Neighborhood Health Series

December 12, 2024 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

This holiday season, turn your focus inward and consider one of the tiniest but most consequential gifts you have ever received. Packaged in your DNA are the keys to understanding your traits, heritage, and, in many cases, your health and risk of disease. Our genetics also help determine how we might respond to specific treatments and medications. Scientific advances have made discovering these items wrapped in your genetic material even easier and can be helpful as we face a world of increasing health challenges.

Presented by: Dr. Josue Gonzalez

January 16, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

Organ transplantation – considered a miracle of 20th century medicine – saves lives in patients affected by terminal organ failures and improves quality of life. Learn more about the need for organ transplantation, donors, the matching process, timeline to receive an organ, pharmaceutical interventions and xenotransplantation.

Presented by: Dr. Manas Mandal, BSc, MSc, PhD
Fulbright Scholar & Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

February 20, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

Discover tools related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) that aid in building an inclusive culture, along with the challenges that come with adopting a new mindset.

Presented by: Dr. Cheryl Brewster, EdD, MA
Sr. Executive Dean for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging; Professor, Department of Bioethics, Humanism and Policy

March 20, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

Practical tips are offered for caregivers or those considering the aging process around long-term care options, aging in place and those wishing to better understand palliative care and hospice care in different settings. Understand how insurance supports end-of-life care, and explore tools, strategies and resources to ease the caregiver burden. Brought to you by Southwest Medical Hospice and Optum Palliative Care.

Presented by:
Brian Greenlee, RN, MSN
Executive Director, Southwest Medical Hospice/Optum Palliative Care.

Amy Hachquet, M.S., LMFT
Community Outreach Manager, Southwest Medical Hospice/Optum Palliative Care

April 10, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

GENESIS is a groundbreaking program that upends how we imagine and practice healthcare. By effectively merging health services and social services to improve the health of high-risk populations, and by focusing on the household, as opposed to the patient, the GENESIS platform addresses barriers to optimal health outcomes.

Presented by: Sheyla Pierre, MBA, MSW
Director of Equity Development and Community Engagement

May 15, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

Learn how to utilize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) tools to build a diverse healthcare workforce that meets the needs of our changing community.

Presented by: Dr. Cheryl Brewster, EdD, MA
Sr. Executive Dean for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging; Professor, Department of Bioethics, Humanism and Policy

September 11, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

Meet Dr. Joesph Lasky, Medical Director of Cure 4 The Kids Foundation (C4K), and understand how Nevada’s treatment center for pediatric cancers and rare diseases cares for medically fragile children and their families. Through clinical expertise, cutting-edge research and innovative approaches, C4K is focused on providing highest quality life-saving care and services to our community’s most vulnerable population.

Presented by: Joseph Lasky III, MD
Director of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

October 16, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

Medicare is not for the faint of heart, but in just 90 minutes, participants will have greater confidence in their grasp of the changing complexities of Medicare. Whether you are just enrolling or want to understand better the changes coming in this year’s plans, or if you are a caregiver to someone receiving Medicare, learn the ABC’s in a positive, encouraging environment while connecting with members of Roseman’s Medicare Call Lab.

Presented by:
Dr. Leiana Oswald, BS, PharmD, BGCP
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assessment; Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Teresa Rawlins, BS
Level 3 Medicare Assistance Program Counselor

November 13, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

What do Dogs and Diabetes have in common? Michael’s Angel Paws trains service dogs to assist in symptom detection and management of their “person” with diabetes. Through a strong sense of smell, great intelligence and a heart of gold, these service dogs can be life-changing partners to insulin-dependent diabetics. Learn more from Dr. Arup Chakraborty about diabetes, your personal risk, prevention, and today’s best treatment options.

Presented by:
Stephanie Gerken, Founder, Michael’s Angel Paws
Graduate, Bergin University of Canine Studies Service Dog Program; Graduate Moorpark College – Exotic Animal Training and Management Program

Arup Chakraborty, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

December 11, 2025 | 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. PT

The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship program of international educational and cultural exchange, offers passionate and accomplished students and scholars in more than 160 countries the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to mutual understanding. Learn from Dr. Manas Mandal, Fulbright Scholar, how his award is enabling transformative work, and understand the process of how to become involved with this prestigious program.

Presented by: Dr. Manas Mandal, BSc, MSc, PhD
Fullbright Scholar & Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences