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School of Public and Community Health Sciences

Seminar Schedule: Spring 2026

For Spring of 2026, SPCHS Seminar's will be exclusively remote through Zoom.

This table lists what the SPCHS Seminar Schedule is for Spring 2026.
Date Presenter Title Registration  Seminar Recording
01/12/26 First Week of Classes; No Seminar      
01/19/26 MLK Day; No Seminar      
01/26/26 Ethan Walker & Maja Pedersen Public Health Graduate Student Career Pathways  
02/02/26 Patrick Boise The Impact of Unregulated Pregnancy Centers on Early Pregnancy Care in Montana  
02/09/26 Academic Health Department    
02/16/26 President's Day; No Seminar      
02/23/26 Academic Health Department    
03/02/26 Chelsea Kuiper Dissertation  
03/09/26 Academic Health Department (TBD)    
03/16/26 Spring Break; No Seminar      
03/23/26 Tracy McNew Research Update  
03/30/26 Kim Dudik Informational  
04/06/26 Rebecca Pejak Research Update  
04/13/26 Bruna Fogaca Informational  
04/20/26 Applied Practice Experience (APE) Presentations    
04/27/26 Applied Practice Experience (APE) Presentations    
05/04/26 Finals Week; No Seminar      

  • Seminar Schedule: Fall 2025

    Beginning the Fall of 2025, SPCHS Seminar's will be exclusively remote through Zoom.

    This table lists what the SPCHS Seminar Schedule is for Fall 2025.
    Date Presenter Title Registration  Seminar Recording
    08/25/25 First Day of Classes; No Seminar      
    09/01/25 Labor Day; No Seminar      
    09/08/25 DPHHS Aging, Falls Prevention, and Alzheimer's

    09/15/25 Bernard Khomenko Improving Access to Medications Challenges and Opportunities for Communities

    09/22/25 B-Rad Applegate Advancing Understanding of Lived Experience of Unhoused People to Reduce Social Stigma and Promote Community Health: A Theoretically Guided Photovoice Study

    09/29/25 Rebecca Pejak Protecting Health in Older Adults During Wildfire Events: A Background and Rationale for Indoor Air Quality Interventions 

    10/06/25 Sarah Garber Building a Health Equity Program in Local Public Health

    10/13/25 Indigenous People's Day; No Seminar      
    10/20/25 Kerri Mueller Preserving Progress: Solutions for Maintaining Air Quality Alongside Ongoing Development West of Missoula

    10/27/25 Erin Bley Disability, Health, and Leading Systems Change

    11/03/25 Heather Zimmerman Public Health Surveillance Data in Montana 

    11/10/25  B-Rad Applegate  Ph.D. Student Research Update

    11/17/25  Maysa Waters  Ph.D. Student Informational

    11/24/25  APE Presentations  APE Presentations  
    12/01/25  Finals Week; APE Presentations  APE Presentations