Epidemiology Research Seminar (HRP 236)
Autumn Quarter 2009
Course Director: Victor W Henderson
September 22 - Dec 1, 2009
(Tuesdays 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.)
HRP Redwood Building, Room T138B
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9/22 |
New Student Orientation and
Tara Chang, MD, MS Clinical Instructor,
Medicine (Nephrology)
|
Blood Pressure and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients |
| 9/29 |
Tom Robinson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Gen. Ped.);
the Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor in Child Health
|
Solution-Oriented Research to Prevent Obesity |
| 10/6 |
Bruce Fireman
Biostatistician, Dept of Research,
Kaiser Permenente
|
Influenza Vaccination and Mortality:
Differentiating Vaccine Effects from Bias |
| 10/13 |
Gary Shaw, DrPh
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)
|
Nutrients, genes, and birth defects: An overview |
| 10/20 |
Atul Butte, MD, PhD
Assist Prof. Medicine (Medical
Informatics) & Pediatrics and by courtesy Computer Science
|
Translational Bioinformatics and the role of environment in disease |
| 10/27 |
Rachel Manber, MD
Professor of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences
|
Non-pharmacological interventions for depression: the promise of symptom focused therapy |
| 11/3 |
Robert Tibshirani, PhD
Professor of Health Research & Policy
(Biostatistics) and of Statistics
|
Adaptive index models for marker-based risk stratification |
| 11/10 |
Mark Cullen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine |
Work as a Cause of Chronic Disease: The Confounding Role of Social Disparities |
| 11/17 |
Lisa Henriksen, PhD
Senior Research Scientist,
Stanford Prevention Research Center
|
Reducing the Influences of Retail Marketing on Robacco Use |
| 11/24 |
No seminar
|
Thanksgiving recess |
| 12/1 |
Eva Balint, MD
Instructor, Med.
(Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metabolism)
Hans Katzberg, MD
Fellow in Neuromuscular Disease
|
Vitamin D, Breast Cancer and Bone Health Assessment of Nighttime Respiration and Sleep Quality in Patients with ALS |
| 12/8 |
No seminar
|
Final exams week |
If you need directions or would like to be on the e-mail list, please contact Erika French-Arnold (650-723-5456; ). Suggestions and self-nominations for seminar speakers and topics are welcome.

