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.
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.
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.
Friday, June 14
Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Cancer Disparities Among People Living With HIV
Corinne Joshu, PhD
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.
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.
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.
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.
Friday, June 21
Contagium animatum:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.