Seminar Series
2023-2024 Seminar Series
Monday, September 25, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 375
Friday, November 10, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 375
Past Seminars
See the experts that have joined us through the years
An Overview of Environmental Health Assessment in the Federal Government
Dr. Rachel Shaffer, PhD
Monday, October 17, 2022, 1:00-2:00 pm
Room 241
The Inside Story: Addressing Indoor Environmental Exposures in Low-Income Communities
Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz, PhD
Monday, November 14, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 241
Building Equitable Climate Resilience in Jackson, MS
Dr. Dominika Parry, PhD
Monday, December 5, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 241
Science, Activism, and Regulation in the PFAS Contamination Crisis
Dr. Phil Brown, PhD
Monday, February 13, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 375
Right to Know, Right to Act – Communicating About Endocrine Disruptors, Cancer, and Emerging Science
Dr. Julia Brody, PhD
Monday, February 27, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 375
Dr. Sharrelle Barber, PhD
Monday, April 3, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 375
Emotional Responses to Racially Traumatic Stimuli
Dr. Byron Orey, PhD
Monday, April 10, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 375
Target Trial Emulation to Study Interventions During Pregnancy: The Example of COVID-19 Vaccination
Dr. Sonia Hernandez-Diaz
Thursday, May 16, 2022, 1:00-2:00 pm.
Room 375
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, PhD MPH
Monday, April 25, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm
Room 375
Alcohol use in the United States: Current Trends, Causes, and Implications for the Public's Health
Dr. Katherine M. Keyes, PhD
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Room 375
The (Responsible) Use of Race in Social Epidemiology
Lorraine T. Dean, ScD
Monday, October 25, 2021, 12:00 - 1:00pm
"Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer: The Global Gastric Cancer Consortium:
“Stop” if this is of interest to you"
Carlo La Vecchia, M.D.
Friday, October 9, 2020 · 1:00-2:00 pm
Via Zoom
“Obesity, Diabetes, Diet, and Cancer Risk”
Frank Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
Friday, November 13, 2020 · 1:00 –2:00 PM EST
Via Zoom
2019-2020 Epidemiology Seminar Series Sponsored by: The C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureships Fund
Kara Rudolph, PhD.
University of California, Davis.
November 12, 2019
12:00 – 1:00 pm Room 245
Cosponsored by the Center of Biomedical Research and Excellence (COBRE) On Opioids and Overdose
Marc Weisskopf, PhD., ScD.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
December 5, 2019
12:00 – 1:00 pm Room 245
Cosponsored by the Center for Environmental Health and Technology
Laura Balzer, PhD.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
February 4, 2020
12:00 – 1:00 pm Room 245
Deshayne Fell, PhD.
University of Ottawa
February 25, 2020
4:00 – 5:00 pm Room 375
Peter James, ScD.
Harvard Medical School
March 3, 2020
12:00 – 1:00 pm Room 245
Cosponsored by the Center for Environmental Health and Technology
Department of Epidemiology Special Seminars:
Linda G. Kahn, MPH, PhD
NYU School of Medicine
Thursday, March 12, 2020
12:00 to 1:00 pm
121 S. Main St., Room 375
Jessie P. Buckley, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
1:00 to 2:00 pm
121 S. Main St., Room 375
Tun (Max) Aung, PhD
University of Michigan
Monday, March 30, 2020
12:00 to 1:00 pm
121 S. Main St., Room 375
Steven M. Goodreau, PhD.
University of Washington
May 13, 2019
Claude Mellins, PhD
Columbia University
April 16, 2019
Marcia Pescador Jimenez, PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
March 18, 2019
Nina R. Joyce, PhD
Brown University
March 14, 2019
Brenda Eskenazi, MA, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
March 12, 2019
Grace A. Noppert, PhD, MPH, MAT
University of North Carolina
March 7, 2019
David Pelletier, PhD
Cornell University
March 5, 2019
Xiaojuan Li, PhD
Harvard Medical School and
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
February 26, 2019
Tiara Willie, PhD
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
February 12, 2019
Kate Weinberger, PhD
Brown University
December 13, 2018
Joan A. Casey, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
December 3, 2018
Matthew Gribble, PhD
Emory University
November 12, 2018
Dr. Randall M. Packard
John Hopkins University
October 16, 2018
Dr. Darryl B. Hood
Associate Professor
Ohio State University
"Molecular Neurotoxicology Studies Inform Application of the Public Health Exposome Framework in Vulnerable Populations"
10/24/2017 12:00-1:00 room 375
Dr. Emily Oken
"Recent Developments in Early Life Derterminants of Obesity"
11/14/2017 4:00-5:00 room 245
Iuliana Ene, Ph.D
MMI Fall Series, December 1
Dr. Jia Chen
"Placental Epi/Genomics as Sensors of the In Utero Environment and Predictors of Fetal Development"
12/5/2017 4:00-5:00 room 245
Dr. Joseph Braun
"Early Life Environmental Chemical Exposures and Children's Health"
2/13/2018 4:00-5:00 room 245
Marcia Pescador Jimenez
"Longitudinal Associations of Life-course Neighborhood Deprivation with Blood Pressure and Obesity"
4/2/2018 12:00-1:00 room 247
Dr. Carmen Marsit
"Molecular Mechanisms Linking the Environment to Children's Health"
4/10/2018 4:00-5:00 room 245
Carl G. Streed, Jr., MD
"The Health of Sexual and Gender Minorities: Acceptance/Rejection as Exposure"
4/18/2018 4:00-5:00 room 375