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Dr. Maria Julia Brunette
March 20, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Promoting Health Equity in the Americas: One Community at a Time
Dr. Maria Julia Brunette
The ISPH along with the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy will host on March 20th, 2018 in room 717 from 1:00-2:00pm Associate Professor of Global Public Health and Project Director for the UMASS Center for Digital Health, at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Dr. Maria Julia Brunette will deliver a talk on “Promoting Health Equity in the Americas: One Community at a Time.”
In this presentation Dr. Brunette will discuss her experience implementing and sustaining community-based mechanisms to address global health disparities. Her recent research endeavors will be illustrated by three case studies related to the occupational health issues among migrant workers in the United States; the quality of working life of low-income industrial workers in Peru; and the strengthening of healthcare systems in a high-Tuberculosis burden area in the South.