Public Health Grand Rounds

Our Public Health Grand Rounds series features presentations about significant public health issues and the challenges they pose. This series is intended to promote a dialogue within the Health Department and with the Vermont professional community.

Recorded presentations are available below for later viewing.

Schedule

Grand Rounds are held at the same time and location unless otherwise noted. Connection information will be provided below shortly before the presentation date.

Time: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Location: Health Department Conference Room 2B; 108 Cherry St., Burlington, VT (map)

Date	topic	Presenter	CONNECTION INFo
June 23, 2022 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	Lifestyle Factors for Dementia Risk Reduction An overview of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD), introduce the concepts of brain resilience and brain resistance, explore initiatives to modify ADRD progression, and review factors that contribute to dementia risk. There are protective factors as well as risk factors that can determine the trajectory of dementias. Some of these can be modified to reduce the possibility of ADRD development. Learn about the lifestyle interventions and multi-domain lifestyle interventions that can promote brain resilience.	John Steele Taylor, MD Neurologist, Co-Director of UVMMC Memory Program

Recorded Presentations and Materials

Date	Topic	Recording
9/24/2020	Palliative Care, Part I of Two	Presentation Slides
1/23/2020	Policy and Communication Evaluation in Youth and Young Adults (PACE Vermont)	Watch Recording Presentation Slides
1/8/2020	Public Health in Vermont: Accomplishments, Impact, Priorities and Strategies – Reflections by the Commissioner	Watch Recording Presentation Slides
10/24/2019	Empowering Youth: Participatory Budgeting in the Third Space	Watch Recording
6/27/2019	Improving Care for those with Asthma and Obesity	Watch Recording
3/28/2019	Health Department Academic Partnerships: 20 years of investigating interesting outbreaks (and lessons learned), along with a focus on health department-academic partnerships	Presentation Slides
2/28/2019	Bats, Bites and Boosters, Oh My: A Review of Rabies Surveillance, Testing and Control	Watch Recording
9/27/2018	Public Health Social Marketing Evaluation	Watch Recording
5/24/2018	WISEWOMAN Economic Evaluation	Watch Recording
4/26/2018	Alzheimer's as a Public Health Issue in Vermont	Watch Recording
3/15/2018	Achieving Health Equity: The Opportunity and the Mandate	Watch Recording
1/25/2018	Help Me Grow Vermont	Watch Recording
09/28/2017	Injury Burden	Watch Recording
08/24/2017	Cultural Brokers Providing Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)	Watch Recording
06/22/2017	Children thrive when we respond to their realities: How we can improve child health through policies that address and alleviate economic hardships	Watch Recording
05/25/2017	Bringing Data to Life: The Power of Storytelling in Evaluation and Health Promotion	Watch Recording
03/22/2017	Marijuana Legalization: Lessons Learned from Washington State and Colorado	Watch Recording
10/27/2016	Opioids in Vermont: Prevalence, Risk, and Impact	Presentation Slides