The Division of Epidemiology & Community Health focuses on disease and health in various populations. Our faculty and students examine the distribution, cause and prevention of diseases, and how human behavior affects overall health.
The Division of Epidemiology and Community Health holds weekly seminars, and many other events throughout the year.
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In this talk, Dr. Firestone will discuss her epidemiologic analysis of exposure data collected from a novel source – a law firm – in order to identify the food ingredient causing illnesses.
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Dr. St. Peter will be discussing the evolution of pharmacoepidemiology and examples of pharmacoepidemiology research in the study of drugs used in persons with kidney disease.
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Dr. Cindy Im will discuss potential opportunities to facilitate precision survivorship, leveraging large epidemiological datasets, statistical/machine learning-based prediction modeling, and genetics to improve late effects clinical risk stratification.
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Dr. Rebecca Cunningham is one of the nation’s leading experts on issues related to firearm injury prevention.
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In this session, participants will learn about telling stories using print maps, interactive web maps, and presentations
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This talk argues that social science research has three families of strategy for making sense of the size of mortality disparities and provides new empirical results in each vein that collectively aim to put demographic measurement onto a more human footing.
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This talk will cover the state of practice for communicating race and ethnicity in multiple health disciplines, how current communication practice threatens both scientific rigor and equity, and the possible actions at the individual and structural level we can take to address these issues.
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This seminar will explore disparities along the cancer continuum, discuss potential underlying mechanisms, and share ongoing work characterizing the impact of socioeconomic status on outcome.
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Comprehensively understanding how the prevalence and severity of side effects, unmet needs, and barriers to supportive care affect quality of life in diverse ovarian cancer survivors remains a research gap and priority.
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How might public health hold companies accountable for how their products affect human health? Thomas points to new arguments for public health and new coalitions that might yield greater human health.
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In this webinar, panelists will discuss their participation in community-engaged research projects at the intersection of the criminal legal system and reproductive health.
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Dr. Estabrooks will speak on applying behavior and dissemination and implementation sciences to increase access and utilization of health promotion and lifestyle interventions in clinical and community settings, and supporting rural community capacity development to address healthy weights in families.
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In this seminar, Dr. Keyes will discuss what we know about social media, digital technology, and adolescent depression, and most importantly for epidemiologists, how we know what we know.
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Our Healthy Weight Pod will share brief presentations on new and ongoing work across several faculty members. These “flash talks” will be followed by a discussion about where this work may lead in the future.
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This immersive, experiential learning opportunity will allow participants to gain a deeper understanding of struggles for justice and systems of oppression in the Twin Cities and how they impact lived experiences today.
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