Epidemiology Research Seminar (HRP 236)
Spring Quarter 2013
Course Director: Alice Whittemore
April 2 - June 4, 2013
(Tuesdays 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.)
CCSR, Rm 4205
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 4/2 | Julia Simard, ScD
Assistant Professor of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and, by courtesy, of Medicine (Immunology and Rheumatology) |
Swedish Registers in Epidemiologic Research: an Example and Work-in-Progress |
| 4/9 | Daniella Perlroth
Instructor, Medicine, Stanford |
Using Medicare Data to Evaluate Prostate Cancer Disease Burden |
| 4/16 | Paul Wise, MD, MPH
Richard E Behrman Professor in Child Health,
Senior Fellow at FSI and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Research and Policy |
The Epidemiology and Social Meaning of Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality in the United States |
| 4/23 | Iona Cheng, PhD
Research Scientist Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont |
Pleiotropy in Colorectal and Lung Cancers |
| 4/30 | Ellen Chang, ScD
Managing Scientist Exponent’s Health Sciences Center |
Epidemiologic Consulting for Industry: Project Examples |
| 5/7 | Ingrid Oakley-Girvan, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont Consulting Asst Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Dept of Health Research & Policy, Stanford |
Do Multi-tissue Telomere Lengths Act as Predictors of Prostate Cancer Survival? |
| 5/14 | Jonathan Riess
Medical Student, Epidemiology, School of Medicine
| Exploring Stem-cell and Immune Pathways in a Thymic Malignancy Tissue Microarray |
Long Nguyen
Medical Student, Epidemiology, School of Medicine |
Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Histological Change in Chronic Hepatitis B with Normal or Minimally Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) | |
| 5/21 | Jennifer Hah, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine | Psychological Factors Contributing to Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery |
Eileen Leary, RPSGT, RST
Project Manager Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine |
Association Between Periodic Limb Movements (PLMs) and Sleepiness in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort | |
| 5/28 | Marie Nguyen
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Stanford | Correlation of Symptom Assessment with Genotyping Analysis of Saliva Samples in a Large Cohort of Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Patients |
Antonia Valenzuela, MS
Candidate in Epidemiology, Stanford |
Identification of Clinical Features and Risk Factors for Development of Calcinosis in Patients with Dermatomyositis | |
| 6/4 | Jimmy K Wong, MD
Anesthesia Instructor, School of Medicine, Stanford
| ECG Parameters to Improve the Prediction Model for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation |
Karen Effinger, MD
Fellow in Division of Pediatrics, Stanford |
The Effect of Aging on Health Status Outcomes in Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors | |
| 6/11 | No Seminar
| Final exams week |
If you need directions or would like to be on the e-mail list, please contact Toni Ali (650-723-5456; ). Suggestions and self-nominations for seminar speakers and topics are welcome.

