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 2023 Schedule
Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
September 15	Dr. Bhautesh Jani General Practice and Primary Care School of Health and Wellbeing University of Glasgow Scotland	Risk assessment, multimorbidity and personalised medicine in primary care: One size does not fit all!
September 22	Dr. Elizabeth Juarez-Colunga Associate Professor University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	Modeling event times with applications to health care outcomes
September 29	No Seminar - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October 6	Dr. Janie Coulombe Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics Université de Montréal	Recent advances in causal inference under irregular observation times for the outcome
October 13	Dr. Kuan Liu Assistant Professor Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation and the Biostatistics Division Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto	Causal inference approaches for estimating time-varying treatment effect: an application in juvenile dermatomyositis therapeutics
October 20	Dr. Janet Martin Associate Professor Departments of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Western University	Delivering Just in Time Evidence During Pandemics and Epidemics through Large-Scale Iterative Global Research for Surgery & Perioperative Care
October 27	PhD Thesis Proposal Defense Public Lectures Surim Son PhD Candidate Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Supervisor(s): Dr. Mark Speecley and Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University Emily Dawson PhD Candidate Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Supervisor(s): Emil Schemitsch & Ava John-Baptiste Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University	Potentially modifiable risk factors for low cognition and dementia in Canada The association of waiting time with patient outcomes in hip and knee replacement
November 3	No Seminar - Reading week
November 10	Dr. Flory Tsobo Muanda Assistant Professor Physiology and Pharmacology Epidemiology & Biostatistics Department of Western University Adjunct Scientist IC/ES Western and IC/ES Kidney, dialysis, and transplantation Affiliate Scientist Lawson Health Research Institute	Using administrative data to conduct a population-based drug safety study in older adults with low kidney function: lessons learned.
November 17	Dr. Kate H. Choi Associate Professor Department of Sociology Social Science Centre Western University Director Centre for Research on Social Inequality Western University	Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Partner Choice Decisions on Women’s Fertility, Contraceptive Behavior, and Reproductive Health
November 24	Dr. Angelo Brandelli Costa Professor Graduate Program in Psychology, Social Science, Medicine and Health Sciences Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Su Brazil Anna Martha Fontanari, PhD Postdoctoral Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Science Marina Feijo MSc Candidate Graduate Program in Psychology Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Su Brazil	Effectiveness of interventions to promote sexual health and foster life skills among adolescents and young adults: an overview of systematic review and equity analysis
December 1	ANNUAL CAROL BUCK LECTURE 2023 Carol Buck Lecturer: Ashok Malla, PhD Emeritus Professor Department of Psychiatry McGill University	From Early Intervention in Psychosis to Designing an Inclusive Youth Mental Health Service for all

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