Past Events
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Apr 10PHS 820 Featuring Dandi Chen
WARF Room 726
Assessing risk factors contributing to differences in readmissions
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Apr 8PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Arezoo Movaghar, Marsha Mailick, Leann DaWalt, Murray Brilliant
Virtual Via Zoom
AI-Assisted Pre-Screening for Fragile X Syndrome Abstract: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most prevalent monogenic cause of intellectual disability and autism. Clinical studies on patients being seen in specialized clinics have shown that this X-linked disorder has a substantial impact on the health and well-being of patients and families. FXS remains significantly underdiagnosed despite …
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Apr 5PHS Seminar Featuring Johnny Uelmen, PhDWARF Room 726
One Health Perspectives on the Eco-Epidemiology of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and the Looming Threat of Climate Change Abstract: The staggering impact of human activity on our planet’s ecosystems is undeniable. Over the past 50 years, Earth has witnessed a dramatic decline in biodiversity, losing approximately 60% of wildlife and over 100 million hectares of tropical forest …
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Apr 4PHS Seminar Featuring Rachel Gicquelais, PhD, MPHHSLC - Room 1420
Trends and Tools in the US Overdose Crisis Abstract: Drug overdose killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S. during 2022. In this presentation, I will provide an overview of my program of research focused on substance use epidemiology and the ongoing U.S. overdose crisis. I will introduce several areas of my research, which aim …
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Apr 3PHS 820 Featuring Heriberto Martir Vargas
WARF Room 726
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps (CHR&R)- methods updates, opportunities, and challenges
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Apr 1PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Dana MackenzieVirtual - Contact Tiffany Pence for Zoom link
Mind Over Data: Introduction to Causal Inference Abstract: Classical approaches to statistics and to machine learning are “cause blind,” in the sense that they analyze the data and answer queries about it without reference to the causal mechanism that produces the data. But the questions society asks of scientists are mostly causal questions: Will regular exercise …
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Mar 20PHS 820 Featuring Yingying Zheng
WARF Room 726
Global health in the 21st century: Challenges, governance, and the path forward
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Mar 20PHS Seminar Featuring Kyle Aune
WARF Room 726
From Bytes to Breakthroughs: Decoding the Health Impacts of Climate Change with Big Data Abstract: I’ll present a brief personal introduction, an overview of my research program, and highlight the goals and approaches of the first two research projects I would complete at The University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health. Bio: Kyle Aune …
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Mar 18PHS Seminar Featuring Elizabeth HolzhausenWARF Room 726
Dynamics of the Gut Microbiome: Exploring Influences and Exposures Across the Life Course Abstract: The gut microbiome is an emerging frontier of human health, which plays a role in gastrointestinal, hepatic, metabolic, cardiovascular, immune, and neurologic disease. Because of its broad health implications and high plasticity, the gut microbiome represents an excellent target for disease …
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Mar 15PHS Seminar Featuring Minh Tung Phung, PhD, MPHWARF Room 726
Cancers of the Ovary and Cervix: Risk and Prevention Abstract: Dr. Phung’s presentation will cover the key areas of his research in cancer epidemiology. He will discuss his research that aims at advancing ovarian cancer precision prevention through risk stratification. he will also present his research on improving cervical cancer screening in Vietnam, a middle-income …