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Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Seminar Series

Current Issues in Epidemiologic Research


June 10 - June 26, 2024
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Bloomberg School of Public Health

All presentations will be held via Zoom

 

 

 

2024 SEMINAR SERIES

Monday, June 10

The Basics of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: 
Intro to Methodology

Geoff Tison, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division
University of California, San Francisco

A noninvasive cardiologist specializing in preventive cardiology, Dr. Tison uses advanced machine learning algorithms and digital health technologies to further research on cardiovascular disease prevention.

Dr. Tison's seminars are co-sponsored by PHAISE (Public Health + AI Strategic Endeavors) a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health initiative developed to explore the use of artificial intelligence to help solve key public health issues. Learn more about PHAISE here: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/about/at-a-glance/key-initiatives/phaise

 


Tuesday, June 11

The Basics of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence in Medicine:
Example Applications

Geoff Tison, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division
University of California, San Francisco

A noninvasive cardiologist specializing in preventive cardiology, Dr. Tison uses advanced machine learning algorithms and digital health technologies to further research on cardiovascular disease prevention. 

Seminar Recording

 

Wednesday, June 12

Physical Function and Activity at Older Ages: The Role of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids.

Pablo Martinez Amezcua, MD, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Martinez's research focuses on understanding the association between hearing loss and physical function and activity. Broadly, he is interested in how mid-life cardiovascular risk factors contribute to health at older ages, including, physical function, cognitive health, and sensory loss.  

Seminar Recording

 

Thursday, June 13

The Public Health Approach After COVID-19

Alfredo Morabia, MD, PhD, MPH

Editor in Chief, American Journal of Public Health
Professor of Epidemiology
Queens College, City University of New York

 

Dr. Morabia's expertise as a historian ranges from the history of scientific methods and concepts utilized to study population to urban health. He is the principal investigator of the World Trade Center-Heart cohort study, which delves into the long-term heart health of first responders from the 9/11, 2001 attack.

Seminar Recording

 

Friday, June 14

Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Cancer Disparities Among People Living With HIV 

Corinne Joshu, PhD

Corinne Joshu

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Joshu is a cancer epidemiologist who conducts research to inform evidence-based opportunities to improve cancer prevention, screening, and treatment across the lifespan, with particular attention to those who experience disparity in cancer-associated mortality, including among people living with HIV and members of Indigenous communities. 

Seminar Recording

 

Monday, June 17

Preventing 100 Million Deaths From Cardiovascular Disease: 
A Primer on ‘Resolve to Save Lives’

Lawrence Appel, MD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology
 and Clinical Research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Appel conducts clinical research with a particular focus on preventing and controlling elevated blood pressure, and its consequences, primarily cardiovascular and kidney diseases. 

Seminar Recording

 

Tuesday, June 18

10 Lessons That I Have Learned As Methods Editor at Annals of Internal Medicine

Eliseo Guallar, MD, DRPH

Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Guallar’s work is focused on the study of cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention, in particular in evaluating the role of environmental and nutritional exposures in the development of cardiovascular disease.

Seminar Recording

 

Thursday, June 20

Learning What Works in Populations for Public Health and Public Policy:  The Role of Careful Study Design

Elizabeth Stuart, PhD

Chair and Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Stuart uses statistical methods to help learn about the effects of public health programs and policies, often with a focus on mental health and substance use. Trained as a statistician, her primary research interests are in the development and use of methodology to better design and analyze the causal effects of public health and educational interventions. 

Seminar Recording

 

Friday, June 21

Contagium animatum:  

Bill Moss

A series of vignettes on the history of infectious diseases, and thus the history of epidemiology, pausing to consider why it took nearly 300 years for widespread acceptance of germ theory

William Moss, MD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The specific focus of Dr. Moss's current research is in understanding the impact of the HIV epidemic on measles control and eradication, the epidemiology and control of malaria in southern Africa, the use of serosurveillance to guide immunization programs, and the care and treatment of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia.

Seminar Recording

 

Monday, June 24

Environment, Health, and Justice: The Power of Communities and Inter-Disciplinary Science

Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PHD, MPH

Professor and Incoming Chair of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

 Dr. Navas-Acien's research investigates the health effects of environmental exposures (metals, tobacco smoke, e-cigarettes, air pollution), molecular pathways and gene-environment interactions, and effective interventions for reducing involuntary exposures and their health effects.

Seminar Recording

 

Tuesday, June 25

Molecular and Patho-Epidemiology of Cancer

Elizabeth Platz, ScD, MPH
 

Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Platz uses molecular epidemiology to understand the mechanisms of cancer incidence and progression to identify prevention and treatment strategies. A major focus of her work is the use of molecular and genetic epidemiology approaches to understand the mechanisms underlying prostate incidence and progression.

Seminar Recording
 

Wednesday, June 26

Reconsidering Population Health Science in the Post-War Era

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH 

Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor
Boston University School of Public Health

Dr. Galea has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature about the social causes of health, mental health, and trauma. He has documented the consequences of mass trauma and conflict worldwide, including as a result of the September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, and the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Seminar Recording

 

THURSday, June 27

Public Health Strategies for Dementia Prevention: The Need for a More Holistic Approach

Jason Smith, MS

Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A doctoral student in the Epidemiology of Aging concentration, Jason currently studies the contribution of multiple sensory impairments and vascular risk factors to cognitive aging and dementia.

Seminar Recording