Monthly Research Seminars

December 12, 2024

An exploration of and reflection upon cortisol-testosterone coupling among Jordanian non-refugee and Syrian refugee teenagers in Jordan

Delaney Glass, Assistant Professor of Biocultural Medical Anthropology, University of Toronto St. George

 

November 14, 2024

A Legacy of Displacement: The Comparative Impact of Historical and Contemporary Violence on Guatemalan Out-Migration.

Matthew Blanton, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology and Population Research Center, UT Austin

 

October 10, 2024

Medical Neglect of Political Prisoners in Settings of Armed Conflict

Dr. Yara Asi, Assistant Professor, School of Global Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida

 

September 12, 2024

The Long Shadow of the PKK conflict in Turkey

Dr, Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Maxwell Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University

 

May 17, 2024

PHAC Research Works-in-Progress – Mock Panel Review Session

Review of four members’ research works in progress

March 15, 2024

Patterns of Family Formation among internally displaced populations in Yemen.

Dr. Court Robinson, Associate Professor, International Health and Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Shatha Elnakib, Assistant Scientist, International Health, Johns Hopkins University,
Dr. Bothaina Attal, Research Associate, THIS.Institute, Cambridge University.  

 

February 16, 2024

Sexual and reproductive health in displacement – a reflexive perspective on evidence, needs, and priorities

Rosie Le-Voir, PhD Candidate, Department of Methodology, London School of 

 

January 19, 2024

Collaborative conversation – PHAC’s accomplishments and future directions

 

 

December 8, 2023

Growing up in Times of War: Forced Displacement, Conflict, and Adolescent Pubertal Maturation and Mental Health

Delaney J. Glass, PhD. candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington 

 

November 17, 2023 

Timing the onset of menarche at a time of conflict, a comparative analysis

Dr. Tiziana Leone, Associate Professor in Health and International Development, Department of International Development, London School of Economics & Political Science

October 27, 2023 

PHAC Annual Symposium, hosted by Cindy Buckley at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urban

June 16, 2023

Violent Instability and Modern Contraception: Evidence from Mali.

Dr. Orsola Torrisi, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and London School of Economics

May 25, 2023

Introducing PRIO and Its Research on Armed Conflict, Children, and Public Health.

Dr. Gudrun Østby, Peace Research Institute Oslo

 

February 17, 2023

The War in Ukraine: Impacts on Health, Human Rights, and the Environment.

Dr. Barry S. Levy, Tufts University School of Medicine

January 13, 2023 

Migration in Ukraine during the Russian Invasion, a research panel hosted by the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology

Dr. Brienna Perelli-Harris, University of Southampton
Dr. Cynthia Buckley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne
Dr. Martin Piotrowski, University of Oklahoma

 

December 16, 2022

Growing Up with War: Extreme Psychosocial Stress and the Biological Transition to Adulthood.

Delaney Glass, Ph.D candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington’s

 

November 18, 2022

Health Impacts of Agent Orange in Aging Residents of Northern Vietnam. 

Dr. Yvette Young, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Utah

 

October 21, 2022

Attitudes toward sexual and reproductive health and rights in context: The importance of local norms, security and conflict in Nigeria.

Dr. Signe Svalfors, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

September 16, 2022

PHAC Network Virtual Research Mixer

 

June 17, 2022

PHAC Annual Symposium, hosted by Kim Korinek at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Program link.  

 

May 20, 2022

Evaluating a Health Intervention in the Context of Armed Conflict: Experiences in Rural Mali. 

Dr. Emily Treleaven, University of Michigan

February 18, 2022

Reproductive justice in the Colombian armed conflict.

Dr. Signe Svalfors, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 

 

November 19, 2021

The Impact of Conflict on Humanitarian Infrastructure: Measuring, Mapping, and Making Meaning of School Damage in the Donbas.

Dr. Cynthia Buckley, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

 

October 15, 2021

The long echo of war. Early-life exposure to armed conflict and female experiences of intimate partner violence

Orsola Torrisi, PhD candidate, London School of Economics

September 17, 2021

Member discussion – Development and Teaching Courses on Population, Health  Armed Conflict

August 20, 2021

Adventures in measuring direct and indirect deaths from armed conflict

Dr. Amy Hagopian, University of Washington

July 21, 2021

Measuring violence and volition in migration and health research: A person-centered analysis at the Thai-Myanmar border

Dr. Stephanie Koning, Postdoctoral fellow, Northwestern University

 

June 11, 2021

Challenges in Measuring War Exposure: Examples from the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS)

Dr. Kim Korinek, University of Utah
Dr. Yvette Young, University of Utah
Dr. Zachary Zimmer, Mount Saint Vincent University

 

April 28, 2021

Age at Exposure to Armed Conflict and HIV Risk among Reproductive-Aged Women: The Case of Rwanda

Dr. Kammi Schmeer, The Ohio State University
Paola Echeve, PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University
Dr. Holly Nyseth Brehm, The Ohio State University
Dr. Laura Frizzell, , PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University

 

March 19, 2021

Conceptualizing and Measuring Armed Conflict

Dr. Nathalie Williams, University of Washington
Dr. Dirgha Ghimire, University of Michigan
Dr. Adrian Dobra, University of Washington