Epidemiology
Student questions should be addressed to:
Kimberly Hawkins
Program Manager
Department of Epidemiology
hawkinsk@uab.edu
(205) 975-9749
Seminars
Mondays 12:00 to 1:00PM - Ryals 407
| Date of Seminar | Speaker | Institution | Topic |
| August 20, 2012 | Emily Levitan, ScD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Measuring Blood Pressure Variability |
| August 27, 2012 | Molly Bray, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Genomics in Translational Research |
| September 3, 2012 | Labor Day | No Seminar Scheduled | |
| September 10, 2012 | Pankaj Arora, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital, Cadiovascular Research Center | The Natriuretic Peptides and Cardiometabolic Disease: From Base Pairs to Bedside |
| September 17, 2012 | Eliseo Guallar, MD, DrPH | Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health | Lead and Cardiovascular Disease: The Epidemic We All Missed? |
| September 24, 2012 | Eric Chamot, MD, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Measurement of Disability Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis |
| October 1, 2012 | Donna Arnett, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Cardiovascular Health in Alabama: Wicked Problems in Need of Creative Solutions |
| October 8, 2012 | Fall Break | No Seminar Scheduled | |
| October 15, 2012 | Ryan Irvin, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Genomics of Lipidomic Phenotypes in a Postprandial Intervention Dietary Study |
| October 22, 2012 | Matt Allison | AQAF - Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation | Physician Benchmarking and Gauging Quality of Care |
| October 29, 2012 | Suzanne Judd, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics | Dietary Patterns in the United States |
| November 5, 2012 | No Seminar Scheduled | ||
| November 12, 2012 | Evan Thacker, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Racial Differences in Atrial Fibrillation |
| November 19, 2012 | Jason Avery, MPH | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Project AIM: The Evolution of a School-Based Intervention for Inner City At-Risk Youth |
| November 26, 2012 | Karen C. Albright, DO | UAB School of Medicine, Department of Neurology | Acute Cerebrovascular Care in Emergency Stroke Systems |
| December 3, 2012 | April Carson, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Hemoglobin A1c: What does it tell us about individuals without diabetes? |
| WINTER BREAK | |||
| January 14, 2013 | Christine Skibola, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Exploring Risk Factors for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma |
| January 21, 2013 | Martin Luther King Day | No Seminar Scheduled | |
| January 28,2013 | Virginia Howard, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Succcessful Use of Telephone and Mail for Obtaining Usable Accelerometer Data from a National Cohort: The Experience of REGARDS |
| February 4, 2013 | Murray Mittleman, PhD | Harvard School of Public Health | Physical, Psychological and Chemical Triggers of Acute Cardiovascular Events |
| February 11, 2013 | Michael S. Saag, MD | UAB School of Medicine | The Emerging Revolution in Hepatitis C Therapeutics |
| February 18, 2013 | No Seminar Scheduled | ||
| February 25, 2013 | William Michael Geisler, MD | UAB Department of Medicine | Challenges in Controlling America's Most Comonly Reported Infection - Chlamydia: Past, Present and Future |
| March 4, 2013 | Matthew P. Herring, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Determinants of the Psychological Consequences of Physical Activity |
| March 11, 2013 | Alpa Patel, PhD | Strategic Director, American Cancer Society | The Role of Weight and Physical Activity in Cancer Prevention: Lessons from the Cancer Prevention Series |
| March 18, 2013 | Spring Break | No Seminar Scheduled | |
| March 25, 2013 | Natalia Jimenez-Truque, MSCI, PhD | Vanderbilt University, Post Doc | The Epidemiology of Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Stphylococcus aureus in Maternal-Infant Dyads and College Athletes |
| April 1, 2013 | Donald Edmondson. PhD | Columbia University Medical Center | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Cardiovascular Disease |
| April 8, 2013 | Richard J. Sinsky, MS, DrPH | Jefferson County Department of Health | Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitude - Pitfalls in Comparing Long Term Danger |
| April 15, 2013 | Sadeep Shrestha, PhD | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Genes and Environment in Systemic Inflammation: An Epigenetic Approach |
| April 22, 2013 | Elizabeth Brown, PhD, MPH | UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology | Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Myeloma - the Past, Present and Future |
| April 29, 2013 | Nita Limdi, PharmD, PhD |
UAB Department of Neurology |
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| Start of Summer Term |



