nJoin fellow AHCJ members in welcoming new AHCJ President Felice J. Freyer. Two\, one hour sessions will be offered for our members. \nBring your questions\, goals\, and vision for the future of AHCJ and let’s get to work. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-ahcj-president-felice-freyer/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151744Z UID:26863-1634778000-1634778000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:PitchFest Perfect: How to give your best pitch on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Oct. 21\, 1 p.m. ET\nOn October 27-28\, freelancers will participate in a virtual version of our popular PitchFest\, where they will have a few minutes to meet editors and present ideas. \nIn this preparatory Zoom panel\, two editors — Ingrid Wickelgren of Spectrum and Kyung Song of WebMD — and journalist Laura Beil will offer advice on how to make the best use of those virtual one-on-one meetings and walk away with assignments. \nPanelists will share insights about how to frame a pitch that editors want. Should you pitch about COVID\, or not? How much time should you spend explaining your background and experience? How much detail do editors want about ideas? How should you follow up? \nBring your questions to the webcast\, and we’ll answer them. Moderated by Michele Cohen Marill of the freelance committee. \nView the recording URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/pitchfest-perfect-how-to-give-your-best-pitch-on-zoom/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T183919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151743Z UID:26870-1634778000-1634778000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Meet AHCJ President Felice Freyer DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Oct. 21\, 7-8 p.m. ET \nJoin fellow AHCJ members in welcoming new AHCJ President Felice J. Freyer. Two\, one hour sessions will be offered for our members. \nBring your questions\, goals\, and vision for the future of AHCJ and let’s get to work. \nJoin Zoom Meeting URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-ahcj-president-felice-freyer-2/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T184009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151735Z UID:26878-1638320400-1638320400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Why Sex Matters: Sex differences in COVID and beyond DESCRIPTION:Dec. 1\, 1 p.m. ET\nCOVID-19 has\, in many ways\, been a different pandemic for men and women. Men are more likely to develop severe disease\, while women more often endure long-haul symptoms. Cases of myocarditis have occurred primarily in young men after vaccination while women have greater stroke risk. COVID also triggers different stress-related mental health challenges. This webinar explores how biological sex shapes our immune response\, how gender affects the way we experience stress—and how COVID focuses attention on the longstanding need to understand how sex and gender affect health and disease. \nView the recording \n\n\nLouise McCullough\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, the Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington distinguished chair of neurology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and chief of neurology at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center\, researches cerebral vascular disease with a focus on sex differences in cell death pathways during stroke. During the pandemic\, she turned her attention to sex differences in COVID—the strong inflammatory response in men that can lead to severe symptoms from a ‘cytokine storm\,’ and the adaptive immune response in women\, which may be linked to long-haul symptoms and perhaps the development of auto-antibodies. Among her many awards\, Dr. McCullough received the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in 2016. \n\n\nSara Ghandehari\, M.D.\, is a pulmonologist and director of pulmonary rehabilitation in the Women’s Guild Lung Institute at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She is also an associate clinical professor of medicine at Cedars-Sinai and U.C.L.A. David Geffen School of Medicine. In caring for COVID patients\, she sees the greater severity of symptoms in men\, including severe lung damage. Dr. Ghandehari hypothesized that female hormones might have a protective effect\, and she and her colleagues conducted a pilot study of progesterone to reduce inffammation. Her work is part of broader investigations into COVID disparities and the potential role of sex hormones in immunomodulation. \n\n\nPsychologist Carolyn M. Mazure\, Ph.D.\, is the Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women’s Health Research and director of Women’s Health Research at Yale\, an interdisciplinary research center on the health of women and the interplay of sex\, gender\, and health. She is internationally recognized for her work on depression\, in which she was the among the first to demonstrate how stress is a more potent pathway to depression in women than men and to use these findings to inform treatment interventions. During the pandemic\, Dr. Mazure has focused on the consequences of stress on women. She chaired the American Psychological Association’s Summit on Women and Depression\, has testified before Congress on women’s health\, and served on the advisory committee for the NIH Office for Research on Women’s Health. \n\n\nModerator: Michele Cohen Marill \n\n\n\nLouise McCullough \n\n\nSara Ghandehari \n\n\nCarolyn M. Mazure \n\n\nMichele Cohen Marill \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/why-sex-matters-sex-differences-in-covid-and-beyond/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T184742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151733Z UID:26884-1638925200-1638925200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Beyond newsstands: how to expand your freelance business through niche publications DESCRIPTION:Dec. 8\, 2021\, 3 p.m. ET\nThere is a whole world of potential clients for freelancers to tap beyond newspapers\, general interest science and health magazines\, women’s magazines and other traditional consumer publications. Trade groups publish magazines for members\, companies for customers and universities for alums. Media conglomerates may have a stable of specialized publications targeting various professional groups. \nMany are looking for talented freelance writers to fill out the pages\, whether digital or print. In this AHCJ webinar\, freelance members will learn where to find niche publications and the pros and cons of working for them. They will get advice on pitching and introducing themselves to editors. They’ll learn about potential conflicts of interest if writing for both niche and consumer publications. And they will be able to ask questions of the panelists\, two editors and one freelancer who earns six figures by including non-consumer publications among her clients. \nView the recording \n\n\nJen A. Miller is an award-winning freelance writer and author. She’s a regular contributor to The New York Times and writes their weekly running newsletter. She also has written for The Washington Post\, The Guardian\, SELF\, Buzzfeed\, The Philadelphia Inquirer and for niche publications\, including Medscape\, Clinical Laboratory News and HealthTech. Miller is the author of the e-book\, Notes from a Hired Pen: Where to Find New Freelance Writing Clients and Turbocharge Your Career. \n\n\nRachel Coker is the director of research advancement at Binghamton University. Her mission is to advance an understanding of and appreciation for the university’s research and scholarship. Coker writes and edits its digital research magazine\, Discover-e\, an electronic newsletter and other material. One recent article on Discover-e profiled a graduate student’s research into how people with psychopathic traits achieve occupational success. Coker directly hires freelancers. \n\n\nShannon Muchmore is a senior editor at Healthcare Dive\, a vertical at the digital platform Industry Dive\, whose target audience is industry decision makers. Healthcare Dive provides in-depth journalism into news and trends shaping healthcare. Topic areas including health IT\, policy and regulation\, insurance\, digital health\, payer-provider partnerships\, value-based care and more. Before taking the job at Healthcare Dive\, Muchmore worked in the D.C. bureau for Modern Healthcare. She is actively seeking freelancers. \n\n\nModerator: Barbara Mantel \n\n\n\nJen A. Miller \n\n\nRachel Coker \n\n\nShannon Muchmore \n\n\nBarbara Mantel \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/beyond-newsstands-how-to-expand-your-freelance-business-through-niche-publications/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T184743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151733Z UID:26887-1638925200-1638925200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Regret the error: How greater access to medical records could make patients safer DESCRIPTION:Dec. 8\, noon ET\nJournalists should prepare to help their readers\, listeners and viewers for an inevitable downside of a welcome development with electronic health records. A federal rule that took effect in April has made it easier for many patients to access their medical records. While this move is welcomed by patient advocates\, it also will reveal many more cases of incorrect information recorded about people’s medical histories and treatments. \nThis webinar follows up on questions raised by veteran health care journalist Cheryl Clark in a series of articles for MedPage Today\, including one titled “Open Notes Shines Light on Errors in Patient Medical Records—Will the new rule lead to a flood of correction requests?” This webinar will begin with a brief talk by Clark about her articles\, followed by presentations from two of the leaders in efforts to help patients get easier access to their medical records. \nView the recording \n  \nCatherine DesRoches\nDeven McGraw\nKistein Monkhouse\nCheryl Clark\nKerry Dooley Young\n  \n\n\nThrough OpenNotes\, Catherine DesRoches is a leader of efforts to make health care more transparent by inviting doctors\, nurses and therapists to share their notes with their patients. She came to OpenNotes from Mathematica Policy Research\, a national firm with extensive expertise in social policy research\, where she was a senior fellow studying the use of electronic health records by hospitals and physicians\, the effect of health care organizations on physician clinical practice. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts\, School of Public Health\, she received her doctoral degree at the Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. \n\n\nFormerly the director of the Center for Democracy & Technology\, Deven McGraw served as deputy director\, of health information privacy at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration. During her time at HHS\, McGraw led efforts to issue guidance on the right of individuals to access and obtain a copy of their health information. She has a masters degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and a law degree from Georgetown University\, in addition to a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in journalism. \n\n\nKistein Monkhouse is the chief executive officer and founder of Patient Orator\, a digital health platform addressing healthcare disparities. She also produced the film\, “Humanizing Healthcare.” Monkhouse’s earliest experience in health care included working as a home-care coordinator and as a nursing assistant. She holds a masters in public administration from Long Island University. \n\n\nA medical and science journalist for more than three decades\, much of it spent at the San Diego Union­-Tribune\, Cheryl Clark developed one of the nation’s first beats on HIV-AIDS at a major newspaper in the early 1980s. She’s written more than 1\,000 stories about physicians and hospital quality and safety\, fraud\, over-utilization\, outcome research\, variation\, and healthcare policy. “I read the 3\,000­-page federal payment rules\, and I read the Affordable Care Act. Details are important\,” Clark wrote in her biography for the AHCJ website. \n\n\nModerator: Kerry Dooley Young \n\n\nThere will be a question-and-answer period after their presentations. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/regret-the-error-how-greater-access-to-medical-records-could-make-patients-safer/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T184744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151732Z UID:26888-1639530000-1639530000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Words matter: Responsible reporting on alcohol use and misuse DESCRIPTION:Dec. 15\, noon CT/1pm ET\nAs evolving science has helped researchers understand the science of addiction disorders better\, it’s become clear that much of the language we use to describe those conditions is outdated and can increase stigma\, particularly with disorders related to alcohol use. Journalists need to be aware of appropriate terms and their meanings as well as common misconceptions about alcohol use disorder. This webinar will cover the appropriate terminology in covering alcohol disorders\, current insights into how scientists now think of alcohol misuse\, and common misconceptions about alcohol use and risks\, including popular misunderstanding of the risks of alcohol use during pregnancy.  \nThe webinar features Dr. George Koob\, director of the NIAAA\, as well an NIAAA researcher\, a researcher into prenatal alcohol exposure\, and a journalist and best-selling author of a memoir about living with an alcohol disorder. These are some of the topics the webinar will address: \n* Basic terms everyone should accurately understand\, such as “overdose” and “blackouts”* Stigmatizing words to avoid* New terms that can increase the public’s understanding* Thinking of alcohol issues as a spectrum* Recognition of alcohol disorders as affecting all ages and genders* The most up-to-date research into risks of alcohol exposure during pregnancy \nView the recording \nGeorge F. Koob \nSarah Hepola \nLuisa Zuccolo \nPatricia Powell \nTara Haelle \n\n\nGeorge F. Koob\, Ph.D.\, is the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)\, where he provides leadership in the national effort to reduce the public health burden associated with alcohol misuse. As NIAAA Director\, Dr. Koob oversees a broad portfolio of alcohol research ranging from basic science to epidemiology\, diagnostics\, prevention\, and treatment. Dr. Koob earned his doctorate in Behavioral Physiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1972. Prior to taking the helm at NIAAA\, he served as Professor and Chair of the Scripps’ Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders and Director of the Alcohol Research Center at the Scripps Research Institute. \n\n\nSarah Hepola is the author of the bestselling book\, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank To Forget\, a memoir that was also the first book (that she knows of anyway) to discuss the science of blackouts. She began her journalism career twenty years ago at the Austin Chronicle\, where she wrote about culture\, and her gigs since then have included: music critic\, travel writer\, beauty columnist\, sex blogger\, and personal essays editor. In 2010\, she quit drinking after a pretty robust career in that\, too. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times\, the Guardian\, Elle\, Glamour\, Salon\, and Texas Monthly\, where she is a writer-at-large. She lives in Dallas with a very fluffy gray cat named Wallace. \n\n\nLuisa Zuccolo is Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology at the University of Bristol. Following her first degree in Physics\, she obtained a Fellowship from the University of Turin\, Italy\, in Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance. She then moved to the University of Bristol and was awarded a pre-doctoral Fellowship from the UK Medical Research Council to complete an MSc in Epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and a PhD in Genetic Epidemiology (University of Bristol). She was then awarded a second MRC Fellowship in population health science epidemiology\, after which\, in 2018\, she secured a tenured position at the University of Bristol. Dr Zuccolo researches the causal effects of alcohol on health\, in particular of prenatal alcohol exposure\, using methods and designs that improve causal inference. She is also interested in barriers to and effects of prolonged breastfeeding. \n\n\nPatricia Powell\, Ph.D.\, is the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Powell works closely with the NIAAA Director to provide scientific leadership in the development\, implementation\, and management of NIAAA’s broad research portfolio. Previously\, Dr. Powell held the position of NIAAA Associate Director for Scientific Initiatives. In that role\, she oversaw a broad range of research activities\, sought opportunities to jumpstart or expand projects that reflected the Director’s priorities\, and identified opportunities for NIAAA to become more involved in existing activities and initiatives across the National Institutes of Health\, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, and beyond. Dr. Powell has 20 years of research experience in developmental genetics and in cellular and molecular biology. \n\n\nModerator: Tara Haelle \n\n\n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/words-matter-responsible-reporting-on-alcohol-use-and-misuse/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T184843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151731Z UID:26890-1639702800-1639702800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Omicron\, future variants and reporting on COVID-19 in 2022 DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: Dec. 17\, 12:30 p.m. ET \nOmicron is the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant to rock the scientific world\, but it won’t be the last. This webinar will explore what we are learning about omicron\, how the vaccines will work against it and its likely impact on those who have previously been ill or remain unvaccinated. What does it mean for kids? How do we assess our risks for this holiday season? What do variants like omicron mean for how the pandemic will unfold in 2022 and the likelihood that it will still be with us in 2023? Experts will answer those questions and more. Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader on infectious disease\, will moderate. \nView the recording \nKatelyn Jetelina \nJoshua Schiffer \nBara Vaida \n\n\nKatelyn Jetelina\, M.P.H.\, Ph.D.\, is a professor at the University of Texas Health Center\, an epidemiologist\, biostatistician\, researcher\, wife\, and mom of two little girls. She has a research lab and teaches graduate-level courses and she also writes the newsletter ‘Your Local Epidemiologist’. Her main goal is to “translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people will be well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions\, rather than decisions based in fear. \n\n\nJoshua Schiffer\, M.D.\, M.Sc.\, is an infectious disease physician and researcher who develops mathematical models to address significant medical challenges.A major focus of his work is to analyze strategies to achieve an HIV cure in people who require antiviral drugs for their entire lifetime\, due to reservoirs of latent virus. His team is also currently focusing on COVID-19\, including developing models of the immune response against the coronavirus and the best treatment strategies. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/omicron-future-variants-and-reporting-on-covid-19-in-2022/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T010000 DTSTAMP:20260613T164740 CREATED:20231103T184917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151729Z UID:26895-1642554000-1642554000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Health tech forecast for 2022: What's in store? DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: Jan. 19\, 1 p.m. ET \nThe COVID-19 pandemic prompted a surge in health technologies such as telehealth and devices to monitor patients’ health at home during 2020 and 2021. Our panel of experts will discuss some of the trends in health information technology and what we’re likely to see in 2022. What will remain part of our lives\, and what didn’t make the cut? \nView the webcast \nTimothy Aungst \nKat Jercich \nSantosh Mohan \nMintu Turakhia \nKaren Blum \n\n\nTimothy Aungst\, Pharm.D.\, is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University in Boston and a clinical pharmacist in the home health setting. He has over a decade of experience in the digital health space focused on digital therapeutics\, remote patient monitoring\, medication adherence\, and digital biomarkers. He serves as an advisor and consultant to digital health and pharmaceutical companies\, and is a recognized expert with multiple publications and international and national speaking engagements. \n\n\nKat Jercich is the senior editor at Healthcare IT News and has more than a decade of journalism experience. Her bylines have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Advocate\, and others. Previously\, she was an award-winning managing editor at the Rewire News Group. \n\n\nSantosh Mohan\, M.M.C.I.\, C.P.H.I.M.S.\, F.H.I.M.S.S.\, is the vice president of digital in the Department of Digital Innovation at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa\, Fla. He is launching the digital organization within Moffitt’s Center for Digital Health\, to help leverage information technology and health data science competencies to advance the cancer center’s overall strategy. Previously\, he served as the managing director of the Innovation Hub at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. \n\n\nMintu Turakhia\, M.D.\, M.A.S.\, is professor of medicine and director and co-founder of the Center for Digital Health at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto\, Calif. A cardiac electrophysiologist\, outcomes researcher and clinical trialist\, he has an active multidisciplinary program in heart rhythm and digital health research\, where he uses biostatistics\, health economics\, artificial intelligence\, and data science approaches to examine quality\, outcomes and risk of heart rhythm disorders. He has served as principal investigator of several multi-center trials of digital health tools and wearables for heart disease diagnosis and treatment\, and he collaborates closely on research with medical device and technology companies. At the Center for Digital Health\, Turakhia leads several large public-private partnership efforts to develop tech-enabled disease management programs for heart disease. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-tech-forecast-for-2022-whats-in-store/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR