Past Events
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Jul 27PHS Web Chat: Brian Yandell- Data Science in the Pandemics Age
Brian Yandell, Interim Director of the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute, Professor of Statistics & Horticulture and Director of the Biometry Program here at UW–Madison will speak on Data Science in the Pandemics Age. Abstract: Data scientists at the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute quickly pivoted in mid-March to offer their expertise to …
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Jul 20PHS Web Chat: Tiffany Green- Racial Disparities in COVID-19
Tiffany Green, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology, will speak on Racial Disparities in COVID-19.
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Jul 13PHS Web Chat: Ned Kalin, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry- Managing Stress and Staying Resilient
In this PHS webchat we’ll be hearing from Ned Kalin, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry on Managing Stress and Staying Resilient
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Jun 22PHS Web Chat: Derrick Chen- Update on COVID-19 Testing
In this PHS webchat we’ll be hearing from Derrick Chen, MD, Medical Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
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Jun 9Ajay Sethi: Confronting COVID-19 Misinformation Livestream Talk
On Tuesday, June 9th, at 7pm CDT, Ajay Sethi, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, will speak on COVID-19 misinformation and take questions from the audience via live chat. Dr. Sethi is a renowned expert on infectious diseases and teaches the popular course, Conspiracies in Public Health. View the livestream here.
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Apr 27PHS Monday Seminar- Megan Zuelsdorff, PhD: Contextualizing cognition: A social-biological approach to cognitive aging and equity research
Assistant Professor School of Nursing University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract: Increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias disproportionately impacts historically disadvantaged populations. Disparities in cognitive aging are clearly multifactorial but remain underexplained, and disparities frameworks suggest that incorporating key social-biological data will aid efforts to clarify and address disproportionate risk. Intersecting disadvantage markers including race, …
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Apr 20PHS Monday Seminar- Eugene Millar: Epidemiology and Prevention of S. aureus Colonization and Infection among US Army Infantry Trainees at Fort Benning
Director, Wound Infections Research Area Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics Uniformed Services University Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Bethesda, MD Abstract: Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), including those due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), are common in the military. Among all military …
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Apr 13PHS Monday Seminar- Natascha Merten, PhD: Common neurodegenerative processes in aging – Retinal thickness as a biomarker for sensorineural function in middle-aged adults
Postdoctoral Research Associate Professor Karen Cruickshanks’ Lab Population Health Sciences University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract: Sensory impairments and cognitive decline are public health challenges in aging populations. They often co-occur in aging adults and a major underlying pathological pathway may be neurodegeneration. Early identification of people at risk for neurodegeneration might improve targeted treatment. Noninvasive, inexpensive …
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Mar 30PHS Monday Seminar- Ying (Jessica) Cao, PhD: Post-acute Care in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities under ACA
Assistant Professor School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP) State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo Abstract: Dr. Cao will talk about post-acute care (PAC) delivery and patient health outcomes in the inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) during and after the Affordable Care Act. Her talk will cover topics on the comparison between Traditional …
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Mar 23PHS Monday Seminar- Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH: Addressing the “Pleasure Deficit” to Improve Public Health: Contraceptives’ Effects on Sexual Functioning, Satisfaction, and Well-Being
Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Obstetrics and Gynecology Director, UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract: Background: Although contraception is designed to prevent pregnancy during sexual activity, few large, longitudinal studies examine contraceptive methods’ effects on sexual functioning, satisfaction, and well-being over time. Nor have researchers documented potential sex-enhancing aspects …