Past Events
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Nov 23PHS Monday Seminar: Allen Bateman, PhD- Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the Laboratory Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Assistant Director Communicable Disease Division Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Summary: This presentation will summarize the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic from a laboratory standpoint, including the virus emerging from China, spreading in the U.S, and an up-to-date epidemiologic situation in Wisconsin and nationwide. The presentation will also discuss building diagnostic PCR capacity, antibody sero-surveys, and …
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Nov 16PHS Monday Seminar: Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH -Contraceptives’ Effects on Sexual Functioning, Satisfaction, and Well-Being: Takeaways for Public Health
Abstract: Contraception is one of the most commonly used public health goods in the U.S., and its use is associated with major health and social benefits. However, a significant proportion of users are dissatisfied with their birth control method and discontinue within several months of use. Although contraception is designed to prevent pregnancy during sexual …
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Nov 2PHS Monday Seminar: Katherine Magnuson, PhD- Household Income and the Developing Brain: The Baby’s First Years Study
Professor of Social Work Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract: Developmental scientists agree that poverty is especially likely to shape children’s early development because of the high plasticity and rapid growth of the brain during the first three years of life. To test these findings, the Baby’s First Years …
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Oct 26PHS Monday Seminar: Erika Blacksher, PhD, Health Justice at the Intersection of Class and Race: Whiteness and Mortality Trends in Low Education White People
Chair of the Center for Practical Bioethics Research Professor Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine University of Kansas City Medical Center Abstract: Mortality trends in low education white people in the US have worsened markedly since the turn of the 21st century. Researchers have documented rising midlife mortality in white people with a high …
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Oct 19PHS Monday Seminar: Robert Dempsey, MD, FACS, FAANS Stroke Prevention in the Wisconsin Native American Population: The Combined Roles of Science and Medicine in Population Health
Chairman and Manucher J. Javid Professor of Neurological Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery Chairman, Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery University of Wisconsin–Madison Learning Goals: The goals of this talk are to understand in the context of populations health the issue of global health inequities, the scope that this is both worldwide in low- …
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Oct 12PHS Monday Seminar: Lauren Schmitz, PhD, MS- The Influence of Early-life Economic Shocks on Long-term Health and Economic Well-being: Evidence from the U.S. Great Depression
Assistant Professor La Follette School of Public Affairs University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract: Results from this study show that physical health and productivity around retirement age vary with exposure to economic conditions in early life. Using state-year-level variation from the most severe and prolonged economic downturn in American history—the Great Depression—combined with restricted micro-data from the …
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Oct 5PHS Monday Seminar: Melody Goodman, PhD- Development & Validation of the Research Engagement Survey Tool (REST)
Associate Dean for Research Associate Professor of Biostatistics School of Global Public Health New York University Learning objectives: Discuss measurement of stakeholder engagement in research Assess the utility of a quantitative measure of stakeholder engagement Evaluate the psychometric properties of a quantitative measure to assess stakeholder engagement in research, the Research Engagement Survey Tool (REST) …
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Sep 28PHS Monday Seminar: Ellicott Matthay, PhD- The revolution will be hard to evaluate: Methodological challenges and solutions for studying the health effects of social policies
Postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Health and Community Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of California, San Francisco Summary: Extensive empirical health research exploits variation in the timing and location of policy changes using differences-in-differences, interrupted time series, instrumental variables, and related designs. While these methods offer a promising approach to identify the causal …
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Sep 21PHS Monday Seminar- Jill Baumgartner, PhD: Causal inference and big data in household air pollution: lessons from empirical studies in low- and middle-income countries
Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics McGill University Abstract: Over half the world’s population is exposed to household air pollution from biomass and coal stoves used for cooking and heating. Estimating the causal effects of household air pollution on health has proven challenging. This seminar will draw from empirical studies conducted in low- and …
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Sep 14PHS Monday Seminar: Lawrence Brown, PhD- COVID-19 and the Spatial Legacies of Colonization and American Apartheid
Visiting Associate Professor (CHS) Department of Population Health Sciences UW–Madison Abstract: The current top three countries leading the world in COVID cases have long histories of slavery and apartheid (U.S. and Brazil) or caste systems (India). The legacies of colonization, caste, and apartheid are intricately linked to spread of deadly viruses and pathogens. Widespread epidemics …