Past Events
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Jan 23PHS/BMI Seminar Featuring Mary Ryan
Title: Design & analysis of cross-sectional stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with time-to-event endpoints Abstract: Stepped wedge cluster randomized trials (SW-CRTs) are a form of randomized trial where clusters are progressively transitioned from control to intervention, and the timing of transition is randomized for each cluster. An important task at the design stage is to ensure …
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Jan 23PHS/BMI Seminar Featuring Maria Kamentsky
Title: Novel Spatial Methods in Cancer Surveillance and Environmental Mixtures Bio: Maria is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) working in the Biostatistics Branch (BB) with Dr. Paul Albert (Biostatistics Branch) and Dr. Alex Keil (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Branch) in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at the National Institutes …
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Jan 19PHS/BMI Seminar Featuring Nick Seewald
Title: Using Individual-Level Data in Difference-in-Differences for Health Policy Evaluation Bio: Nick develops novel methods for the collection and analysis of complex longitudinal data for precision health. Currently, he is interested in the design of sequential, multiple-assignment randomized trials (SMARTs) with longitudinal outcomes, which allow interventionists to more fully understand patient trajectories in response to tailored, …
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Dec 937th Annual Rankin-Skatrud Memorial Lecture Featuring Dr. Atul Malhotra of UC San DiegoAtul Malhotra, MD was born and raised and educated through medical school in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. He completed postdoctoral training at the Mayo Clinic and Harvard, held an associate professorship at Harvard and since 2013 has served as professor of medicine and chair of Pulmonary and Critical Care at UC San Diego. Dr. Malhotra is …
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Dec 5PHS Monday Seminar – Adam Rule, UWAdam Rule is an assistant professor in the Information School at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is part of the Collaborative Computing Group. Adam’s research lies at the intersection of health informatics, human-computer interaction, and human-centered data science. He studies how people mix stories and data to perform the collaborative work of healthcare and …
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Nov 14PHS Monday Seminar – Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, UWWhen Policy Increases Risk: Punitive Responses to Substance Use that Increase Harm Dr. Salisbury-Afshar’s focus is on improving the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs and alcohol. She is board certified in family medicine, addiction medicine, and preventive medicine/general public health and her expertise lies at the intersection of these fields. Her work includes …
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Nov 7PHS Monday Seminar – John Loannidis, Stanford on Replication and Validity Issues in Observational StudiesTrained at Harvard and Tufts (internal medicine, Infectious diseases), Dr. Loannidis held positions at NIH, Johns Hopkins and Tufts. Chaired the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina Medical School in 1999-2010 while also holding adjunct professor positions at Harvard, Tufts, and Imperial College. Moved to Stanford in 2010, initially as Director/C.F. Rehnborg Chair …
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Oct 31PHS Monday Seminar – Dr. Philip Greenland, Northwestern UniversityDr. Greenland is the Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology and Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and a Senior Editor for JAMA. He held previous positions as Department Chair of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern, Executive Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, and Director of Northwestern’s Clinical and Translational …
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Oct 27Hot Topics in Public Health — A Symposium Series
RSVP for Hot Topics in Public Health here. Learn from experts in infectious disease and health equity at Hot Topics in Public Health: Race, Racism and COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Sheri Johnson, PhD, professor of population health sciences and director of the UW Population Health Institute, will serve as moderator for the virtual symposium. The presenter …
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Oct 24PHS Monday Seminar – Sheryl Magzamen, PhD MPH, Colorado School of Public HealthSheryl’s primary research focus is understanding the relative contribution of social factors and environmental exposures on chronic disease. She has worked extensively in the elementary school setting on developing surveillance methods and educational programs for childhood asthma, understanding the role of lead exposure in educational outcomes, and analyzing the role of social culture and indoor …