Events Calendar

About: In early 2025, international headlines mischaracterized the work behind Mozambique’s remarkable HIV epidemic control success in Gaza Province - an achievement built on years of data-driven, behaviorally informed public health programming. In this talk, former USAID Advisor Hayden Hawry offers a rare insider’s account of the real story, using program data and field anecdotes ... Read more

Talk: AI-augmented clearinghouse of preventative interventions supporting healthy youth development Abstract: Evidence-based decision-making applies existing evidence to inform social policies and involves integrating relevant information from various sources, such as experimental studies and community feedback. Online clearinghouses support evidence-based decision-making by synthesizing evidence on what works, though manually updating literature is incomplete. In addition, passively ... Read more

Talk: Why Dobbs was good for abortion but bad for obstetrics About Tracy: Tracy A. Weitz PhD, MPA (she/her), is a professor of sociology and Director for the Center on Health, Risk, and Society at American University in Washington, DC. Her current research addresses how insurance payors, private non-profit organizations, and philanthropy pay for abortion. ... Read more

Title: "Deaths of Despair in Space and Time: When and where were mid-life Americans More Likely to Experience Increase in Mortality since the 1990s” Speakers: Midlife Mortality Project Team

Title: "A Global Network for Sustainability Transformations: Introducing the Transformations Community and Exploring Opportunities at IBS" Abstract: The Transformations Community (TC) is a global network of researchers and practitioners advancing transdisciplinary approaches to sustainability transformations. This session will introduce TC’s work and direction, including its international conferences and collaborative initiatives, and open a dialogue with ... Read more

Title: "Center People in Storm Shelter and Safe Room Design" Speakers: Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, IBS Research Associate: Carson is a research associate at the Natural Hazards Center and at Boise State University (part-time). She is also the co-founder of the Boise State Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute that aims to connect researchers and community partners to ... Read more

Title: "The Future of US International Development and Migration Policy: A Practitioner’s Reflections & Research Agenda" About Cindy: Dr. Cindy Huang has over 20 years of experience leading humanitarian and global development efforts across government and non-profit sectors. She is currently a research professor at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado ... Read more

About Jennifer: Dr. Jennifer Bailey is a Principal Research Scientist at the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington. She leads a diverse and multidisciplinary team of researchers working together to understand factors that contribute to positive youth development and develop, test, and scale prevention and health promotion interventions. She is trained in Developmental Psychology ... Read more

About Fatima: Dr. Touma is an associate professor of sociology at CU Boulder. Her  research focuses on population health, policy context, and migration. Broadly, she is interested in examining health patterns and trends in the United States across socio-political contexts. Fatima holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.