Seminars

Departmental seminars meet once per week, generally Wednesdays at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., from the first to tenth weeks of the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters. There may be occasional seminars during the Summer quarter. Unless otherwise specified, presentations will be held in the medical center, Room W229 of the Albert Merritt Billings (AMB) building.

Topics mirror the breadth of the department: biostatistics, environmental statistics, survey methodology, epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, health services, health economics, and medical ethics and other public-health related areas. Presentations last 45 to 60 minutes, with additional time for discussion. Refreshments are provided.

The Department of Health Studies occasionally cosponsors seminars with the Cancer Research Center and the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Department of Statistics and also with the Graduate School of Business. Joint seminars with the Cancer Center/MacLean Center or the GSB may be in a different location, as noted in the table below. Seminars sponsored jointly with the Statistics Department are often held on Monday afternoons in Eckhart Hall, as noted below.

Information about building access for persons with disabilities may be obtained in advance by calling the department office at (773) 702-2453.

If you have any questions or need further information about our seminars, please contact Cheryl Martinez.

Upcoming Seminars

Date	Title/Speaker/Affiliation
Wednesday, December 02, 2009	TBA Kate Cagney, PhD & Chris Browning, PhD University of Chicago & Ohio State University
Monday, January 11, 2010	TBA Kate Pickett & Richard Wilkinson University of York & University of Nottingham

Past Seminars

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Date	Title/Speaker/Affiliation
Wednesday, October 14, 2009	Understanding Medicaid Enrollment and Uninsured Estimates Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data Michael Davern, PhD University of Minnesota- Health Policy and Management
Wednesday, October 21, 2009	A Taxonomic Model for Gene Discovery in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Benjamin B. Lahey, Ph.D. & Paul Rathouz, Ph.D The University of Chicago-Dept. of Health Studies
Wednesday, October 28, 2009	Data Collection and Security Roger Johnson University of Chicago-Dept. of Health Studies
Wednesday, November 04, 2009	The Effect of an FDA Advisory Regarding Atypical Antipsychotics on Pharmaceutical Firms' Promotional Activities Rena Conti, PhD University of Chicago-Pediatrics
Wednesday, November 11, 2009	Misclassification and Confounding in the Air Force Health Study Joel E. Michalek, PhD The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Wednesday, November 18, 2009	Classic Infectious Disease Modeling and MRSA: First steps towards building an agent-based model Diane Lauderdale, PhD & Vanja Dukic, PhD University of Chicago-Department of Health Studies
Wednesday, December 02, 2009	TBA Kate Cagney, PhD & Chris Browning, PhD University of Chicago & Ohio State University