Epidemiology Events
The Epidemiology Seminar Series at the UAB School of Public Health brings together the academic community by sharing diverse epidemiological research by speakers from the Department of Epidemiology as well as other divisions and departments at UAB, local and state health departments, or invited guests from other national and occasionally international institutes. The overall objective of the epidemiology seminar series is to create a forum for scientific dialogue on current topics in epidemiology among students, staff, faculty, and practicing professionals in epidemiology. This seminar series will be an opportunity for everyone to learn about each other's ongoing work and areas of expertise, and to identify opportunities for potential collaboration.
The Epidemiology Seminar Series is held on Mondays from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. during Fall and Spring semesters in Ryals Room 407, unless otherwise noted.
Register for Credit Hours
Students can register for a 1 credit hour course (EPI 695/795) to participate in the discussion and critique of concepts related to the field of epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health presented by seminar speakers. Contact Dr. Sadeep Shrestha at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
Past Seminars
View a sampling of our past seminars on our YouTube channel or a list of speakers and their topics for the last several years below.
Spring 2022
Spring 2022
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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January 10 |
Mike Saag, MD |
Professor of Medicine, Disivion of Infectious Diseases, Director , UAB Center for AIDS Research |
A tale of tewo epidemics: HIV and COVID |
January 22 |
Ananda Dasanayake, BDS, MPH, PhD, FACE |
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, NYU |
Revisiting Oral Health and Pregnancy Outcomes |
January 31 |
Jennifer A. Smith, PhD, MPH |
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan |
A social epigenomics approach to health disparities |
February 7 |
Kerem Shuval, PhD |
Executive Director of Epidemiology The Cooper Institute |
Physical Activity & Health: Insights from Public Healsth and Behavioral Economics |
Febuary 14 |
Jeff Wickliffe, PhD |
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UAB |
Environmental Exposures and Impacts on Health: Opportunities for Collaboration |
Febuary 21 |
Aman Wadhwa, MD, MSPH |
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, UAB |
Body composition and adverse outcomes in childhood cance |
Febuary 28 |
Ferhat Zengul, PhD, MBA, Macc |
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Administration, UAB |
Accessing and Utilizing Research Databases Available through WRDS |
March 7 |
Joel Palefsky, MD |
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Specialist UCSF |
Prevention of HPV related cancers in people living with HIV |
March 21 |
Latesha Elorpe, MD, MSPH |
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Medical Education, UAB |
Missed Oportunties: Why are Young, Black MSM in Alabama not using PrEP? |
March 28 |
Sarah Tartof, PhD, MPH |
Research Scientist II, Department of Research and Evaluation, Division of Epidemiologic Research, Kaiser Permanente |
Text-And Web-based Monitoring of Adverse Events Following COVID-19 Vaccination: The Kaiser Permanente Side Effect Monitor |
April 4 |
Todd Edwards, PhD |
Association Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Associate Director, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Director or Graduate Studies, Human Geneetics, Director, VUMC Tl1 Training Program, VUMC |
Applying polygenic scores to association and prediction studies using electronic health records |
April 11 |
Hemant Tiwari, PhD |
Professor, Department of Biostatistics, UAB |
Role of genetic, epigenetic, and immune response in Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) reinfction |
Fall 2021
Fall 2021
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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August 30 |
Journal Club |
N/A |
N/A |
September 16 |
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD |
Associate Dean and Professor of Epidemiology, University of San Diego |
A Personal Perspective on the Next Pandemic: Antimicrobial Resistance |
September 20 |
Merry-Lynn McDonald, PhD |
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Department of Genetics, UAB |
Genetic Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis in the Million Veteran Program (MVP) |
September 27 |
Journal Club |
N/A |
N/A |
October 4 |
Kai Chen, PhD |
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health Yale School of Public Health |
Climate change and health: Connecting the dots |
October 11 |
Priya Palta, PhD, MHS |
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
Preserving Cognitive Function and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease through Cardiovascular Health |
October 18 |
Meet the Alumni/ Homecoming |
Courtney P. Williams, DrPH, Rachel Rice, MPH, and Ryan Buckman, MPH |
Meet the Alumni |
October 25 |
Emily Vogtmann, PhD, MPH |
Earl Stadtman Investigator, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, NCI |
The human microbiome and cancer: New opportunities for population-based research |
November 1 |
Krishmita Siwakoti, MBBS |
Assistant Professor, Heersink School of Medicine, UAB |
Care for Transgender individuals |
November 8 |
Journal Club |
N/A |
N/A |
November 15 |
Francesmary Modugno, MS, PhD, MPH |
Professor, Obstetrics, Gyneoclogy, and Reproductive Sciences University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
Harnessing the Power of Ovarian Cancer Consortia: New Insights Into Old Theories |
November 29 |
D. Scott Batey, PhD |
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, UAB |
Road to Zero: Geographic Differences from HIV Diagnosis to Time to Viral Suppression in the Deep South |
Spring 2021
Spring 2021
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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January 8 |
Byron Jaeger, PhD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Biostatistics |
table.glue: An R Package to Hold Your Manuscript Together |
January 25 |
George Howard, DrPH |
Professor, UAB Department of Biostatistics |
Where (and What to Do) to Target Interventions to Reduce Stroke Disparities…Prevention or Treatment |
February 8 |
Gregory A. Roth, MD, MPH |
Assoc. Professor, UW/Institiute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases |
February 15 |
Amy R. Sapkota, PhD |
Professor, University of Maryland |
Reimagining Solutions to Address Microbiological Risks of Agricultural Water Reuse |
March 1 |
Matthew Might, PhD |
Professor, UAB Gim-Precision Medicine |
Precision Medicine and Epidemiology |
March 8 |
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Flatiron Health Database |
March 22 |
Nathan Erdmann, MD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
Insights into Morbidity and Mortality Risk in COPD: The Pulmonary Vascular Phenotype |
March 29 |
Pamela Scorza, PhD |
Asst. Professor, Columbia University Medical Center |
Mother's Childhoods and the Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health Risk: E pigenetic and Behavioral Pathways |
April 12 |
Gargya Malla, MBBS, MPH |
Student, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
County-level Social Determinats of Health, County topologies and COVID-19 |
April 19 |
Despina Stavrinos, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, Director of the Translational Research for Injkury Prevention (TRIP) Laboratory |
Behavioral Science Approach to Understanding and Preventing Motor Vehicle Crashes |
Fall 2020
Fall 2020
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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August 31 |
Paul Erwin, MD, DrPH |
Dean, UAB School of Public Health |
From John Snow to COVID-19: Epidemics and Pandemics |
September 20 |
Dori Pekmezi, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Health Behavior |
Testing Scalable, IVR-supported Physical Activity Interventions in the Black Belt |
October 5 |
Erica C. Bjornstad, MD, PhD, MPH |
Assist. Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics |
Global Acute Kidney Injury |
October 12 |
J. Michael Wells, MD, MSPH |
Assist. Professor, UAB Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine |
Insights into Morbidity and Mortality Risk in COPD: The Pulmonary Vascular Phenotype |
October 26 |
Shae Duerring, MD, NRP, FAAP, FACEP |
Assist. Professor, UAB Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
COVID-19 in Pediatrics |
November 2 |
Bertha Hidalgo, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
COVID-19: An Epidemiologic Perspective |
November 16 |
Ms. Kimberly Kirklin |
Director, UAB Institute for Arts in Medicine |
Arts in Health: The Mounting Case for the Arts as a Global Tool for Health and Wellbeing |
Spring 2020
Spring 2020
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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January 13 |
John Waterbor, MD, DrPH |
Assoc. Professor (retired), UAB Department of Epidemiology |
CaRES Summer Cancer Research Program, 2020 |
January 27 |
Wei Li, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences |
Risk Factors for AD: What We Know from Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Intitiative |
February 3 |
Christina Muzny, MD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
The Tricky Trichomonas: A Tale of a Neglected Sexually Tranmitted Infection |
February 10 |
Steven N Austad, PhD |
Professor and Chair, UAB Department of Biology |
The First 150 Year Old (Wo)Man: How Soon? How Desirable? |
February 17 |
Norrina Allen, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medcine, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology) and Pediatrics |
Cardiovascular Health Across the Life Course |
February 24 |
Bruce Korf, MD |
Assoc. Dean for Genomic Medicine & Chief Genomics Officer, UAB Medicine |
Population Genomics at UAB: The Alabama Gebomic Health Initiative |
March 2 |
James Wells, MD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology |
Insights into Morbidity and Mortality Risk in COPD: The Pulmonary Vascular Phenotype |
March 9 |
Hemant Tiwari, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Biostatistics |
Polygenic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Diseases |
Fall 2019
Fall 2019
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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September 9 |
Douglas Morgan, MD, MPH |
Professor and Division Director, UAB Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
Sin Fronteras: The Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer in the Americas |
September 16 |
Nicole Davis Armstrong, PhD |
Post-Doctoral Trainee, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
Integrative multi-omic Analyses indentify novel Biomarkers for Recurrent Stroke in Participants from the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) Clinical Trial |
September 23 |
Brittany Shelton, DrPH, MPH |
Researcher IV, UAB Surgery - Transplantation |
Explaining the Gender Disparity in Liver Transplantation |
September 3 |
Henna Budwani, PhD, MPH |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Health Policy |
Developiing a Research Agenda with High-Risk Stigmatized Populations |
October 7 |
Edward E. Partridge, MD |
Retired Professor and Center Director, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Non-Clinical Navigation to Manage Social Determinants of Health |
October 14 |
Aadia Rana, MD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
A Path to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the Deep South: Improving Postpartum Retention in HIV Care |
October 21 |
Dayna A. Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS |
Asst. Professor, Emory University, Epidemiology, School of Public Health |
Sleep Epidemiology: Implications for Cardiovascular Health Disparities Research |
October 28 |
Krystle A. Lang Kuhs, PhD, MPH |
Asst. Professor, Vanderbilt University, Epidemiology, School of Medicine |
Leveraging the Clinical Infrastructure for Biomarker Discovery in HPV Research |
November 4 |
Jennifer Blakus, PhD, MPH |
Asst. Professor, University of Washington, School of Public Health, Epidemiology |
Improving Vaginal Health to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infectious: Promises, Pitfalls and Perils |
November 11 |
Shubhavu Saha, PhD |
US Centers for Disease Contorl and Prevention, Climate Section |
Stitch in Time in a Changing Clime: Translation Science into Public Health Action |
November 18 |
Donaldson F. Conserve, PhD, MS |
Asst. Professor, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Health Promotion, Education and Behavior |
Developing and Implementing the HIV Self-Testing Education and Promotion (STEP) Intervention for Networks of Men in Tanzasnia |
December 2 |
Kevin Fontaine, PhD |
Professor and Chair, UAB Department of Health Behavior |
Moonshot for Type 3 Diabetes |
Spring 2019
Spring 2019
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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January 14 |
John Waterbor, MD, DrPH |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
CaRES Summer Research Program, 2019 |
January 28 |
Ulrich Broeckel, M D |
Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Using iPSCderived Cells for Disease Modeling and Molecular Epidemiology |
February 4 |
Christina Muzny, MD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
Microbial Interactions between Gardnerella vaginalis, Prevotella bivia, and Atopobium vaginae prior to Incident Bacterial Vaginosis |
February 11 |
Erik Hess, MD |
Professor, UAB Department of Emerency Medicine |
Engagging Patients in Emergency Care Decisions: From Efficacy to Implementation |
February 18 |
Nita Limdi, PharmD, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Neurology |
The Role of Pharmacogenomics in Prediction of Drug Response: From Research to Practice Policy |
February 25 |
Kelly Kenzik, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Hematology and Oncology |
Morbidity in Cancer Survivorship |
March 4 |
Charles Rotimi, PhD |
Senior Investigator, NHGRI Metabolic, Cardiovascualr and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch |
The Interface of Our Genomes and Our Environments In Health and Disease |
March 11 |
Julie Plasencia, PhD |
Asst. Professor, University of Kentucky |
Cultural Influences on Diet of Mexican-Americans: Implication for Health Interventions |
March 18 |
Veronika (Nika) Fedirko, PhD |
Asst. Professo, Emory University |
Vitamin D, Calcium, Gut Barrier Function, and Colorectal Neoplasms |
march 25 |
Devin Mann, MD |
Professor, New York University |
Signal and Noise: Can We Restore Balance to the Clinician Digital Experience? |
April 1 |
Upender Manne, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Pathology |
Molecular Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Translational Opportunities |
April 15 |
Franco Ricardo, MD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectioius Diseases |
The Evolving Hepatitis C Epidemiology in the United States |
Fall 2018
Fall 2018
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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August 27 |
Paul Muntner, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
The Role of an Epidemiologist in Guideline Development: The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Blood Pressure Guideline |
September 10 |
James Cimino, PhD |
Director, UAB Informatics Institute |
Informatics forTranslating Clinical Research Findings to Populations: Small and Big Data |
September 17 |
Tamar Sofer, PhD |
Professor, Harvard School of Public Health, Havard Medical School |
Generating and Using Polygenic Risk Scores for Complex Traits in Studies with Diverse Populations |
September 24 |
Luz Padilla, MD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
The Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center of Alabama |
October 18 |
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October 8 |
Akinyemi I Ojesina, MD, PhD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
Oncopathogenomics: Investigating the Interplay of Infection and Genomic Alterations in Cancer |
October 15 |
Staci Sudenga, PhD, MPH |
Asst. Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Division of Epidemiology |
Malignancies in People with HIV |
October 22 |
Stefan G. Kertesz, MD |
Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Preventive Medicine |
A Crisis of Opioids and the Limits of Prescription Control: Epidemiology, Clinical Policy and Personal Reflections |
October 29 |
Greer Burkholder, MD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
Cardiovascular Disease in People Living with HIV |
November 5 |
Sabrina Noel, PhD, RD |
Asst. Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences |
Genetic Admixture, Dietary Quality, and Bone Health among Caribbean Hispanic/Latino Adults |
November 12 |
Rachel Lee, MD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
Improvement of Bacterial Susceptibility to Fluoroquinolones After Implementation an Antimicrobial Stewardship Restriction Program: A Decade-Long Experience |
November 26 |
Angelo Gaffo, MD, MSPH |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology |
Epidemiology of Huperuricemia and Gout |
December 3 |
Susan Davies, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Health Behavior |
Using Musicians as Messengers and Change Agents to Prevent HIV among African-American Emerging Adults |
Spring 2018
Spring 2018
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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January 8 |
John Waterbor, MD, DrPH |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
The UAB Cancer Research Experiences for Students (CaRES) Program |
January 22 |
Craig Wilson, MD |
Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology & Sparkman Center |
Impacting the HIV Continuum of Care for Domestic Youth through Community Coalition-Driven Structural Change Objectives |
January 29 |
Sibylle Krisatensen, DrPH |
One Heart World-wide |
The One Heart World-Wide Network of Safety Model |
February 5 |
Richard Kennedy, MD. PhD |
Gerontology/Geriatrics/Palliative Care, Heersink UAB School of Medicine |
The Epidemiology of Delirium |
February 12 |
Virginia Howard, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
What is it About Your Stroke Risk and Where You Live (and When You Lived There) |
February 26 |
Shakira Sglia, ScD |
Assoc. Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology |
Sex Differences in the Association Between Child Adversity and Cardiometabolic Health |
March 5 |
Jane R. Schwebke, MD |
Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
Pathogenesis of Bacterial Vaginosis - Reaffirming Gardnerella vaginalis as the Primary Pathogen |
March 18 |
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Panel Discussion TB in Alabama's Correctional Settings |
March 26 |
Allison Roebling, DVM, MPH |
Alabama State Health Department |
Infectious Disease Epidemiology in State Public Health |
April 2 |
Russell Griffin, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
Do Guns Kill? An Epidemiological Perspective |
April 9 |
Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, MSPH |
University of Minnesota School of Kinesiology |
Stopping the Obesity Pipeline: Innovative Interventions for African American Females |
April 16 |
Mauricio Maza, MD MPH |
Basic Health |
PREVENTABLE Model: A Multi-step Approach to Changing a Secondary Cervical Cancer Prevention Paradigm |
Fall 2017
Fall 2017
Date |
Speaker |
Affilation |
Seminar Title |
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September 11 |
E. Turner Overton, MD |
Assoc. Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseses |
HIB and Aging: A New Challenge |
September 18 |
Edward Khan, MD |
Medical Director, Jefferson County Department of Health |
An Overview of Disease Control Activties at the Jefferson County Department of Health |
September 25 |
Rubin Pillay, PhD |
Professor and Asst Dean, Global Health Innovation, UAB Department of Medicine, Dean's Office |
The Future of Health Care |
October 2 |
Ashley I Naimi, PhD |
Asst. Professor, University of Pittsburg Graduate School of Public Health, Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) |
G Computation to Adjust for Noncompliance in Randomized Trials: Estimating the Per Protocol Effect of Low-dose Aspirin on Pregnancy Outcomes |
October 9 |
Jennifer Haven, PhD |
Assoc. Professor, Kentucky University Department of Behavioral Science |
Prescription Drug Abuse and the Emergence of Hepatitis C in Rural Appalachia |
October 19 |
Robin Lanzi, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Health Behavior |
Community Based Approaches to Social and Behavioral Sciences |
october 23 |
John Booth, PhD |
Postdoctoral Tainee, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
Masked Hypertension: A Surprise that Can be Surmised? |
October 30 |
Bertha Hidalgo, PhD |
Asst. Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology |
Genomics in Diverse Populations - Advantages, Limitations, and Future Directions |
November 6 |
Margaret Nyaku, MPH |
Health Scientist, Center for Disease Control |
The Medical Monitoring Project |
November 13 |
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Oil Spill Studies - Past and Present |
November 27 |
S. Louis Bridges, MD, PhD |
Professor, UAB Department of Medicine/Infectious Disease |
Rheumatoid arthritis in African Americans: Lesson learned from the CLEAR Registry |
December 4 |
Susan Gapsture, PhD, MPH |
Vice President, American Cancer Society Epidemiology Research Program |
Insights in Cancer Epidemiology from the Cancer Prevention Studies |