Public Health Grand Rounds Archive
Spring 2017 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
January 26, 2017 (webcast) |
Laura Hungerford, PhD Professor & Head Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia Tech
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One Health: Synergy in Method and Meaning |
March 23, 2017 (webcast) |
Lauren Childs, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics
Virginia Tech
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Modeling the Dynamics of Malaria Infection |
March 30, 2017 (webcast) |
Inyoung Kim, PhD Associate Professor Department of Statistics
Virginia Tech
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A two-component nonlinear mixed effects model for longitudinal data, with application to gastric emptying studies |
April 6, 2017 (webcast) |
Leah Johnson, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Statistics
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics
Virginia Tech
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Strategic vs Tactical Modeling Approaches to Predicting Mosquito-borne Disease in the Americas |
April 13, 2017 (webcast) |
Meredith Wilson, MPH Founder & Lead Game Designer Bedhouse Games
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Perspectives on Video Games and Mental Health |
April 20, 2017 (webcast) |
Claire Standley, PhD, MSc Assistant Professor Global Health Science and Security
Department of International Health
Georgetown University
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Improving Global Health Security: Frameworks and Implementation |
Fall 2016 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
September 1, 2016 (webcast) |
Danielle Henderson, MPH Population Health Surveys Supervisor VDH LiveWell
Virginia Department of Health
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Tracking the Progress of the Virginia Plan for Well-Being |
September 8, 2016 (webcast) |
David Wilson, PhD
Head
Infectious Disease Modelling
Centre for Population Health
Burnet Institute
Adjunct Professor
School of Population Health & Preventive Medicine
Monash University
Professorial Visiting Fellow
Kirby Institute
University of New South Wales
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
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Improving Efficiency in Health |
September 15, 2016 (webcast) |
Pamela Teaster, PhD Professor & Associate Director Center for Gerontology
Virginia Tech
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Public Health Problem of Elder Mistreatment |
September 22, 2016 (webcast) |
Sally Morton, PhD Dean and Professor College of Science
Virginia Tech
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Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research |
October 20, 2016 (webcast) |
Jessica Taaffe, PhD Global Health Scientist and Consultant Current Metabiota
This Week in Global Health (TWiGH)
The World Bank
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Evidence-based Global Health Policy |
October 27, 2016 (webcast) |
Bryan Lewis, PhD, MPH Research Assistant Professor Network Dynamics & Simulation Science Laboratory
Biocomplexity Institute
Virginia Tech
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The Role of Infectious Disease Modeling in Epidemic Response |
Spring 2016 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
January 21, 2016 (webcast) |
Frank William Pierson,MS, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACPV Professor Biosecurity and Infection Control, Avian Medicine
Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
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Agro-terrorism |
January 28, 2016 (webcast) |
Korine Kolivras, PhD Associate Professor Department of Geography
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Virginia Tech
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Environmental Variability and the Continued Emergence of Lyme Disease |
February 4, 2016 (webcast) |
Jim Flowers, MBA
Executive Director
VT KnowledgeWorks
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Social Entrepreneurship |
February 11, 2016 (webcast) |
Thomas Ewing, PhD Professor, Department of History Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Virginia Tech
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Conspiring Against Grip: Public Health and Medical Expertise during the 1890 Russian Flu |
March 17, 2016 (webcast) |
Sally Lahm, PhD Professor of Research Department of Global Health
Milken Institute School of Public Health
The George Washington University
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Progressing from Two-thirds Health to One Health via a Systems Approach |
March 24, 2016 (webcast) |
Gabriel Blouin Genest, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Political Science
ASPECT Affiliate Faculty
Virginia Tech
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Global Politics of Health Security: Policy Reforms to Paradigm Shift |
April 7, 2016 (webcast) |
Cristina Lanzas, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Infectious DiseaseDepartment of Population Health and Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
North Carolina State University
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Transmission Dynamics of Enteric Pathogens |
April 21, 2016 (webcast) |
Osman Ozaltin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Personalized Medicine
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University
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Mathematical Models for Influenza Vaccine Design and Allocation |
Fall 2015 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
August 27, 2015 (webcast) |
Kaja Abbas,1 Narges Dorratoltaj,2 Gloria Kang2 1Assistant Professor; 2PhD Student Department of Population Health Sciences Virginia Tech |
Epidemiological, Economic and Immune Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis, Brucellosis, Influenza, HIV |
September 3, 2015 (webcast) |
Madhav Marathe, PhD Professor, Department of Computer Science Director, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Virginia Tech
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Urban Science, Engineering and Public Health: The Role of Big Data and High Performance Pervasive Computing |
October 1, 2015 (webcast) |
Ronny Bell, PhD, MS
Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention
Division of Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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Understanding and Addressing Disparities in Diabetes |
October 15, 2015 (webcast) |
Karen Roberto, PhD University Distinguished Professor Adult Development and Aging, Department of Human Development
Director, Center for Gerontology
Director of the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment
Virginia Tech
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Family Care and Community Support for Older Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment |
October 22, 2015 (webcast) |
Ralph Hall,1 PhD & Sophie Wenzel,2 MPH 1Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning 2Assistant Director, Center for Public Health Practice & Research Virginia Tech |
Interdisciplinary Exploratory Research: Visualizing Water Services for Community Decision Making in Burkina Faso |
October 29, 2015 (webcast) |
Valerie Ragan, DVM Director, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
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Beyond Private Practice - The Wide World of Veterinary Medicine |
November 12, 2015 (webcast) |
Martha Nelson, PhD
Scientist
Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
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Pigs and Pandemics |
November 12, 2015 (webcast) |
Cecile Viboud, PhD
Scientist
Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
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Gravity Models, Mobility, and Spread of Influenza in United States |
Spring 2015 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
January 22, 2015 (webcast) |
Laura Sands, PhD Professor, Center for Gerontology Department of Human Development Virginia Tech |
Consequences of Insufficient Help in Late Life: Evidence from Medical Claims Data |
January 29, 2015 (webcast) |
Julia Gohlke, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Health Sciences School of Public Health University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Estimating Health Outcomes Attributed to Environmental Exposures using a Variety of Data Sources |
February 19, 2015 (webcast) |
Sukran Kilic, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Early Childhood and Education Aksaray University Turkey |
Parental Socialization and Children’s Socioemotional Outcomes in the US and Turkey |
February 26, 2015 (webcast) |
Kerry Redican, PhD, MSPH, MPH Professor Department of Population Health Sciences Virginia Tech |
Youth Risk Behavior, Assessment, Reporting, and Utility |
March 19, 2015 | Lawrence Madoff, MD Editor, ProMED, International Society for Infectious Diseases Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School Director, Division of Epidemiology and Immunization, Massachusetts Department of Public Health |
One Health and the Detection of Emerging Infectious Diseases |
April 9, 2015 (webcast) |
Achla Marathe, PhD Professor Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics & Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Tech |
Comparison of Private versus Public Interventions for Controlling Influenza Epidemics |
April 23, 2015 (webcast) |
Nanda Nanthakumar, PhD Associate Professor of Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech |
Human Secretor Phenotype in Host-Microbial Interaction: Significance in Infant Health, Infection and Inflammation |
Fall 2014 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
August 28, 2014 (webcast) |
Mihalea Stanca Ciupe, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Virginia Tech |
Mathematical Models of Immune Responses to Hepatitis B Virus Infection |
September 4, 2014 (webcast) |
Charlie Klauer, PhD Research Scientist Leader, Teen Risk and Injury Prevention Group Virginia Tech Transportation Institute |
What Are Teenagers Doing that Make Them Such Risky Drivers??? |
September 25, 2014 (webcast) |
Sandy Fogel, MD, FACS
Surgeon, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine & Research Institute
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National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery |
October 9, 2014 (webcast) |
Kathleen Alexander, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation
Virginia Tech
|
Zoonoses at the Human Wildlife Interface |
October 30, 2014 (webcast) |
Christian Wernz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech
|
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November 13, 2014 (webcast) |
David Dowdy, ScM, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
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Modeling the Interface between Diseases, Populations, and Health Systems: The Example of Diagnostic Testing for Tuberculosis |
November 20, 2014 (webcast) |
P. Selvaraj1, MVSc, PhD & S. Eswari2, MVSc, PhD
1Professor & Head (Thanjavur) 2Associate Professor & Head (Tirunelveli) Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry Veterinary College and Research Institute
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
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Stem Cell: Regenerative and Comparative Medicine |
Spring 2014 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
January 23, 2014 | Kristian Lum, PhD Assistant Research Professor Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Tech |
Modeling Incarceration as an Epidemic |
January 30, 2014 | Wornie Reed, PhD Professor, Department of Sociology Director, Center for Race and Social Policy Virginia Tech |
Increasing Cultural Competency Among Medical Care Providers |
February 20, 2014 | Susan Meacham, PhD, RD Administrative Director of Preventive Medicine Research Center Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Chronic Disease in Coal Dependent Areas of Virginia |
March 6, 2014 | Ana Aizcorbe, PhD Research Professor Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Tech |
Potential and Pitfalls of Health Related Big Data |
March 27, 2014 | Nammalwar Sriranganathan, BVSc, MVSc, PhD, DACVM
Professor of Bacteriology
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech |
Vaccines and Drugs for Intracellular Pathogens |
April 3, 2014 | Ted Cohen, MD, MPH, DrPH Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Epidemiological Modeling of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis |
April 9, 2014
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Isabel Bradburn, PhD Research Director Child Development Center for Learning & Research Department of Human Development Virginia Tech |
Integrating Administrative Data on Early Childhood Initiatives: Case Study in Virginia |
April 10, 2014 | Phindile Chitsulo1, BSc; Keith Lipato2, SRN; Jones Masiye3, MD 1Nutritionist; 2Nurse; 3Physician Malawian Health System |
Health System in Malawi |
Fall 2013 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
August 7, 2013 | Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RD Associate Professor Department of Human, Nutrition, Foods & Exercise Virginia Tech |
Development & Advancement of the Dan River Partnership for a Healthy Community |
August 7, 2013 | Elizabeth Holbrook, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Health & Human Performance Roanoke College Member, PATH Community Coalition |
Creating a “Win-Win” While Facilitating Change in the Roanoke Valley: The Role of the Academic Partner |
September 5, 2013 | Rebecca Miller, MSLS
Information Literacy Coordinator
College Librarian for Science, Life Sciences, and Engineering
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
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Systematic Reviews in Health Sciences |
September 12, 2013 | Tanya Ferraro Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator Roanoke/Alleghany, Blue Ridge, & New River Valley Units Virginia Medical Reserve Corps Virginia Department of Health |
New River Valley Medical Reserve Corps |
October 3, 2013 | Terry Hrubec, DVM, PhD Associate Professor of Anatomy and Embryology Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine |
What's up with our water? Effects of contaminants on reproduction and development |
October 17, 2013 | Jocelyn Widmer, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor Urban Affairs and Planning School of Public and International Affairs Virginia Tech |
Scalability of a Community-Based Approach to Improve Water Point Access, Functionality, and Public Health in the Leogane and Gressier Districts of Haiti |
October 24, 2013 | Glen Mays, PhD, MPH F Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor of Health Services and Systems Research University of Kentucky College of Public Health |
Public Health Services & Systems Research: Building the Science of Public Health Delivery |
November 7, 2013 |
Timothy Bromage, PhD Professor Biomaterials and Biomimetics College of Dentistry New York University |
Avoid Infection, and While You’re at It, Have a Demographic Transition |
November 7, 2013 | Dana Cruikshank, MA Communications Manager Army Educational Outreach Program Virginia Tech |
Public Health Communication in a Changing Media Landscape |
November 19, 2013
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Chun Hai (Isaac) Fung, PhD Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Georgia Southern University |
Epidemiological Modeling of Cholera and Water-borne Diseases |
November 19, 2013 | Leigh-Anne Krometis, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Tech |
Water and Sanitation in Rural Virginia |
November 19, 2013 | Marc A. Edwards, PhD Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Virginia Tech |
Corrosion/Coagulation/Treatment, Nitrification and Human Pathogens in Homes |
November 21, 2013 | Stephen Eubank, PhD Professor Department of Population Health Sciences & Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Tech |
Agent Based Modeling of Gun Violence |
Spring 2013 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
February 7, 2013 | Jeffrey Stover, MPH Director Health Informatics & Integrated Surveillance Systems Division of Disease Prevention Virginia Department of Health |
Navigating Public Health Data at the Virginia Department of Health |
Fall 2012 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
September 11, 2012 | Molly O'Dell, MD, MFA, FAAFP Director New River Health District Virginia Department of Health |
We're in the Jailhouse now (Tuberculosis) |
September 18, 2012 | Carlyle Brewster, PhD Associate Professor Department of Entomology Virginia Tech |
Geospatial Modeling for Insect Vector Detection and Surveillance |
September 25, 2012 | Paige Bordwine, MPH, MT (ASCP) District Epidemiologist New River Health District Virginia Department of Health |
To Whoop or Not to Whoop: A Pertussis Outbreak in a Private School |
October 2, 2012 | Bryan Lewis, PhD, MPH Public Health Policy Analyst Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Tech |
Computational Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases |
October 11, 2012 | Josep Bassaganya-Riera, DVM, PhD Professor of Immunology Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Tech |
Modeling Immune Responses to Gut Pathogens |
October 17, 2012 | Sarah McDonald, PhD Assistant Professor of Virology Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech |
Unraveling the Molecular Mysteries of Rotavirus |
November 2, 2012 | Beth O’Connor, MEd Executive Director Virginia Rural Health Association |
Virginia Rural Health Association & Rural Health Data |
November 12, 2012 | Steve Sedlock, MS Executive Director GeoHealth Innovations |
The Virginia Health Chart Book |
December 4, 2012 | Robin Wood, MD Professor and Director Desmond Tutu HIV Centre University of Cape Town |
Tuberculosis Control - Successes and Failures over the Last Century |
Spring 2012 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
May 1, 2012 | Geeta Marappan, MVSc Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University |
Impact of Climate Change on Zoonoses |
Fall 2011 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
September 14, 2011 | Courtney Corley, PhD Senior Research Scientist Knowledge Discovery and Informatics Group Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
BioCat: Operational Biosurveillance Model Evaluations and Catalog |