Past Events
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Nov 5PHS 820 Graduate Seminar Featuring Shaelyn MullinsPHS WARF Room 726
Title: “The New Norm? Modeling Population Vulnerabilities to Ever-Frequent Hurricanes” Abstract: Introduction The effects of a changing climate on public health are significant and widespread. Rapid and frequent changes in external, abiotic factors set the stage for conditions that fuel the development of extreme weather events. In the face of these threats, it is critical …
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Nov 3PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Arun S. Karlamangla, MD, PhDVirtual Via Zoom
Topic: Biological mechanisms by which social factors may undermine health Bio: Dr. Arun Karlamangla earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine and is boarded …
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Oct 29PHS 820 Featuring Charlie Ye
PHS WARF Room 726
Title: “Cost-Effectiveness of Next-Generation Sequencing in Early-Stage NSCLC: A Future-Oriented Simulation as Emerging Biomarkers and Treatments Evolve” Background: In early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (esNSCLC, stage IB-IIIA), emerging genomic biomarker targets underscore the need for an optimal biomarker testing strategy. While next-generation sequencing (NGS) is well established in advanced disease, its economic value in early-stage …
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Oct 27PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Guillaume Butler-Laporte, PhDTopic: Infectious and immunological disease genetics, sepsis Bio: Dr. Butler-Laporte completed his undergraduate training at McGill University and his residency in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at McGill University. This was followed by three years of research in genetic epidemiology of infectious diseases with Professor Brent Richards at the Lady Davis Institute and Dr Alex …
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Oct 22PHS Grad Student Seminar Featuring Rida KhatriPHS WARF Room 726
Title: “Beyond Race Alone: The Intersection of Race and Socioeconomic Status in Association with Colorectal Cancer Mortality” Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, with large racial disparities in mortality potentially driven by factors such as income, education, and screening. We examined the relation between race and …
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Oct 21PHS Seminar Featuring Mengmeng (Margaret) Du, ScD, MSc
PHS WARF Room 726
Title: Harnessing Global Consortia for Insights Into Colorectal and Endometrial Cancer Epidemiology
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Oct 20PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Amy Hagopian, PhDTitle: My adventures in war and public health Learning goals: Explain the ways in which the profession of public health has incorporated (and failed to address) health problems produced by war. Describe the methods for and synthesize the results of a mortality study in Iraq aimed at quantifying a war dead count 8 years after …
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Oct 15PHS Graduate Student Seminar Featuring Ashley Benitez
WARF Room 726
Title: Implementing Mobile Health as a Tool to Improve HIV and Substance Use Disorder Care: A Focus on Spanish-Speaking Communities Abstract: Hispanic/Latino and Spanish-speaking people living with HIV (PLWH) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) face disparities in medication adherence and appointment retention. Mobile health (mHealth) technologies have shown promise in improving these outcomes, but effectiveness …
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Oct 13PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Marguerite Burns, PhDPHS WARF Room 726
Title: “The Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Partnering with states to support evidence-based policy.” Abstract: The Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN) conducts multi-state Medicaid research at the direction of partnerships between 15 state Medicaid agencies and their university collaborators to improve outcomes for their beneficiaries and the programs that serve them. Established at the …
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Oct 9Distinguished Lecture for the 17th Annual Vision Science Symposium Featuring Dr. Allison Sekuler, Dept of Psychology, University of TorontoHSLC 1345
17th Annual Vision Science Symposium Featuring Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Allison Sekuler (Dept of Psychology, University of Toronto; Sandra A. Rotman Chair In Cognitive Neuroscience, Rotman Research Institute).