Past Events
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Apr 2PHS 820 Graduate Research Seminar Featuring Heriberto Martir VargasPHS WARF 726
Title: Exploring the relationship between historical precipitation and pre-COVID asthma hospitalizations using Spatial Methods
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Mar 31PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Sarah Jorgensen, PharmD, PhD, Marshfield Clinic Research InstituteVirtual
METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY Abstract: In this seminar, I will discuss several methodological challenges in perinatal epidemiology, including live birth bias, fixed cohort bias, immortal time bias, and collider stratification bias. I will present examples from published studies and discuss possible solutions. Bio: Sarah Jorgensen is a perinatal epidemiologist and associate research scientist at the Center for Clinical …
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Mar 18Olivia M. Pokoski Dissertation Defense
John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
The Epidemiology of Autism: Understanding the Relationship between Motor Skills, Social Skills, Participation, and Physical Activity in Autistic Youth
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Mar 17PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPc from McMaster UniversityVirtual Via Zoom
Topic: Global Dietary Intake & Relationship to Chronic Disease: Insights from the PURE Study Bio: Dr. Sonia Anand is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University, is the Director of the Chanchlani Research Centre focused on Health Equity Research and is a Senior Scientist at the Population Health Research Institute. Dr. Anand received …
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Mar 12PHS 820 Graduate Research Seminar Featuring Monica Ortiz-VazquezPHS WARF 726
Title: Evaluating CoronaVac Vaccine Effectiveness: A Meta-Analysis Overview
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Mar 10PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Catherine (Rina) Bliss, PhDPHS WARF Room 726
Title: What’s Real About Race? Untangling Science, Genetics, and Society Abstract: Biologically, race is a fiction—but it is a fiction that has real social consequences. In What’s Real About Race? sociologist Rina Bliss unpacks how genetic and social research have perpetuated racial categories and stereotypes. How, Bliss asks, did categories of race emerge and get embedded …
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Mar 7Making the Connection Conference – Plastics and Health
HSLC
Join the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network (WEHN) for our annual environmental health conference, focusing this year on the critical connection between plastics and health. This event is an opportunity to connect, learn, and engage with experts and peers in the field. Register at https://www.wehnonline.org/.
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Mar 5PHS 820 Graduate Research Seminar Featuring Jovana JovanovskaPHS WARF 726
Title: How Genetic Risk Influences the Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Focus on the ATN Framework
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Mar 3PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Hon Ip, PhDPHS WARF Room 726
Title: The State of the (Avian Influenza) Union Abstract: HPAI H5N1 in the U.S. – A tale of two viruses – Since the introduction of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 into North America in 2022, the virus has spread and changed in an unprecedented fashion. This talk will cover the virus’s introduction, spread and changes over …
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Feb 24PHS Monday Seminar Featuring the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology CenterPHS WARF Room 726
Title: Learning About Tribal Epidemiology Centers Jeannine Nosko, Program Director Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC); Helen Tesfai, GLITEC Senior Epidemiologist; Sakshitha Mukta, GLITEC Epidemiologist; Afif Showkat, GLITEC Public Health Specialist Learning Goals: Meet the Tribal Epidemiology Team Located on the UW campus and learn more about Tribal Epidemiology Centers, including the people we serve.