ID Epi Seminar Series – Ted Cohen
Feb 13, 2025 | 1-2pm ET | Kresge G3
Spatial and genomic epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Moldova
Presented by Ted Cohen, Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) at Yale School of Public Health.
Dr. Cohen is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose primary research focus is tuberculosis. He is particularly interested in understanding how drug-resistance and medical comorbidities such as HIV frustrate current efforts to control tuberculosis epidemics, with a goal of developing more effective approaches to limit the morbidity caused by this pathogen.
Each spring, the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics hosts an annual seminar series, featuring talks from experts on the latest research in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling.
Speakers will share their own perspectives and do not speak for Harvard.
ID Epi Seminar Series – Paul Zivich
Jan 30, 2025 | 1-2pm ET | Kresge 502
Effects of Influenza Vaccination Among University Students Using Target Maximum Likelihood for Interference
Presented by Paul Zivich, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul Zivich is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His interests are in causal inference with potential outcomes and the computational aspects of epidemiology. His work has ranged from fusion study designs to assessing the performance of estimators through simulation studies to free and open-source software to collection of contact network data with electronic sensors to application of causal inference in the context of infectious disease and social epidemiology.
Each spring, the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics hosts an annual seminar series, featuring talks from experts on the latest research in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling.
Speakers will share their own perspectives and do not speak for Harvard.
20th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology
This event is open to the Harvard Longwood Community. Please register in advance at hsph.me/FreemanSeage.
Schedule
1:30 – 4:30PM in the Kresge G3 auditorium
- 1:30PM – Welcome and Introduction by Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, Professor of Epidemiology
- 1:35PM – Transmission or Importation? Using SARS-CoV-2 Genomics to Guide Infection Control protocols by Mui Pham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- 1:50PM – Biological drivers of frequency dependent selection in post-vaccine pneumococcal populations by Indra Gonzalez Ojeda, PhD Student, Physics
- 2:05PM – Alcohol use, alcohol outlets, and spatial HIV epidemic burden in South Africa by Domonique Reed, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- 2:20PM – Quantifying the impact of antibiotic use and genetic determinants of resistance on Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineage dynamics by David Helekal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- 2:35PM – Q&A Session
- 2:45PM – BREAK
- 3:05PM – Evolutionary and host demographic factors shaping the diversity of a multilocus antigen in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by QinQin Yu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- 3:20PM – TBD by Eva Rumpler, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology
- 3:35PM – TBD by Nicole Swartwood, Senior Research Analyst, Global Health and Population
- 3:50PM – Comparing strategies to introduce two new antibiotics that minimize drug resistance in gonorrhea: a modeling study by Madeleine Kline, PhD Student, Population Health Sciences
- 4:05PM – Q&A Session
- 4:20PM – Closing remarks by Megan Murray, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
4:45-6:30PM in the FXB Atrium
- Spatiotemporal variability of malaria transmission in the Brazilian Amazon driven by weather and climate patterns by Nicholas J. Arisco, Postoctoral Research Fellow, Global Health and Population
- Can Group B Streptococcus (GBS) strain diversity in carriage be recovered from low-abundance metagenomic samples? A simulation study by Ruchita Balasubramanian, PhD Student, Epidemiology
- Surveillance for TB drug resistance using routine rapid diagnostic testing data: Methodological development and application in Brazil by Sarah Baum, PhD Student, Epidemiology
- Focusing a Viral Risk Ranking Tool on Prediction by Katherine Budeski, PhD Student, Epidemiology
- Exploring SARS-CoV-2 Intrahost Evolution and Transmission with Deep Sequencing Genomic Surveillance Data by Léa Cavalli, PhD Student, Epidemiology
- Why should we study indirect effects of antimicrobial treatment strategies? by Juan Gago, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- Prevalence of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Tuberculosis Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alicia Madden, Research Assistant, Global Health and Social Medicine
- Mining and Malaria: Addressing Mobility and Access in the Guyana Shield by Andrea Parra Salazar, PhD Student, Global Health and Population
- Heterogeneous constraint and adaptation across the malaria parasite life cycle by Sarah Perkins, PhD Candidate, Biology
- Low-Cost Approaches for Detecting Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacterial Infections in Resource-Limited Settings: A Scoping Review by David Roach, Instructor in Medicine
- Seasonal forcing and waning immunity drive the sub-annual periodicity of the COVID-19 epidemic by Ilan N. Rubin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- Target trial emulation with test restricted sampling to estimate COVID-19 booster vaccine efficacy: a cohort study by Beau Schaeffer, PhD Student, Epidemiology
- Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) and TB infection in intrahousehold contacts by Oscar Zazueta Fierro, PhD Student, Population Health Sciences
Responding to Climate Change – Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Well-Being
On Wednesday, February 5th, from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G12 or online, please join us for the third installment in our Environments for Health and Happiness Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Gaurab Basu. In this event, titled “Responding to Climate Change – Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Well-Being“, Dr. Basu will explore the mechanisms by which climate change impacts the mental health and well-being of our communities, and challenge the audience to explore the ways in which climate solutions can enable the deeper work of creating well-being.
Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH is a primary care physician and Director of Education and Policy at Harvard Chan C-CHANGE. He is also Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health & Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His work focuses on the intersection of climate change, global health equity, human rights, medical education, and public policy. He practices internal medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance.
Lunch will be provided.
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U.S. v Skrmetti: Arguments and Consequences for Transgender Health Care
Join us! Alejandra Caraballo will discuss how the U.S. Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti will impact access to gender-affirming health care for transgender people.
Lunch will be served.
This event is open to the public. Registration is required.
Public parking is limited, so use of public transportation or ride services is recommended.
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Alejandra Caraballo, JD
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Co-sponsored by: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Women, Gender, and Health Interdisciplinary Concentration & Department of Epidemiology & Office of Diversity and Inclusion; Harvard Medical School Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs & Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership; Harvard College Office of BGLTQ Student Life; SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative; Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at Dana-Farber
Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers who are invited to share their scholarly research and perspectives; they do not speak for the School or Harvard University.
#SexCells: Investigating parental toxicant exposures in the etiology of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders with Jill Escher
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health for a talk by Jill Escher, JD, MA, on December 4, 2024 at 2 pm ET on Zoom.
Visit hsph.me/NIEHS-seminar to register.
In a seeming paradox, research has found steadily increasing rates of autism while also finding the condition is strongly heritable. These phenomena may be at least partly reconciled, however, when viewed through the lens of genetic (germline) toxicology. In this presentation research advocate Jill Escher, MA, JD, shares the latest research showing how certain toxicant exposures, such as modern halogenated general anesthesia, to the parents can raise risk for neurodevelopmental pathology in the offspring, via parental germline perturbations, while also discussing implications for epidemiological investigations.
Jill Escher, JD, MA, is the founder of Escher Fund for Autism, a fund that supports autism programs and research. She also serves as president of the National Council on Severe Autism, secretary and past president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, and co-chair of the Germ Cell SIG of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society. Her work has been published in Environmental Epigenetics, Biology of Reproduction, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. She is a former lawyer and is the mother of two children with idiopathic profound autism, Jonathan, 25, and Sophie, 18. More info: jillescher.com and escherfund.org.