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.

FALL 2026 SCHEDULE

Date

Speaker

Seminar Title

September 11

Igor Karp, Kelly Anderson, Saverio Stranges, Shehzad Ali, GY Zou

 Introduction to Seminar Series

September 18
Saverio Stranges

Professor & Chair (Head)
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Professor
Departments of Family Medicine & Medicine (cross-appointment)

Scientific Director
Africa Institute

Co-Director
Centre for Climate change, Sustainable Livelihoods & Health
Western University

 Preventing Multimorbidity: Moving Beyond the Single Disease Lens

September 25
Shirin Golchi
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
McGill University
 Bayesian Design of Clinical Trials

October 2

PhD Thesis Proposal Defense Public Lectures

Pavlina Faltynek
PhD Candidate
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Dr. Amit Garg
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Fatemeh Ahmadi
PhD Candidate
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Dr. Amit Garg
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

A multi-method evaluation of geographic barriers and solutions to kidney transplant access in Northern Ontario

 

 

 

Evaluation of the Body Surface Area (BSA)-Normalized eGFR for the Purpose of Safer Drug Dosing

October 9

Dr.  Ken Milne
Associate Professor of Medicine
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

 30 Years of EBM: Back to the Future

October 16

No Seminar - Reading week

October 23

Dr.  Anna Heath
Associate Professor
Biostatistics Division
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto

Canada Research Chair 
Statistical Trial Design

Senior Scientist
The Hospital for Sick Children

Bayesian Methods to Improve Clinical Trials for Children

October 30

PhD Thesis Proposal Defense Public Lectures

Aayushi Joshi
PhD Candidate
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Dr. Kristin Clemens and Dr. Saverio Stranges
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Patricia Nistor
PhD Candidate
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor(s): Dr. Shehzad Ali and Dr. Osvaldo Espin Garcia
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Understanding frailty in type 2 diabetes mellitus: From epidemiological evidence to a longitudinal analysis in a national cohort

 

 

 

Risk stratification algorithms to predict dementia

November 6

Dr.  Hiroshi Nishura

November 13

 Dr. Osvaldo Espin-Garcia
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

November 20

Dr. Ellen  Kuenzig
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

November 27

 Dr. Aya Mitani

December 4

 CAROL BUCK LECTURE