September 2019
Epidemiology Seminar – Kasia Pawelek, USCB
UGA College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Fall 2019 Seminar Series Modeling Mosquito Migration Patterns and Infection Caused by West Nile Virus This week’s guest speaker is: Kasia Pawelek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of South Carolina, Beufort The seminar will take place on Fri. Sept. 27, 2019 in Room 217 of Russell Hall on the UGA Health Sciences Campus. Speaker Bio: Dr. Kasia Pawelek in Associate Professor of Mathematics at University of South Carolina Beaufort. She …
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Epidemiology Seminar – Chad Heilig and Scott Lee, CSELS, CDC
UGA College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Fall 2019 Seminar Series Expert Systems and the Epidemiologist: The Emerging Role of A.I. in Public Health Surveillance This week's guest speakers are: Chad Heilig, Ph.D. Associate Director for Data Science, and Scott Lee, Ph.D., statistician, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Speaker Bios: Scott Lee is a statistician with an interest in machine learning and artificial intelligence. He joined CDC in 2014…
Find out more »Epidemiology Seminar – Kiara Maddox, CSTE
UGA College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Fall 2019 Seminar Series CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Information Session This week's guest speakers are: Kiara Maddox, MPH, Workforce and Fellowship Coordinator, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Speaker Bios: Kiara Maddox earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from Spelman College and Masters Degree in Public Health from Emory University. She currently serves as the Workforce and Fellowship Coordinator at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists managing much of…
Find out more »Epidemiology Seminar – Amra Uzicanin, CDC
UGA College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Fall 2019 Seminar Series Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Influenza Pandemics: from the 1918 Pandemic to Modern Times This week's guest speakers are: Amra Uzicanin, MD, MPH, Lead, Community Interventions for Infection Control Unit Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Speaker Bios: Amra Uzicanin has been leading the Community Interventions for Infection Control Unit (CI-ICU) since its inception in 2010 as the new group at CDC dedicated…
Find out more »2019 State of the Public’s Health Conference
Now in its eight year, the State of the Public’s Health (SOPH) Conference at the University of Georgia is a day-long annual gathering focused on fostered on meaningful, constructive dialogue and practical solutions for Georgia’s public health challenges. The SOPH brings together the public health workforce, elected officials, policymakers, academia, community-based health organizations, the business community and others passionate about improving the health of all Georgians. The goal of the conference is to craft a practical, pragmatic plan of action for Georgia’s…
Find out more »Epidemiology Seminar – Gloria Kang, CDC
UGA College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Fall 2019 Seminar Series This week's guest speakers are: Gloria Kang, PhD, MPH, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Speaker Bios: Gloria Kang, PhD, MPH, earned her Ph.D. in biomedical and veterinary sciences from the Department of Population Health Sciences in July. Her Ph.D. research focused on computational epidemiology and modeling infectious diseases to inform public health policy. Her work led to a…
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Student Fall Break
No Classes. See Academic Calendar.
Find out more »Epidemiology Seminar – Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Georgia Southern University
UGA College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Fall 2019 Seminar Series Digital technologies to improve public health - two case studies This week's guest speakers are: Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Georgia Southern University; and Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, MPH, and Sylvia Ofori, MPH, doctoral students, Georgia Southern University Speaker Bios: Dr. Isaac Chun-Hai Fung is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. He is an infectious disease epidemiologist. In the past…
Find out more »Epidemiology Seminar – Frederic Shaw, Public Health Reports, HHS
UGA College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Fall 2019 Seminar Series This week's guest speakers are: Frederic Shaw, MD, JD, Associate Editor, Public Health Reports, Office of the Surgeon General at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Adjunct Professor of Health Policy & Management, Emory Rollins School of Public Health Speaker Bios: Frederic E. Shaw is the editor in chief of Public Health Reports and a senior advisor to the director, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and…
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