Upcoming Events

American Thoracic Society International Conference: San Diego, May 19-22, 2024

Proximity Project (virtual): 12:00 -1:00 pm

American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Nashville, TN, June 28- June 30

Gates Foundation, September TBA

Past Events

Ellis Island Podcast in conversation with Wendy Chin-Tanner, May 14, 7 - 8 pm
Keynote: Atrium Health, (Virtual), May 10, 2024, 12:20 - 1:20
TB PPM Friday Forum: (virtual) May 10, 7:30 - 8:30 am
Harlem Hospital: New York, NY, May 10, 1:30- 3:30 pm
St. Vincent's School of Nursing, Riverdale, NY, May 9, 2024, 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY, May 19, 2024, 11 -1 pm
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, May 7, 2024, 11 - 1 pm
McGill University TB program, May 3, 2024, 1:15 - 2:15 pm
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, April 30, 2024
University of San Francisco TB Scholar Session (Virtual), April 25, 2024, 1 -2 pm
American Nurses Association Innovation Lounge: (Virtual): April 24, 2024, 6-7:30 pm (in conversation with Virginia Allen & Dr. Danielle McCamey
Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth, NJ, April 18, 2024, 1:30 - 3:00
Stonybrook University, Long Island, NY, April 17, 2024, 5- 6:30 pm
North American TB Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 16, 2024
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, April 10, 2024 (Virtual), 5:30 -6:30 pm
Keynote: Humana Foundation, (Virtual) April 10, 2024, 10 - 11 am
Bellhaven University, Jackson, MS, April 10, 2024
Villanova University, PA, April 8, 2024, 5:30-6:30
The Daisy Award Ceremony, New York, NY April 5, 2024, 2-4 pm
University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 3, 2024, 4-5:30 pm
Weil Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, April 1, 2024, 12:00 -1:00
African Burial Ground in conversation with Dr. Heather Butts: New York, NY, March 30, 2024, 2pm
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 27-28, 2024
CDC TB (Virtual), March 27, 2024
University of Georgia School of Global Health, (Virtual), March 27, 2024 (Virtual)
Chest: American College of Physicians, March 26, 2024 (Virtual), 3:00 -4:00
Hofstra University, Long Island, NY, in conversation with Virginia Allen March 25, 2024
Seattle Tuberculosis Research Center, March 22, 2024 (Virtual), 3:00 - 4:00
Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center, (Virtual), March 22, 2024, 12 - 1 pm
Keynote address: Staten Island New York State Women's History, March 21, 2024, 6:00 - 7:00
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, March 21, 2024, 1:30-3:00 pm
Monmouth County Public Library, Oregan (Virtual: author's series), March 20, 2024, 9:30-10:30
Retrouve Skin Care, Live Instagram, March 20, 2024, 2-3 pm (Virtual)
East Strousburg University, PA, March 18 -19, 2024
New York Public Library, Stavaros Niarchos Foundation in conversation with Joshunda Sanders, March 6, 2024, 6:30-7:30 pm
HSC Center for Health Policy, Fort Worth, TX, (Virtual), March 6, 2024, 2-3 pm
Todt Hill Library: Staten Island: March 5, 2024 in conversation with Virginia Allen, 5 pm
St. Philips Baptist Church, Staten Island, NY, March 3, 2024, 3-5
Richmond Country Court's Black Heritage Celebration, Staten Island, NY, February 29, 2024: 12:30 -2:30
Save Ellis Island, Author Series (Virtual event): February, 28, 2024, 7 pm (Free but registration required)
Anne Arundel County Government Health Equity Forum, (Virtual), February 26, 2024: 3:00 - 4:00
Equal Justice in the Family Courts (Virtual presentation): February 26, 2024: 1-2 pm
The Links Incorporated, (Virtual), February 25, 2024
American Public Health Nurses, (Virtual), February 22, 2024
Dallas College, Ft. Worth, TX, February 19, 2024, 1-3 pm
University of Maryland Nursing School: February 13, 2024, 1-2 pm
Columbia University School of Nursing: February 12, 2024, 4- 6 pm
National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island, NY February 11, 2024, 2-4 pm
Brown University, School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island: February 6, 2024, TBD
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA: February 5, 2024: 4 -5:30 pm
Staten Island Museum, January 25, 2023: Launch of "Taking Care:" The Black Angels of Sea View. A meditative film and art installation by artists Elissa Blount Moorhead and Bradford Young (cinematographer of Selma)
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY: December 7, 4:00-5:30 pm
Association of Pediatric Surgical Nurses: (Virtual): December 1, 3:00-4:00
Haitian American Nurses Association Weekly Radio Show, Live, November 29, 2023, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Maryland Organization of Nurse Leaders Gala Event: Virtual, November 18, 2023, 6:30 pm
The Union: International TB Conference, Paris: Live virtual interview: November 14, 2023 9 am
University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC: November 13, 2023
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ: November 10, 2023, 2-3:30 pm
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY: November 9, 2023, 5 p.m.
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT: November 7, 2023, 4 -6:30 pm
St. Louis County Library, at JCC's Mirowitz Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO: November 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
MIT, Knight Science Journalism, Boston, MA: October 24, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University, School of Public Health in conversation with Vidya Krishnan: Boston, MA October 23, 2023, 4:30-6pm
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA: October 23, 2023, 1 p.m.
DNPs of Color Annual Conference, with Nurses you should Know & Virginia Allen: Washington, DC: October 21, 2023, 11 a.m.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, with Virginia Allen: Baltimore, MD: October 19, 2023, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
University of Illinois, Chicago School of Nursing, Chicago, IL: October 16, 2023, 2-3 p.m.
Wagner College, "The Black Angels: The Nurses Who Cured Tuberculosis," in conversation with Virginia Allen: Staten Island, NY: October 4, 2023, 3-6 p.m.
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY: October 3, 2023
Brooklyn Book Festival, Bookends: The Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series with Elyssa Goodman, Jesse Rifkin, Felicia Fitzpatrick: Niagara, New York, NY: October 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Malaprops Bookstore, in conversation with Sarah Patten: Asheville, NC: September 28, 2023, 6 p.m.
Ivy Bookstore, in conversation with Laurie Gwen Shapiro: Baltimore, MD: September 26, 2023, 6 p.m.
The Black Angels Book Launch and Event–College of Staten Island in conversation with Black Angel Virginia Allen and historian Debbie-Ann Paige: September 23, 2023, 2-3:30 p.m.
New York University / Wagner: "Tuberculosis: History and its Discontents" panel discussion with John Green, Handaa Enka-Amgalan, & Vidya Krishnan: Puck Building, NY: September 22, 2023, 8 p.m.
Astoria Bookshop, in conversation with Sarah Rose: Astoria, NY: September 21, 6 p.m.
United Nations Tuberculosis High Level Meeting: Author Panel Discussion with Handaa Enka-Amgalan, Vidya Krishnan, & John Green: New York, NY: September 20, 2023, 2 p.m.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine TB Interlab Celebration: July 28, 2023
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine TB Research Day: June 5, 2023
Johns Hopkins Nursing School: June 6, 2023
St. Phillips Church, Staten Island, April 2022
The Dwight-Englewood School, New Jersey, March 2021
St. Andrews Church, Staten Island, March 2017

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Johns Hopkins

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Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research

University of South Carolina Upstate

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Johns Hopkins

"Thank you again for speaking at our meeting and inspiring our audience. It was terrific, and I am so pleased to have met you."

Director, Center for Tuberculosis Research