- Terveys ja hyvinvointi
- Tapahtumapäivämäärä:
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- Aika:
- 10:00–11:00
- Tapahtumapaikka:
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Kuopion kampus, Medistudia-rakennus, sali MS300, sekä verkossa
- Lisätietoja:
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Yliopistonrinne 3
- Lisää kalenteriin:
A warm welcome to Seminars in Health Sciences seminar on Thursday 8 January 2026 at 10:00–11:00 in the room MS300, Medistudia building or online via Teams.
Topic: Housing, Environment and Health Outcomes in the United States
Speaker: Professor Kirsten Beyer, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
The seminar is hosted by Professor Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä and Research Director Toni Rikkonen.
Dr. Kirsten Beyer is a Professor in the Division of Epidemiology & Social Sciences in the Institute for Health & Humanity at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is Director of the PhD Program in Public and Community Health, Co-Director of the Global Health Scholarly Concentration for medical students, and Co-Director of the Geospatial, Epidemiology and Outcomes Shared Resource (GEOSR) of the MCW Cancer Center. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Beyer received her PhD in Geography and her MPH in Global Health from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Dr. Beyer focuses on the intersection of health, place, and social and environmental justice. She seeks to identify environmental and systemic causes of health disparities and to apply a community engaged research framework to move research findings into program and policy solutions to achieve health equity. She studies neighborhood characteristics such as green space, racial segregation, redlining and housing, as well as innovative community driven solutions to address challenges such as climate change and structural racism. She works locally and globally with a focus on non-communicable diseases, with established partnerships in Milwaukee, WI and Africa. She also partners with research groups across the country to examine influences of structural racism on a range of health outcomes using large cohort study databases. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and National Science Foundation.
Welcome!
For further information, please contact Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä, email [email protected].
