EGH Seminar Series

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
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
3/27 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST EPI Conference room 150 Dr. Shantrel Candidate
4/3 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST EPI Conference room 150 Dr. Stephanie Karst
4/10 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST EPI Conference room 150 Dr. Caroline Waddel
4/17 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST EPI Conference room 150 Dr. David Volz ––

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