UABSOPH

Seminars

Mondays 12:00 to 1:00PM - Ryals 407

Date of Seminar Speaker Institution Topic
August 22, 2011 James George, PhD UAB School of Medicine, Divison of Cardiothoracic Surgery Recipient Age and Long Term Outcomes in Heart Transplantation
August 29, 2011 Stella Aslibekyan, PhD UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology A Genome-wide Association Study of Inflammatory Response to Fenofibrate: The GOLDN Trial and Beyond
September 12, 2011 Ralph Sacco, MD University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Subclinical Disease Measures for Risk Prediction and Gene Discovery
September 19, 2011 Henry Wang, MD UAB School of Medicine, Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness Risk Factors for Sepsis in the Community
September 26, 2011 Amanda Anderson, PhD University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Measurement and Analytical Issues in Renal Epidemiology: Findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CIRT) Study
October 3, 2011 Michael J. Mugavero, MD, MHSc UAB Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Novel Methods & Measures in HIV Clinical Cohort Research 
October 10, 2011 Shawn Levy, PhD HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Genomics of Complex Disease: 3 Models for Disease and Their Anaylsis Challenges
October 17, 2011  Fall Break    
October 24, 2011 Mehmet Dorak, MD, PhD Florida International University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Iron Depletion in Disease Prevention
October 31, 2011 Denise Houston, PhD Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Sticht Center on Aging Determinants and Funtional Consequences of Vitamin D Insufficiency: The Health ABC Study
November 7, 2011 Cynthia Ryan, PhD UAB Department of English Loose Ends: Disparate Cancer Populations and the Ribbon Crusade
November 14, 2011 Russell Griffin, PhD UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology The Effectiveness of Newer Airbag Technologies in Reducing the Risk of Injury Due to Motor Vehicle Collision
November 21, 2011 Solveig Argeseanu, PhD Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health The Social Environment and Childhood Obesity
November 28, 2011 Andrea L. Cherrington, MD, MPH UAB School of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine  
December 5, 2011 Christina Muzny, MD UAB School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Women who have Sex with Women
WINTER BREAK      
January 9, 2012 David Standaert, MD, PhD UAB School of Medicine, Department of Neurology Searching for the Cause of Parkinson Disease
January 16, 2012 Martin Luther King Day    
January 23,2012 Suzanne Oparil, MD UAB School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease JNC 8: New US Guidelines for Hypertension Management
January 30, 2012 David Jacobs, PhD University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health Food Synergy and Nutrition: Are Nutrients Really Helpful 
February 6, 2012 Brahim Aissani, PhD UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology The Genetic Determinants of Uterine Fibroids 
February 13, 2012 Evan Thacker, PhD UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology Atrial Fibrillation as a Risk Factor for Cognitive Development 
February 20, 2012 Jamy Ard, MD UAB School of Health Professions, Department of Nutrition Sciences Obesity Disparities - Is It All About Race and Culture?
February 27, 2012 Orlando Gutierrez, MD, MMSc UAB School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Challenges of Dietary Micronutrient Assessment in Epidemiological Research: The Phosphorous Example
March 5, 2012 Richard M. Allman, MD UAB School of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics & Palliative Care The UAB Study of Aging: 2012 Update 
March 12, 2012 Mercedes Carnethon, PhD Northwestern University, Department of Preventive Medicine Sleep: An Understudied Cardiovascular Risk Factor 
March 19, 2012 Spring Break    
March 26, 2012 Melissa Wellons, MD UAB School of Medicine, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Menopause: Risky but Inevitable
April 2, 2012 Public Health Week    
April 9, 2012 Pauline Jolly, PhD UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology Association Between Aflatoxin Exposure, Maternal Anemia, Low Birth and Stunting of Infants in Africa
April 16, 2012 Craig Wilson, MD UAB, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology HIV Biomedical Prevention Update
April 23, 2012 Richard Sinsky, DrPH Jefferson County Department of Health Infant and Child Death Review - Processes for the Evaluation of Community Health 
April 30, 2012 Olivia Affusso, PhD

UAB School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

 Reporting Quality of Obesity Randomized Controlled Trials 
Start of Summer Term