Past Events
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Sep 11PHS 820 Weekly Graduate Research Seminar Featuring Alissa Ewer, Assistant Dean, Professional Development and CommunicationsWARF Room 726
Overview of professional development at UW and Individual Development Plan (IDP) development. Prior to this session, all PHS students are asked to go to https://my.grad.wisc.edu/DiscoverPD, click on the Self-Assessment tab, and complete the questionnaire. Results will be discussed during the seminar.
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Sep 9PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Jomol Mathew, PhDVirtual Via Zoom
Jomol Mathew, PhD, inaugural Chief of Biomedical Informatics (CBMI) for SMPH, is also Director of the UW Clinical & Health Informatics Institute (CHI2) housed within ICTR, and a Visiting Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences. Dr. Mathew’s work focuses on: *Fostering interdisciplinary collaborations and team science involving biomedical informatics throughout our healthcare and research enterprise. …
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May 6PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Devon Check, PhD, Duke UniversityPHS WARF Room 726
Evaluating and Improving Patient Experiences, Outcomes, and Quality of Care in Oncology Abstract: Dr. Check will share an overview of her research program, which includes projects that (1) investigate population-level patterns and outcomes of cancer care and (2) advance implementation and sustainment of evidence-based cancer care interventions. Bio: Dr. Check is a health services and …
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May 1PHS 820 Featuring Ksenia Kostelanetz
WARF Room 726
Association between indices of socioeconomic status, environmental justice, and cancer burden
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Apr 2939th Annual Rankin Skatrud Memorial Seminar Featuring Dr. Maria GlymourHSLC - Room 1335
Bio: Dr. Maria Glymour’s research focuses on how social factors experienced across the lifecourse, from infancy to adulthood, influence cognitive function, dementia, stroke, and other health outcomes in old age. Dementia risk and age-related cognitive decline have been central pillars of her work, along with examining related outcomes such as stroke and Alzheimer’s. She also …
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Apr 22PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Erin Bailey and Jasmia Hamilton with the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness
WARF Room 726
Black Women’s Leadership Development for Health Equity Acceleration in Wisconsin Abstract: Black women’s health in Wisconsin is in a state of emergency. Wisconsin leads the nation in racialized health disparities despite Wisconsin’s high performance on national rankings for healthcare quality. African American residents are over-represented in all major categories of disease and illness – inequities …
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Apr 17PHS 820 Featuring Aga Silbert
WARF Room 726
Patient-centered intervention to enhance participation in cardiac rehabilitation in women
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Apr 15PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Vijay Limaye, PhDWARF Room 726
Costs of Inaction: The Underappreciated Health and Economic Burdens of Climate Change Abstract: Climate change is a dangerous and costly problem, and it threatens much more than just property values and infrastructure: it’s fueling substantial and sometimes irreversible damage to public health in terms of illnesses, injuries, expensive medical bills, and premature deaths. A wealth …
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Apr 12PHS Seminar Featuring Amy Kalkbrenner, PhD, MPHWARF Room 726
Doing our studies better helps us do better: The role of Environmental Epidemiology in improving the public’s health Abstract: Epidemiological methods used to study environmental health are more useful when they clarify possible public health actions or help protect people most impacted. I will use examples from my work, which tackles the role of air …