Seminar Series
The EpiBio Seminar Series takes place weekly on Fridays from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. The Series features talks by Faculty, PhD Candidates, External and Internal guests, all presenting on a variety of topics in the field of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
All graduate students are required to attend the weekly departmental seminar series in the first two terms of registration (fall and winter). This seminar series milestone will appear on the transcript as complete or incomplete, based on student participation (at least 80% attendance is required). Students who miss more than 20% of seminars in the first year will have to complete the missed seminars in their second year. The Seminar Series Schedule is available below.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
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FALL 2025 SCHEDULE
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Date |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
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September 5 |
Dr. Saverio Stranges, Dr. Ellen Kuenzig, Dr. Maria Mathews, Dr. Yun-Hee Choi, Dr. Egide Kalisa, Dr. Shehzad Ali
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Introduction |
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September 12 |
Dr. Osvaldo Espin Garcia |
Handling Uncertain Auxiliary Covariates in Two-Phase Study Design and Analysis |
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September 19 |
Dr. Guangyong (GY) Zou Scientist Biostatistician Director
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Distribution-free methods for the design and analysis of randomized controlled trials |
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September 26 |
Dr. Gerald P. McKinley, PhD. |
Outside Evidence: Ghost Stories, Anthropology, and Environmental Health Policy |
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October 3 |
No Seminar |
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October 10 |
Dr. Raymond Thomas
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Lipid Bioinformatics applications in environmental stress biology, brain health, pediatric health, and food systems assessments |
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October 17 |
Dr. Richard Larouche
Associate Professor of Public Health
University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, AB |
Improving the global surveillance of physical activity: the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ) project |
| October 24 | Dr. Mabel Carabali Assistant Professor Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) on Methods to Address Inequalities
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
McGill University
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Inequalities on Infectious Diseases: Measuring what we want, not what we can |
| October 31 |
Dr. Ana Lohmann Medical Oncologist Associate Scientist |
Study Designs in Medical Oncology- From Translational Studies to Meta-analysis |
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November 7 |
No Seminar - Reading week |
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November 14 |
PhD Thesis Proposal Public Lecture Kristy Coleman Joshua Wiener |
Toward a Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Intranasal Oxytocin for Frontotemporal Dementia
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November 21 |
Dr. Sarah Buchan |
An overview of methods to estimate vaccine effectiveness and its importance to public health |
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November 28 |
Dr. Noha Gomaa Associate Director, Dentistry Research, Scientist, Children’s Health Research Institute |
Beyond False Dichotomies: An Exposomal Framework to Identifying Risk and Building Resilience for Oral Health |
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December 5 |
CAROL BUCK LECTURE Dr. Mark Ferro Director Associate Professor |
Drops of Prevention: Approaches to Reducing the Burden of Physical-Mental Multimorbidity in Children |
