UAB Sociology hosts this lecture series each fall through a generous gift from Dr. Michele ‘Mike’ Wilson. Join us for the 2026 lecture on Friday, October 23, at 1 p.m. at the UAB Alumni House opens a new website. This event is co-sponsored by UAB Student Counseling Services and co-hosted by the Center for the Study of Sexual and Gender Health opens a new website and the UAB Cares Suicide Prevention Initiative opens a new website.
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Title: Schools and the Challenge of Suicide Prevention
Speaker: Dr. Anna Mueller opens a new website, Luther Dana Waterman Professor of Sociology and Senior Research Program Leader for the Irsay Family Research Institute at Indiana University
Description: Schools are the most important place for youth suicide prevention yet often struggle with the task. Dr. Anna Mueller addresses this challenge by advancing an organizational theory of school-based suicide prevention based on her community-engaged research comparing two high schools in the same public school district that differ only in their experiences with student suicide. Dr. Mueller’s talk will address the transdisciplinary study of suicide, the sociology of education, and the policy implications of her research for schools.
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Dr. Chloe E. Bird
Dr. Chloe E. Bird Title: Precision Medicine’s Blind Spot: Women's Health Research Agenda to Transform Medicine for All
Speaker: Chloe E. Bird opens a new website, PhD, FAAAS, FAAHB; Director, Center for Health Equity Research opens a new website, Tufts Medicine; Sara Murray Jordan Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Description: Sex differences extending to the cellular level impact everything from disease pathways to treatment efficacy. Dr. Bird will talk about a vision for rigorous, actionable research on Women’s Health. Knowledge gaps in this area create an opportunity to accelerate and transform health science to improve diagnostic accuracy, optimize therapeutics, and refine prevention and treatment strategies to improve health and healthcare for everyone.