Health District After Dark
Health District After Dark (HDAD) is semi-annual lecture series offered by the Health District’s Academic Affairs Committee that occurs after standard business hours “aka after dark.” HDAD engages the Southern Nevada community and public health workforce on emerging and timely public health topics. For more information, please email hdad@snhd.org.
March 13, 2025 — Brain Health is Public Health
Date: March 13, 2025
Event Time: 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Location:Red Rock Conference Room 280 S. Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89107
November 14, 2024 — Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
Date: November 14, 2024
Event Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Location:Red Rock Conference Room 280 S. Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 8910
August 6, 2024 — Health Equity in Sin City
Date: August 6, 2024
Event Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Location: UNLV Community Education Building, 4350 S. Maryland Parkway, 89119 and virtually
May 23, 2023 — Popular Culture and Mental Health
Date: May 23, 2023
Event Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Location: Red Rock Conference Room: 280 S. Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89107
September 2022 — Reproductive Justice
Date: Monday, September 12, 2022
Event Time: 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Location: Meeting will be hosted virtually and at the Southern Nevada Health District.
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Tanya Bass – Health Equity Director, National Coalition of STD Directors
Cristina Hernandez – Project Manager, UNLV School of Public Health
Maria-Teresa Liebermann-Parraga – Deputy Director, Battle Born Progress Board Member, Wild West Access Fund
Dr. David Orentlicher – Director, UNLV Health Law Program and Judge Jack and Lulu Lehman Professor of Law
Bonnie Sorenson – Former Director of Nursing, Southern Nevada Health District
May 2022 — Extreme Heat
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Event Time: 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Location: Meeting was hosted virtually and at the Southern Nevada Health District.
Guest Speakers:
Rebecca Cruz-Nanez — Southern Nevada Health District
Paul Gully — Regional Transportation Commission
Dr. Erick Bandala — Desert Research Institute
April 2021 — Climate Change & Public Health
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Event Time: 4–6 p.m.
Location: Meeting was hosted virtually.
November 2020 — Housing in the Time of COVID-19
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Event Time: 4:30–6 p.m.
Location: Meeting was hosted virtually.
Guest Speakers:
Nancy Brune, PhD — Guinn Center
Brian Knudsen, MPA — City of Las Vegas
October 2019 — CBD/Cannabis
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Event Time: 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Location: Event was held at Southern Nevada Health District
Moderator:
David Orentlicher, MD, JD — UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Guest Speakers:
Kristine Vasilevsky, MPH(c), REHS — Southern Nevada Health District
Jennifer M. Sanders — CNS Equity Partners and AURA Venture Funds
Shoshanna N. Silverberg, JD, MA — Pistil and Stigma
Updated on: May 27, 2025