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 2025 SCHEDULE

Date

Speaker

Seminar Title

September 5
Dr. Saverio Stranges, Dr. Ellen Kuenzig, Dr. Maria Mathews, Dr. Yun-Hee Choi, Dr. Egide Kalisa, Dr. Shehzad Ali 
 Introduction

September 12
Dr. Osvaldo Espin Garcia
Assistant Professor
Dr. Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

September 19
Dr.  Lehana Thabane
Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Vice-President Research
St Joseph's Healthcare
Vice-President Research
St Joseph's Health System
Scientific Director
Research Institute of St Joe's Hamilton
 Shifting the focus towards education and away from statistical significance: revisiting the debate on whether it is time to get rid of statistical significance in pursuit of science

September 26
TBA

October 3

Dr. Raymond Thomas
Professor, Director and Western Research Chair

Biology Department
Western University

 

Lipid Bioinformatics applications in environmental stress biology, brain health, pediatric health, and food systems assessments.

October 10
TBA

October 17
TBA
October 24 Dr. Mabel Carabali
Assistant Professor
October 31

Dr. Ana Lohmann
Assistant Professor

November 7

No Seminar - Reading week

November 14

PhD Thesis Proposal Defense Public Lectures

Steve Lee
PhD Candidate
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor(s): Dr.  Kelly Anderson
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

November 21

Dr. Sarah Buchan
Assistant Professor

November 28

TBA

December 5

CAROL BUCK LECTURE

Assistant Professor
School of Physical Therapy
Western Health Sciences
Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table