Past Events
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Feb 17NACHP Distinguished Lecture Series featureing Dr. Nicole RedversA range of anthropogenic global environmental changes are contributing to an increasing global disease burden. Since human health and well-being are intimately associated with the health of our planet, health professionals and health systems will not only be charged with caring for this expanding disease burden, but will also need to become more environmentally sustainable …
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Feb 14PHS Monday Seminar: Rachael Singer, PhD MSPH: “Characterizing and Addressing Neglected Parasitic Infections in US Communities”Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are widely considered to be relegated to countries with developing economies. Yet, evidence suggests many of the same infections are prevalent in certain parts and populations of wealthy nations, where they may be referred to as infections of poverty. This talk will recount the historical and current status of parasitic infections …
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Feb 7PHS Monday Seminar: Gary King, PhD “Simplifying Matching Methods for Causal Inference”Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor Director, Institute of Quantitative Social Sciences Harvard University Abstract We show how to use matching methods for causal inference to ameliorate model dependence — where small, indefensible changes in model specification have large impacts on our conclusions. We introduce methods that are simpler, more powerful, and easier to understand …
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Jan 31PHS Monday Seminar: Jonathan Patz MD, MPH: “Climate Change: Modeling Health Benefits from Sustainable Energy, Food, and Transportation Scenarios”Director, Global Health Institute Tony J McMichael Professor of Planetary Health – John P Holton Chair of Health and the Environment Director Global Health Institute University of Wisconsin–Madison Time: Jan 31, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Dec 15PHS Graduate Program Student Seminar: Cancelled
Please stay tuned for next semester’s presentation information in the future.
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Dec 8PHS Graduate Program Student Seminar: Eunice Park, “Can a Stronger Sense of Community Improve Mental Health? Findings from a Household Survey on Cognitive Social Capital and Mental Health in Wisconsin”
Event held virtually via Zoom. Please contact mgombar@wisc.edu for Zoom information.
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Dec 6PHS Monday Seminar: Jomol Mathew, PhD “Databases to Data Commons: Challenges and Prospects of Biomedical Data Integration”
Associate Professor Department of Population Health Sciences Chief of Biomedical Informatics University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Abstract Dr. Mathew directs informatics activities at SMPH, UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the UW Carbone Cancer Center. Prior to joining UW Madison, she led informatics at multiple institutions. During this presentation, …
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Dec 1PHS Graduate Program Student Seminar: Nicholas Schumacher, “Exploring the Alcohol Consumption to Pain Relationship among Individuals with Mild to Moderate Alcohol Use Disorder Who Want to Reduce their Alcohol Use”
Event held virtually via Zoom. Please contact mgombar@wisc.edu for Zoom information.
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Nov 29PHS Monday Seminar: Mauricio Cardenas, PhD: “Make this the last pandemic. Recommendations from the IPPPR”
Senior Research Scholar School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University Bio English Mauricio Cárdenas is Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, where he also teaches public finance. He is currently a member of https://theindependentpanel.org, that is assessing the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and co-chair of …
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Nov 24PHS Graduate Program Student Seminar: Erika Bailey, “The Impact of COVID-19 on People Who Inject Drugs in Wisconsin”
Event held virtually via Zoom. Please contact mgombar@wisc.edu for Zoom information.