Past Seminars
Fall 2008 Seminar Schedule
September 8 Pamela E. Oliver, PhD, Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Racial Disparities in
Wisconsin’s Criminal Justice System,” (co-sponsored by the
UW Population Health Institute)
September 15 Marty Kanarek, PhD, Professor of Population Health Sciences and
the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, “Smoking Cessation in Clinical Trials and
Public Health Studies: A Research Ethical Imperative”
September 22 Sandy Slater, PhD, Senior Research Specialist, Institute for Health
Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago,”The
Association Between Neighborhood Physical Activity
Supports and Youth Physical Activity, Overweight and BMI”
September 29 Charles D. Brokopp, MPH, DrPH, Director, Wisconsin State
Laboratory of Hygiene, “Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
– Your Public Health Partner in Research, Education and
Service”
October 6 Dan Fox, PhD, President Emeritus, Milbank Memorial Fund, “The
Convergence of Science and Governance in Healthcare
Policy” (co-sponsored by the UW Population Health Institute and
the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars program)
October 13 David Dinges, PhD, Professor and Chief, Division of Sleep and
Chronobiology; Director, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine; Editor-in-Chief, Sleep, “Sleep Need and Sleep Loss:
From Laboratory Findings to American Time Use”
October 20 Susan E. Lederer, PhD, Chair, Department of Medical History and
Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Reforming American
Diets: Historical Perspectives on Major Dietary Changes”
October 27 Walton O. Schalick, III, MD, PhD, Department of Medical History
and Bioethics, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation,
Waisman Center, Department of History of Science, Department of
Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Through a Mirror
Darkly: Children with Disabilities in American Policy, 1912-
1960”
November 3 Sheri Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of
Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin and Murray Katcher, MD,
PhD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health, and Chief Medical Officer for
Community Health Promotion, Wisconsin Division of Public Health
(co-sponsored by the UW Population Health Institute),“Eliminating
Disparities in Birth Outcomes in Wisconsin: Current Trends
and Future Approaches”, Room 1345 HSLC (please note room
location)
November 10 Karen Cruickshanks, PhD, Professor, Department of Population
Health Sciences and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, “As Time Goes By: A
Population Perspective on Hearing in Aging”
November 17 Anthony T. Lo Sasso, PhD, Associate Professor and Senior
Research Scientist, Health Policy and Administration Division,
School of Public Health and the Institute of Government and Public
Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago, “The Effects of Consumer-
Directed Health Plans on Utilization and Cost of Care”
November 24 Halcyon G. Skinner, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department
of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
“Serum Calcium and the Risk for Fatal Prostate Cancer”
December 1 Karen Timberlake, JD, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Health
Services, “Childhood Lead Poisoning, Oral Health, and
Partnerships for Change: Challenges and Opportunities in
Public Health” (co-sponsored by the UW Population Health
Institute)
December 8 Richard E. Rieselbach, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of
Internal Medicine and Donna Friedsam, MPH, Researcher, UW
Population Health Institute, “Wisconsin Physicians’ Attitudes
and Positions on Major Elements of Healthcare Reform”
Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule
January 28 Robert Greenlee, PhD, MPH, MESA Lead Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, “The
Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area and the HMO Research
Network: Growing Collaborations in Health Care Research.”
February 4 Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin’s 2nd
Congressional District, “Health Care Reform in 2009? The View
from Washington, DC.” Co-sponsored by the UW
Population Health Institute. NOTE: this seminar will be held in
Room 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center.
February 11 Ping Yang, MD, PhD, Consultant, Department of Health Sciences
Research and Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and Professor of
Epidemiology, “Lung Cancer: Quantity vs. Quality of Life.”
February 18 Mae Wang Baker, Assistant Professor (CHS), Department of
Clinical Chemistry, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene,
“Universal Newborn Screening for Severe Combined
Immunodeficiency (SCID) by Quantitating T cell Receptor
Excision Circles (TRECs).”
February 25 Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Community
and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, “The NQF
Efficiency Measurement Framework: Can it Help Heal the
Schism Between Public Health and Medicine?” Co-sponsored
by the Health Innovation Program.
March 3 Jack A. Taylor, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, Molecular &
Genetic Epidemiology Group, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, “Gene-
Environment Interactions: What DNA Can Say About Exposure
and Cancer Risk.” Co-sponsored by the UW Population Health
Institute.
March 10 David Van Sickle, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society
Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, “Networked
Asthma Inhalers for Clinical Care and Public Health
Surveillance.”
March 24 Haslyn Hunte, PhD, MPH, Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society
Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, “The Tale of
the Tape: Race, Discrimination and Waist Circumference.”
March 31 Philip M. Farrell Population Health Distinguished Alumni
Lecture – Kevin R. Hayden, MA, Secretary, Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services, “Reforming Long-
Term Care Through Family Care” – Room 1335 Health
Sciences Learning Center (please note room location).
April 7 Nelson Sewandambo, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Makerere
University, Kampala, Uganda,”Adult Male Circumcision as an Intervention
Measure for Control of Heterosexual HIV Transmission--Lessons from
Rakai Health Sciences Program” – Room 1325
Health Sciences Learning Center (please note room location).
Co-sponsored by the UW Population Health Institute and the
European Union Center of Excellence.
April 14 Stephanie Robert, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Social
Work, and Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society
Scholars Program, Department of Population Health Sciences,
“Causes of Poor Health and Health Disparities: Results from a
Survey of Wisconsin Adults’ Opinions.”
April 21 Kirk R. Smith, PhD, MPH, Brian and Jennifer Maxwell Endowed
Chair in Public Health, Professor of Global Environmental Health,
School of Public Health, University of California-Berkeley, “Indoor Air
Pollution in Developing Countries: Does it Really Kill a Million Children
Every Year?”
April 28 Gwyn Bevan, Professor of Management Science, Department of
Operational Research and LSE Health and Social Care, London
School of Economics and Political Science, “DALYs, QALYs,
QALYs, DALYs, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off?” Co-sponsored
by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).
May 5 Philip M. Farrell, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Population
Health Sciences, “The Epidemiology and Paleoepidemiology of
Cystic Fibrosis: Lessons Learned Through Newborn
Screening and History.” Co-sponsored by the UW Population
Health Institute.
Fall 2007 Seminar Schedule
September 10 2007 Rankin Lecture – Lu Ann Aday, PhD, Lorne D. Bain
Distinguished Professor Emerita in Public Health and Medicine,
University of Texas School of Public Health, “Reinventing Public
Health – Translating Research on the Fundamental
Determinants of Health into Population Health-Centered
Policy” – Room 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center
September 17 Myron S. Cohen, MD, J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of
Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Public Health, and
Director, UNC Center for Infectious Diseases, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, “The Global AIDS Epidemic: Where
Epidemiology Meets Biology and Public Health”
September 24 Marni Bekkedal, PhD, Supervisory Research Scientist, Bureau of
Environmental and Occupational Health, Wisconsin Department of
Health and Family Services, “Environmental Exposure Profiles:
Generating Hypotheses for Childhood Cancers”
October 1 Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow,
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, “Vasculitis Self-
Management: Measure Development and Spousal Influence in
a Complex Chronic Disease”
October 8 Enrique Vega, MD, Regional Advisor on Aging and Health, Pan
American Health Organization, “A New Face of Aging in Latin
American and the Caribbean”
October 15 Gary G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Cancer
Biology and Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University
Health Sciences, “Vitamin D and the Natural History of Prostate
Cancer”
October 22 Peter Mugyenyi, MD, Director, Joint Clinical Research Center, Kampala,
Uganda, “Twenty-Five Years of HIV/AIDS in Africa.”
October 29 Jeffrey Niederdeppe, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health &
Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences,
“Beyond Knowledge Gaps: Media Campaigns and
Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Behavior”
November 5 Joseph C. Longenecker, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of
Community Medicine, Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine,
“Lipoprotein(a) in End-Stage Renal Disease: Still Around, Still
Enigmatic”
November 12 Thomas Oliver, PhD, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of
Population Health Sciences and the UW Population Health
Institute, “Leverage and Limits of Foundations in Shaping
Health Policy”
November 19 Henry A. Anderson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Wisconsin Division
of Public Health, “Characteristics Associated with PBDE Serum
Levels in a Cohort of Frequent and Infrequent Consumers of
Sport-Caught Fish”
November 26 Lori Severtson, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Is My Water Safe to Drink?
Evidence from Communication Research Among Private Well
Owners”
December 3 Patrick Remington, MD, MPH, Director, UW Population Health
Institute and Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences,
“Using Health Rankings to Improve Population Health”
December 10 David R. Riemer, JD, Director, Wisconsin Health Project, former
State Budget Director and originator of the Wisconsin Health Plan,
“Prospects for Health Reform in Wisconsin”
Spring 2007 Seminar Schedule
January 22 Mihaela Teodorescu, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of
Medicine, Section of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
The Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Clinic, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, “To Sleep per Chance to Wheeze and
Obstruct: Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and
Asthma.”
January 29 Scott J. Strath, PhD, Director of Older Adult Fitness Programs and
the Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Human
Movement Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, “A Mile a Day Keeps the Doctor Away.”
February 5 David Riemer, JD, Project Director of the Wisconsin Health Project
and Joanne Ricca, Legislative Representative of the Wisconsin
State AFL-CIO, “Fixing Wisconsin’s Broken Healthcare
System: Two Proposals” – co-sponsored by the UW Population
Health Institute – Room 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center
(please note room location)
February 12 A. Simon Pickard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
and Pharmacy Administration and Assistant Director, Center for
Pharmacoeconomic Research, College of Pharmacy, University of
Illinois at Chicago, “Proxy Perspectives on HRQL: Applying a
Conceptual Framework to Prostate Cancer.”
February 19 Lawrence P. Hanrahan, PhD, MS, Director of Public Health
Informatics, Chief Epidemiologist, Wisconsin Department of Health
and Family Services and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department
of Population Health Sciences, “The Role of Informatics in
Transforming Public Health: Wisconsin’s Public Health
Information Network.”
February 26 Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Community
and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, “Spending
Quality and the Paradox of Plenty.”
March 5 Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, Paulette Goddard Professor,
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New
York University, “What to Eat: Personal or Social
Responsibility?” – co-sponsored by the UW Population Health
Institute – Room 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center (please
note room location)
March 12 Robert S. Lawrence, MD, Professor of Environmental Health
Sciences and of Health Policy and Management, and Director,
Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health, “The Public Health Effects of Industrialized
Agriculture” – Room 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center
(please note room location)
March 19 Bret Payseur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics,
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
“Comparing Molecular Markers for Population-Based
Association Mapping.”
March 26 Philip M. Farrell Population Health Distinguished Alumni
Lecture – Paula Lantz, PhD, MS, Professor and Chair,
Department of Health Management and Policy, and Director, RWJ
Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, University of
Michigan, “Population Medicine: Bringing Public Health
Perspectives to Medical Care” – Room 1335 Health Sciences
Learning Center (please note room location)
April 2 Spring Break – no seminar
April 9 Robert A. Peterson Jr, JD, Founder and Executive Director, ABC
for Health, “A New Health Benefits Counseling Approach:
Developing an Electronic Health Care Coverage Plan and
Record”
April 16 Michel Coleman, BA, BM, BCh, MSc, MFPHM, Professor of
Epidemiology and Vital Statistics, London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine, “Socio-Economic Status and Cancer Outcomes.”
April 23 David Cella, PhD, Director, Center on Outcomes, Research and
Education (CORE) and Professor, Department of Psychology and
Behavioral Science, Northwestern University, “Can PROMIS be
the Future of Patient-Reported Outcomes?”
April 30 Elizabeth Rigby, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society
Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, “Policy and
Place: A Contextual Account of Medicaid Participation in
Wisconsin.”
May 7 Michael Rothschild, PhD, Emeritus Professor, School of
Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "An Introduction to
Social Marketing: Considering its Philosophy and Process as
Input to Public Health Practice."
Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule
September 11 Henry Young, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Physicians’ Shared Decision
Making Behavior: Influences and Outcomes”
September 18 UW Population Health Institute: Patrick Remington, MD, MPH,
Director; David Kindig, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus; Bridget
Booske, PhD, Senior Scientist, “Making Wisconsin the
Healthiest State: Measuring Burden of Disease”
September 25 Alvaro Munoz, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Cohorts
Studies in HIV/AIDS: From Etiology to Public Health”
October 2 Ellen Daley, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Community and
Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health
“Psycho-Social Impact of an HPV Diagnosis” – co-sponsored by
the UW Population Health Institute – Room 1335 Health Sciences
Learning Center (please note room location) video
October 9 James P. Burke, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mayo
Clinic College of Medicine, “Type 2 Diabetes, IFG and Sexual
Dysfunction in Men”
October 16 Betty Chewning, PhD, Associate Professor and Director,
Sonderegger Research Center, School of Pharmacy, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, “Developing the ‘Concordance in Patient-
Physician Encounters Coding Tool’ (CONNECT)”
October 23 Philip M. Farrell, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Population
Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Process
Improvement in Nationwide Newborn Screening”
October 30 Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD, MPH, Co-Director, CDC Public
Health Law Program, “Public Health and the Law: from Malaria
to Mens Rea” – co-sponsored by the UW Population Health
Institute – Room 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center (please
note room location)
November 6 Claire Wendland, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of
Anthropology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Medical History of
Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Rethinking Risk:
What Can Qualitative Research Tell Us About Maternal
Health?”
November 13 Bruce Hermann, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Director of the
Charles Matthews Laboratory of Neuropsychology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, “The Epilepsies and their Consequences in
Children and Adults”
November 20 Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine,
“Efficiency in Healthcare” – co-sponsored by the Health
Innovation Program and the Robert Wood Johnson Health and
Society Scholars Program – 1335 Health Sciences Learning
Center (please note room location) slides video
November 27 David Kindig, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Population
Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “What Was the Clinton Health Plan? What Was Wrong With It?”
December 4 David R. Williams, PhD, Norman Professor of Public
Health, Harvard School of Public Health, and Professor of African
and African American Studies and of Sociology, Harvard University,
“Race, Racism and Health” – co-sponsored by the UW
Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Health
and Society Scholars Program – Room 1335 Health Sciences
Learning Center (please note room location) video
December 11 Rachel Kimbro, PhD, RWJ Health and Society Scholar,
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, “Together Forever? Fragile Families,
Relationship Dynamics, and Maternal Prenatal Health
Investments”
Spring 2006 Seminar Schedule
January 23 Oguzhan Alagoz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Industrial and
Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Optimal
Policies for the Acceptance of Living- and Cadaveric-Donor
Livers: A Markov Decision Processes (MDP) Approach” Audio broadcast
January 30 Hui-Ju Tsai, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lung Biology Center,
Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco,
“Design and Analysis of Asthma Genetic Association Studies in Admixed Populations”
February 6 Susan Linn, Ed.D, Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard
Medical School and Associate Director, Media Center of the Judge Baker Children’s Center, “Commercial Calories: Food Marketing to Children” Web broadcast
February 13 Kristina D. Mena, MSPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of
Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, El Paso Campus, "Waterborne Disease: Are We At Risk?" Audio broadcast
February 20 Richard Kerber, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Cancer and Aging in the Utah Population: from Genealogy to Genome"
February 27 Miquel Porta, MD, MPH, PhD, “Role of Organochlorine
Compounds in the Etiology of Cancer: Developing
Methodological Standards” Web broadcast
March 6 Panel of Wisconsin Partnership Fund for a Healthy Future
Grantees, "Local Success Stories in Violence Prevention" Web broadcast
March 13 No Seminar – Spring Break
March 20 Robert Lemanske, MD, Division Head, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, UW Department of Pediatrics, “Immune Dysregulation, Viral Infections, and the Origins of Childhood Asthma and Allergic Diseases” Web broadcast
March 27 Chrisopher W. Olsen, DVM, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, UW School of Veterinary Medicine, “Influenza: People, Pigs, and Public Health" Web broadcast
April 3 Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, Director, National Center for
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Urban
Sprawl and Public Health”
April 10 Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Member, UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, “The Epidemiology of Carcinoma in situ of the Breast”
April 17 Margaret M. Weden, PhD, RWJ Health and Society Scholar,
Department of Population Health Sciences, "Social Stratification of Epidemiological Transitions: Studying Within and Between Population Heterogeneity." Web broadcast
April 24 Karin T. Kirchhoff, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Rodefer Chair of the UW School of Nursing. "Advance Care Planning--Getting it Right."
May 1 Curt Gielow, Wisconsin State Assembly Representative, “Is
Healthcare Reform Achievable? A View from the State Capitol” Web broadcast
Fall 2005 Seminar Schedule
September 12 David Kindig, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Population Health
Sciences and Pat Remington, MD, MPH, Director of the UW Population Health Institute and Professor of Population Health Sciences, “Making Wisconsin the Healthiest State” Audio broadcast
September 19 Linda Hogle, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical
History and Bioethics, and Director of the Robert and Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, “Social Science, Ethics, and Population Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” Audio broadcast
September 26 Dennis Fryback, PhD, Professor of Population Health Sciences,
“Evidence for Limited Malignant Potential Breast Cancer: Results from the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Epidemiology Simulation Model” Audio broadcast PowerPoint Slides
October 3 Bevin Baker, Director, City of Milwaukee Health Department,
“Reducing Infant Mortality in Milwaukee” Audio broadcast Web broadcast
October 10 Elizabeth Burnside, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Breast Imaging Section, UW Medical School, "A Probabilistic Model to Aid Decision-Making in the Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer" Audio broadcast
October 17 Pascale Carayon, PhD, Procter and Gamble Bascom Professor in Total Quality, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Director, Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, "Human factors issues in the implementation of "Smart" infusion pump technology in a hospital" Audio broadcast
October 24 Halcyon G. Skinner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, “Dietary Vitamin D Intake and the Risk for Pancreatic Cancer in Two United States Cohorts” Audio broadcast
October 31 Monirul Islam, MD, MPH, PhD, Research Scientist, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, “Colorectal Cancer: Incidence and Mortality Among the Medicare Population” Audio broadcast
November 7 Robert J. McDermott, PhD, Professor and Co-Director, Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida, “Community-Based Participatory Research to Identify Influences on Youth Alcohol Use: The Sarasota County Demonstration” - UW Population Health Institute Cosponsored. Web broadcast
November 14 Jeff Grossman, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, UW Medical School, and President and CEO, University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, “Academic Health Centers: Learning How to ‘Do the Right Thing’”
November 21 Rich Carpiano, PhD, MA, MPH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health and Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, "Come Take a Walk with Me: Using Action Research to Build Theory and Inform Practice on Community Social Capital, Health and Well-Being" Audio broadcast
November 28 David Vanness, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, "Different Strokes for Different Folks: Making Decisions When Treatment Effects and Preferences are Heterogeneous." Audio broadcast
December 5 Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, Director of the Injury Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, "To Be or Not to Be: Case Studies in Injury Research and Advocacy." Audio broadcast Web broadcast
December 12 Mark Sotir, PhD, MPH, Vectorborne Disease Epidemiologist, Wisconsin Division of Public Health and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, "West Nile Virus Surveillance in Wisconsin, 2005."
Spring 2005 Seminar Schedule
January 31 Catlainn K. Sionean, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health and
Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, former
Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control, “Inequalities
in Women’s Reproductive Health: Risk Behaviors and Social
Context.” Audio broadcasts
February 7 Note change in venue: Health Care Data Colloquium:
Models for Public-Private Partnerships, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm,
Fluno Center for Executive Education, convened by the Wisconsin
Public Health and Health Policy Institute in partnership with the
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
February 14 Geoffrey R. Swain, MD, MPH, Associate Medical Director, City of
Milwaukee Health Department, Visiting Associate Professor,
Department of Family Medicine, and Center Scientist, Center for
Urban Population Health, “Chlamydia Testing Strategies:
Laboratory vs. Point-of-Care Methods.” Audio broadcasts
February 21 Marilyn Essex, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
HealthEmotions Research Institute and Department of Psychiatry,
University of Wisconsin Medical School, “Early Child and Family
Risk Factors for the Emergence of Child Physical and
Mental Health Problems: Evidence from a Longitudinal
Study of Child Development.” Audio broadcasts
February 28 Dominick L. Frosch, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health and
Society Scholar and Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of
Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, “Informed Cancer
Decision-Making: Clinical and Population Perspectives.”
March 7 Senator Judy Robson, RN, MS, Democratic Leader, Wisconsin State
1325 HSLC Senate, "Health Policy in Wisconsin 2005-06: Prospects and
Pitfalls." Note Room Number.
March 14 Elliot Friedman, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society
Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, "Of Rats and
Women: Psychological Influences on Interleukin-6 Regulation
and Implications for Health." Audio broadcasts
March 28 Y. Jim Li, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine, Cigarette Smoking, CYP1A1
Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer.” Audio broadcasts
April 4 Louise Trubek, JD, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Health Law
1335 HSLC Project, University of Wisconsin Law School, "New Governance and
Healthcare: Perspectives on Wisconsin Policy Choices." David
Riemer, Director of the Wisconsin Health Project, will serve as
commentator. Note Room Number.
April 11 Maureen Smith, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Population
Health Sciences, “Treatments and Outcomes for Stroke
Patients in Managed Care and Traditional Medicare Plans.”
April 18 Sharon Dunwoody, Sharon Dunwoody, PhD, Evjue Bascom Professor of
Journalism and Mass Communication and Associate Dean for Social
Studies in the UW Graduate School., “Counter-Intuition: The Mass
Media and Communicating Health Risks.” Audio broadcasts
April 25 Jim Anthony, MSc, PhD, Chairperson, Department of
Epidemiology, Michigan State University, “Five Main Rubrics for
Epidemiology Research, With Drug Dependence Examples.” Audio broadcasts
May 2 Moyses Szklo, MD, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology, Johns
Hopkins School of Public Health, “An Epidemiologist’s View of
the Interface of Epidemiology and Health Policy.” Audio broadcasts
Fall 2004 Seminar Schedule
Sept 13 Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, Center for Sustainability and the Global
Environment (SAGE) and Department of Population Health Sciences,
“Malaria Resurgence in the Amazon: Links to Development and
Deforestation.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Sept 20 Lorraine Meisner, PhD, Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, “What can Embryonic Stem Cells Teach us About Cancer?” Audio broadcasts
Sept 27 Michelle Frisco, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences and Assistant Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University, “Parental Involvement and Young Women’s Contraceptive Use.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Oct 4 (location changed to 1335 HSLC) Bernard Turnock, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Heath, University of Illinois-Chicago, “Public Health Workforce Preparedness” Flyer Speaker Bio Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Oct 11 Mari Palta, PhD, Department of Population Health Sciences, "The Newborn Lung Project - A Statewide Cohort Study of Very Low Birth Weight Outcomes."
Oct 18 Loren Galvao, MD, MPH, Director, Community Health Promotion Core, Center for Urban Population Health, Associate Scientist, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, “Effectiveness of Female and Male Condoms in Preventing Exposure to Semen During Vaginal Intercourse: A Randomized Trial in Brazil.” Bio
Oct 25 David Kindig, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Population Health Sciences and Senior Advisor, Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute, “Health Literacy: The 2004 Institute of Medicine Report.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Nov 1 Mark Sager, MD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health Sciences and Director, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute, “The Public Health and Public Policy Implications of Alzheimer’s Disease.” Audio broadcasts
Nov 8 Mark Werner, PhD, Research Scientist, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, “Adventures in Environmental Public Health Tracking.” Audio broadcasts
Nov 15 Dorothy Daley, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences and Assistant Professor, Political Science Department/Environmental Studies Program, University of Kansas, “Environmental Decision Making: Science, Policy, and Activism.” Audio broadcasts
Nov 22 Ami Ostchega, PhD, RN, Nurse Consultant to NHANES and Community Hanes Projects, National Center for Health Statistics, "The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: History, Objectives, and Data Use."
Nov 29 Monica McGrath, ScD, MHS, Research Fellow, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, “Genetic Susceptibility to Endometrial Cancer.”
Dec 6 Beth Stewart, Renae Sieling, Sharon Espinosa, WEA Trust, "The WEA Trust Story: A Comprehensive Strategy for Health Promotion and Consumer Education."
Dec 13 Bruce Barrett, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, “Assessing Clinical Significance for Common Cold.”
Jan 26 Pat Remington, MD, MPH, Professor of Population Health Sciences and Co-Director, Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute, "Monitoring the Health of Wisconsin: Past, Present, and Future.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Jan 30 Special Friday Seminar, Professor Jonathan Patz, Director of the Program on Health Effects of Global Environmental Change in the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, “Climate and Ecological Change: Research Findings on Water- and Vector-borne Disease Emergence” Audio broadcasts
Feb 2 Jerome Dempsey, PhD, Professor of Population Health Sciences, “High Altitude Hypoxia: Adaptation or Maladaptation?” Audio broadcasts
Feb 9 Ronald Gangnon, PhD, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, “Model-Based Detection of Spatial Clustering of Disease.” Audio broadcasts
Feb 16 Daniel M. Hausman, PhD, Herbert A. Simon Professor, Department of Philosophy, “Can the Value of Health be Based on Preferences?” Audio broadcasts
Feb 23 Reidar Lie, MD, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institute of Heath, “Health as a Human Right: Options for Improving Population Health Through International Law.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Mar 1 Albert Gunther, Professor of Life Sciences Communication, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, “Media Influences on Adolescent Smoking.” Audio broadcasts
Mar 8 Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP, Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Management and Chair, Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, “A Simulation Model of Liver Transplantation to Evaluate National Organ Sharing Policies.”
Mar 22 Warwick Anderson, MD, PhD, Robert Turell Professor of Medical History and Population Health and Chair, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, “Disease Ecology and ‘Complexity’ in Epidemiology: Learning from History.” Audio broadcasts
Mar 29 John Kakitahi, MD, MPH, Professor of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, “Nutrition and Infectious Disease Programs in Uganda: Lessons Learned.” Audio broadcasts
Apr 5 Hyon Kim, PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, “Dimensions of Subjective Daytime Sleepiness in the General Population.” PowerPoint slides
Apr 12 Philip M. Farrell, MD, PhD, Robert Turell Professor in Medical Leadership, Dean, UW Medical School, Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs, “Early Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis Through Neonatal Screening.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Apr 19 Gloria Petersen, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo College of Medicine, “Genetic Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer: New Insights.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Apr 26 Christopher L. Seplaki, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, “Measuring Cumulative Physiological Dysregulation in an Older Population.”
May 3 Catherine McCarty, PhD, MPH, Director, Personalized Medicine Research Center, Marshfield Clinic, “The Marshfield Clinic Personalized Medicine Research Project: Methodology and Recruitment Results from Phase I and Plans for Phase II.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Sept 8 David Kindig, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Population Health Sciences and Co-Director, Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute,“Purchasing Population Health Revisited.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Sept 15 Lori DiPrete Brown, MSPH, The Quality Assurance Project, Bethesda, MD, “Improving Quality of Care in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Field.” Audio broadcasts
Sept 22 George Kephart, PhD, Director, Population Health Research Unit, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, “The Effect of User Fees on the Consumption of Oral Antihyperglycemic Drugs in the Nova Scotia Senior’s Pharmacare Program.” Audio broadcasts
Sept 29 J. Douglas Rizzo, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant Scientific Director, International Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, “International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry: A Resource for Evaluation of Transplantation-Related Outcomes.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Oct 6 Robert Greenlee, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist/MESA Lead Scientist, Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, “Population-based Health Research in the Marshfield Epidemiological Study Area (MESA).” PowerPoint slides
Oct 20 Lisa Colbert, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, “How Might Physical Activity Reduce Cancer Risk?” PowerPoint slides
Oct 27 Christopher Sempos, PhD, MS, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY-Buffalo, “The Use of Risk Prediction Models in Clinical Decision Making and Public Health Surveillance.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Nov 3 Dr. Edward Belongia, Director, Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, “Antimicrobial Resistance: Epidemiology and Prevention.”
Nov 10 Dr. Ron Cisler, Director, Center for Urban Population Health, “Behavioral Health Risk Disparities Among Urban- and Suburban-Based Employee Populations.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Nov 17 Alexandra Adams, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Familial and Environmental Determinants of Obesity in American Indian Children.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Nov 24 Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Particulate Air Pollution and Health: From Research to Policy.” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Dec 1 Susan Goelzer, MD, MS, CPE, Ralph M. Waters Distinguished Chair of Anesthesiology, Professor of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, “RWJ Health Policy Fellowship Experience: Perspectives from ‘The Hill’” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
Dec 8 John Mullahy, PhD, Professor of Population Health Sciences and Economics, “How Do American Children Use Their Time?” Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
January 27, Rm. 132:
"Risk Factors Associated with Clinical
Outcomes of Cystic Fibrosis".
Presented by Hui-Chuan Lai, Ph.D., R.D., Assistant Professor, Department
of Nutrition Sciences, UW-Madison.
Audio broadcasts
PowerPoint slides
February 10, Rm. 132: "Causes of Sleep Apnea" Presented by Jerry Dempsey, Director, John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
March 3, Rm. 132:
"Air Quality, Infant Mortality, and the
Clean Air Act of 1970" Presented by Dr. Michael Greenstone
March 17, Spring Break, No Seminar
March 31, Rm. 132 Topic: West Nile Virus Presented by Linda Glaser, West Nile Virus Surveillance Coordinator, State Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
April 7, Rm. 132:
April 14, Rm. 132:
"Incidence and Fatality from MeningococcalDisease in Wisconsin
1993-2002" Presented by
Mark Sotir,
M.D., M.P.H. CDC Epidemic Intelligence Officer
with the Division for Health and Family Services.
April 28, Rm. 132:
“Ecological Correlates of Physical Inactivity or
Epidemiology of the Couch Potato"
May 5, Rm. 132: "The Health and Economic Burden of Cervical HPV-Related Disease in a U.S. Health Maintenance Organization." Presented by Ralph Insinga, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Population Health Sciences, UW-Madison.
September 9, Rm. 1420: "Surveillance of Developmental Disabilities in Bangladesh." Presented by Maureen Durkin, PhD, MPH, DrPH, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
September 16, Rm. 1420: "Tobacco and Health.” Presented by Marion Ceraso, MHS, Senior Public Health Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
September 23, Rm. 132: "Community Oriented Primary Health Care: History, Rationale, and Evidence of Impact." Presented by Cynthia Haq, MD, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Family Medicine, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
September 30 Rm. 132: "Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke." Presented by Doug Dulli, MD, MS, FAHA, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts
October 7, Rm. 132: "Responding to Smallpox: Historical Experiences from Milwaukee and New York City." Presented by Judy Leavitt, PhD, Professor, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
October 14, Rm. 132: "Assessment of the Health Impact of Arsenic-Contaminated Water." Presented by Lynda Knobeloch, Ph.D., Senior Toxicologist, Department of Health and Family Services, Sate of Wisconsin, Madison. Audio broadcasts
October 21, Rm. 132: "Prevention, Screening and Treatment for C. Trachomatis and N. Gonorrhoeae Among Male Recruits in the U.S. Military." Presented by Christine Arcari, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
October 28, Rm. 132: “The New Genetics and Its Implications on Public Health Practice” Presented by Peter Rumm, MD, MPH, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Wisconsin State Division of Public Health, Madison, WI. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
October 30, CSC G5/119 “Race, Genes, and Disease” Presented by Richard Cooper, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, IL. Audio broadcasts
November 4, Rm. 132: “Overview of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).” Presented by Rebecca Hutton, JD, MS, HIPAA Privacy Officer, Office of the Provost, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts
November 11, Rm. 132: “Improving the Evidence Base for Practice Guidelines: The AHRQ Unstable Angina Guideline Evaluation (USAGE) Project.” Presented by David Katz, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, UW-Madison. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
November 18, Rm. 132: “Environmental & Genetic Influences on Age Differences in Psychological Distress: A Daily Diary Approach” Presented by David Almeida, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, Institute on Aging, UW-Madison, Associate Professor, School of Family and Consumer Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Audio broadcasts
November 25, Rm. 132: “Blood Pressure Response to Changes in Posture: an Informative Phenotype for Observational and Genetic Epidemiologic Studies.” Presented by James S. Pankow, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Audio broadcasts
December 2, Rm. 132: “Human Factors and System Engineering Concepts for Healthy Organizations.” Presented by Pascale Carayon, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial Engineering, Director of the Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, UW-Madison.
December 9, Rm. 132: “Coronary Heart Disease Risk in a Southern European Population: Trying to Explain the Paradoxes.” Presented by Jaume Marrugat, Instituto Municipal de Investigacion Medica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain. Audio broadcasts
December 11, Rm. 132: "Cost-Effectiveness of a DNA-Based Stool Test to Screen for Colorectal Cancer in the General Population." Presented by David J. Vanness, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Research, Mayo Medical School and Senior Associate Consultant, Division of Health Care Policy & Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Audio broadcasts PowerPoint slides
December 16, Rm. 132: “Monitoring Patient’s Safety at Population Level.” Presented By Peter Layde, MD, MSc, Professor and Director of Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
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*October 8 and December 3 seminars are in room 132 at WARF
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