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 2023 Seminar Schedule
| date | time | location | speaker | Title of presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/11 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Karen Coker and Dierdre Love | Implications of Insecticide Treated Mosquito Net Fishing for Aquatic Ecosystems/ A mixed- methods approach to explore Black Women’s Trust and Wellbeing in the Reproductive Care Setting in Alachua County, Florida |
| 1/18 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Sadie J. Ryan | Shifting Risks of Vector-borne Diseases on a Changing Planet |
| 1/25 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Andres Cardenas | Environmental Epigenetics in Health and Disease |
| 2/1 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Katelyn Flaherty and Md Abu Sayeed | Implementation and Evaluation of Pediatric Telemedicine and Medication Delivery Service in Ghana/ Development of a cholera rapid diagnostic test that targets both Vibrio cholerae and vibriophage |
| 2/8 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Dev Ranjit | Getting ready when opportunity strikes |
| 2/15 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Amber O’Connor and Kayan Clarke | Evaluating the Accuracy of Spatial Interpolation Models for Estimating Residential Ambient PM2.5 Exposure Concentrations in Kampala, Uganda/ Exploring the toxicity of azobenzene disperse dyes to human lung cells |
| 2/22 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Austin Gray | Ecological consequences related to contaminants of emerging concern in a changing world |
| 3/1 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Sk Nazmus Sakib and Lauren Hintenlang | Mechanism of persistence of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Haiti during cholera lull period/ Conundrums that Challenge Data-Driven Management and Restoration of the Eastern Oyster |
| 3/8 | 12pm- 1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Jamie DeWitt | Understanding effects of PFAS exposure on the immune system and what it means for public health |
| 3/15 | N/A | N/A | NO SEMINAR- SPRING BREAK | N/A |
| 3/22 | N/A | N/A | NO SEMINAR | N/A |
| 3/29 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Brian Krueger | How Mutating Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus at UF Helped Hunt SARS-CoV-2 During the Pandemic |
| 4/5 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Christopher Vulpe | |
| 4/12 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Mattia Prosperi and Dr. Simone Marini | –– |
| 4/19 | 12pm-1pm EST | EPI Conference Room 150 | Dr. Qing Lu | –– |