Innovation in Health Equity Panel + Networking Event | April 27, 12:30 -2 PM

Are you passionate about addressing gaps in the health industry?
Join us to learn how organizations are addressing health inequities in innovative ways including tackling structural issues, empowering communities and individuals, and leading large-scale advocacy efforts.

 

Details

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Time: 12:30 PM – 2 PM (ET)

Format: Moderated Panel + Networking via Zoom Breakout Rooms
Meet leaders who are leveraging technology, policy, and research to make an impact in health care and how they’ve built a career with social impact! 
 

Featured Panelists :

  • Sasha Ahuja, MSW ’11, National Director, Strategic Partnerships at Planned Parenthood & Adjunct Professor, CSSW
  • Niteesa Brooks, MSW’18, Senior Associate, Program and Project Delivery at Evidation Health
  • Tala Mansi, MPA, Associate Director of Health Equity Metrics and Improvement at Planned Parenthood
  • Zahirah McNatt, DrPH, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health, DOHMH

Hosted by the Career Services offices of Columbia School of Social Work and Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College. This is our 2nd annual Social Justice Panel + Networking Event with this year’s theme of Health Equity!

Post Election Events including Panel Discussion with CSSW Policy Faculty | Wednesday, November 7

Join Dr. Irwin (Irv) Garfinkel and policy faculty for two separate events addressing the social policy implications of the midterm elections.

  1. Facebook LIVE with Dr. Irwin (Irv) Garfinkel: 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
    In this week’s Social Work LIVE program, Michael Friedman interviews Dr. Irwin Garfinkel, CSSW’s interim dean, on the social policy implications of the mid-term elections. Tune in remotely on Columbia School of Social Work’s Facebook page.

    This is the third in a new weekly “Social Work LIVE” series hosted by Professor Michael Friedman. Tune in every Wednesday at noon for a lively conversation on a social work topic championed by one of our in-house experts.

  2. Panel Discussion with CSSW Policy Faculty: 12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
    Attend this panel (Social Work Building, Room C03; also live-streamed) to hear CSSW’s policy faculty discuss the likely impact of the election results on the areas they cover.

About the Panel

The panel will be moderated by Professor Jane Waldfogel (bio). Interim Dean Irwin Garfinkel (bio) will offer closing thoughts and reflections.

Panelists and their topics:

  • Chris Wimer (bio): SNAP and people in poverty
  • Neeraj Kaushal (bio): immigration
  • Heidi Allen (bio): Healthcare and ACA
  • Ron Mincy (bio): Taxes and poverty
  • John Robertson (bio): Community organizing

Register for one or both events

Questions? Please contact [email protected].