Seminar Series
The Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness Seminars are held on the second Monday of each month from 12 to 1:00 p.m. The seminars are jointly sponsored by the Center and the Department of Pharmacy.
This year's seminar series will be held in person at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The seminars are open to all members of the Hopkins' community and guests.
The 2023-24 Seminar Series schedule can be found below.
See the Center's seminars from previous years.
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"Safety, Value and Innovation" Series, 2023-2024

Christine Lee, PharmD, PhD and Julie Hsieh, PhD
CL: Deputy Director (acting)
JH: Epidemiologist
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
September 11, 2023
JH: Epidemiologist
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
September 11, 2023

Tobias Dreischulte, MPharm, MSc, PhD
Professor of Clinical Health Services Research
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
October 9, 2023
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
October 9, 2023

Judi Ng Cashin, MD
Biopharma Physician Executive
Board of Directors, DIA
November 13, 2023
Board of Directors, DIA
November 13, 2023

Susan Oliveria, ScD, MPH, FISPE
Vice President, Global Head of Epidemiology and Scientific Affairs
PPD, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
December 11, 2023
PPD, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
December 11, 2023

Kimberly Brodovicz, DrPH
Group Head, Inflammation, Global Epidemiology and Real World Evidence
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
January 22, 2024
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
January 22, 2024

Rishi Desai, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
February 12, 2024
Harvard Medical School
February 12, 2024

Juan-Jesus Carrerro, Pharm, PhD
Professor of Kidney Epidemiology
Karolinska Institutet
March 11, 2024
Karolinska Institutet
March 11, 2024

Frank Sifakis, PhD, MPH, MBA
Vice President, Real World Evidence
Gilead
April 8, 2024
Gilead
April 8, 2024

Suzanne Cadarette, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Epidemiology
University of Toronto
May 13, 2024
University of Toronto
May 13, 2024