The Department of Environmental and Global Health Seminar Series is an opportunity for students and faculty to come together to learn about cutting-edge research and other topical areas from colleagues around the country every week. We invite a variety of professional and student speakers to join us. Please click each of the speakers’ names in the table for more information regarding what to expect at their seminar.
Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule
Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Title of presentation |
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1/17 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Cecilia Tan | Exploring pesticide risk assessment: from basics to innovations – unveiling the power of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling |
1/24 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Ian Sutherland | Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE): on the frontlines for75 years combatting the most deadly animal in the world |
1/31 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Robert G. Wallace | Agribusiness, Finance Capital, and Pandemics |
2/7 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Yan Wang | Applying Mobile Health Approach in Cannabis and Alcohol Research: Opportunities and Challenges |
2/14 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Michael von Fricken | CVs, professional development, and careers in public health – strategies for long term success |
2/21 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Robyn Leigh Tanguay | Thinking outside the tank to unravel chemical activity mechanisms |
2/28 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Haoran Chirs Chu | Enhancing Health Communication through AI-driven Tailoring: A Comparative Study of Human vs. AI Messaging Efficiency |
3/6 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Amber O’Connor and Sakib | Amber: Assessing the effects of microplastic exposure to lung cells; Sakib: Serotype-Driven Environmental Persistence of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Haiti |
3/20 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Karen Coker and Soung Brice | Karen: Listening for Wellbeing: Climate Change and Mental Health in Kaffrine, Senegal ; Soung: Emerging mutant Vibrio cholerae strains from the Democratic Republic of Congo remain resistant to their evolving lytic bacteriophage |
4/3 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Stephanie Karst | Microbial and maternal regulation of bile acid metabolism determines neonatal susceptibility to norovirus disease |
4/10 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. Caroline Waddel | Homelessness as a Public Health Issue: Understanding the Impacts of the Experience of Homelessness on Health |
4/17 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST | EPI Conference room 150 | Dr. David Volz | Human Exposure and Health Effects of Organophosphate-Based Flame Retardants |