Upcoming Presentations
November 4th – 4:00pm to 5:00pm – Grand Rounds presented by Clark Larsen, PhD
November 11th – 4:00pm to 5:00pm – Works in Progress presented by Courtney Collins, MD
November 18th – 4:00pm to 5:00pm – Grand Rounds presented by Timothy Huerta, PhD, MS
SHARP Grand Rounds presented by Clark Spencer Larsen, PhD 
“Çatalhöyük: The Bioarchaeology of Community Health in an Early Farming Community in Transition”
From Dr. Larsen:
“I am a biological anthropologist primarily interested in the history of the human condition, viewed from the perspective of health, quality of life, adaptation, and lifestyle during the last 10,000 years of human evolution. Central to this work is a collaborative investigation on native societies on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, tracking adaptive trends. I co-direct the bioarchaeology research at Çatalhöyük (Turkey), a large Neolithic settlement. This enormous site is providing the opportunity to test hypotheses about the impact of urbanization, population agglomeration, and increased commitment to agriculture on health and quality of life. The project is a part of an international archaeological research program directed by Ian Hodder (Stanford University).
I am also involved in the Global History of Health Project. Results of the study of 18,000 skeletons from across Europe reveals significant changes in health and lifestyle, with results presented in The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence over Two Millennia (Richard H. Steckel, Clark Spencer Larsen, Charlotte A. Roberts, and Joerg Baten, editors, Cambridge University Press, 2019). I am the author of Our Origins: Discovering Biological Anthropology, now in its fifth edition (W.W. Norton).
This presentation will give you an entirely new perspective on health.”
Please join us on November 4th from 4:00-5:00pm for Dr. Larsen’s presentation.
Upcoming Event
You are invited to join us for The Greenwall Foundation’s William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture on Monday, November 16, at 6:30 pm EDT.
Keith Wailoo, PhD, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University, will discuss Whose Pain Matters? Reflections on Race, Social Justice, and COVID-19’s Revealed Inequalities.
We are excited to partner with the NYU School of Global Public Health and its Center for Bioethics to bring this year’s Lecture to a national audience as a live webinar and moderated Q&A session. Reserve your spot early here; registration is free.
We hope to see you there.
From Scott Strassels, PharmD, PhD: Colleagues, this may be of interest. Registration is free. Dr. Wailoo is a fascinating writer on pain and other topics. His work includes Pain: A Political History, Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health, and How Cancer Crossed the Color Line.
Grant Submissions- Process Flow
Be advised that both the COM and CCC Grants Management Office is more strictly enforcing grant submission timelines.
For COM investigators, your intention to submit a new proposal must be sent through the REDCap portal (link: https://redcap.osumc.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=TYPT3ALFMN), but if fewer than 6 weeks remain before the deadline they may not be able to accommodate your application and will deny the submission.
CCC applications should continue to be routed to the CCC Grants Office, by emailing an inquiry to Li.Zheng@osumc.edu
Are you contemplating working with a unpaid volunteer student?
SHARP can help you work out the logistics. We can arrange for virtual access for OSU affiliates at no cost, and virtual access for non-OSU affiliates for a fee (to set up a virtual machine for them to remote to).
For more information, contact Judy M. Opalek, PhD (judy.opalek@osumc.edu)
SHARP Staff – Return to Campus
We are in the midst of our Return to Campus plan and you may be seeing us in the office more often. We need to adhere to the social distancing requirements in our shared space, and we will be working on modified schedules until a full return is feasible. All SHARP staff continue to be reachable by phone, email, and text, whether in the office or working remotely. We appreciate your patience during this time.
Please note that the SHARP staff are working 100% remotely at this time and are still fully available for virtual meetings and discussion. We have nearly every normal tool at our disposal during this time and are only limited by face-to-face interactions and campus-based physical resources. If you have any questions or concerns—reach out!
