Epidemiology Seminar Series

2011-12 Doctoral Seminar Series in Epidemiology (CHL5423H) 

Unless specified, all seminars will be held on Thursdays, 12:00noon – 1:00pm, in Room HS108, 1st floor, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street

For more information please contact: matilda.kong@utoronto.ca

Upcoming Seminars

• February 2, 2012
  • Sarah Edwards - “Unassisted quitting over three years of follow-up in the
    
                                     Ontario Tobacco Survey”
  
  
  • Popo Lam - “Predictors of Influenza Infection among Older Adults in
                                   the Emergency Department”


• February 16, 2012
  • Prof Rosie Thein - "Burden of disease associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in Canada”
    


• March 1, 2012
  • Maya Kesler - "Time trends and incidence rates of unprotected anal intercourse and HIV
                                in men who have sex with men in three Canadian cities"
     
  • Kevin Taing - "Associations between different obesity measures and blood pressure in India"
    


• March 15, 2012
  • Jordan Tustin - “Social media and Public Health Behaviours”
  
  
  
  • Michelle Gaffey (First Year Student Seminar)
    


• March 29, 2012
  • Nadia Akseer (First Year Student Seminar)
  • Wallis Rudnick (First Year Student Seminar)
    


• April 12, 2012
  • Felicia Leung (First Year Student Seminar)
  • Nora Zwingerman (First Year Student Seminar)
     

Past Seminars
 

• January 19, 2012
  • Susitha Wanigaratne - “Rural/urban disparities in adverse birth outcomes:
                                            a systematic review in progress”
    
  
  
  • Samantha White - “Hepatitis C rates in injection drug users and crack users”
    
   
• January 5, 2012
  • Prof David Fisman - “Influenza-pneumococcal co-seasonality:
                                  are effects geographically specific”
    
   
• December 15, 2011
  • Prof Ann Burchell - “Transmission of Human Papillomavirus: What’s sex got to do with it?”
   
• December 1, 2011
  • Alanna Mihic - "The sexual health of people living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)"
    
    
  • Jessica Dennis - "Epigenomics: Promises and Challenges
                         (And Why an Epidemiologist Should Care)"
   
• November 17, 2011
  • Diana Withrow - “Cancer Incidence and Survival of First Nations and Métis Adults in Canada:
                                          Follow-up of the 1991 Census Cohort”
    
  
  
  • C Sarai Racey - “HPV Testing in Under/Never-Screened Women”
   
• November 3, 2011
  • Ashley Aimone - "Applications of spatial analysis in pediatric global health research:
                                              A systematic review proposal"
    
    
  • Kevin Brown - “Measuring the impact of isolation policies on the incidence of nosocomial
    
                             infections: Unconditional effects or effect modification?”
   
• September 22, 2011
  • Prof Susan Bondy - "Adjusting for retention in real world policy-evaluation studies"
     
• October 6, 2011
  • Gayane Hovhannisyan - “Syndromic management of vaginal discharge”
    
  
  
  • Darren Brenner - “Alcohol and Lung Cancer Risk”
    
    
• October 20, 2011
  • Fiona Kouyoumdjian - “Partner violence as a risk factor for incident HIV infection
                                       in women in Rakai, Uganda: Initial findings”
  
  
  
  • Paul Arora - "Men behaving badly: HIV transmission and patterns of infection
                               among married couples in India"