Seminars - Fall 2024/Winter 2025
The Seminars in Epidemiology organized by the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at the McGill School of Population and Global Health is a self-approved Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the maintenance of certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Physicians requiring accreditation, please complete the Evaluation Form and send to admincoord.eboh [at] mcgill.ca
PLEASE NOTE: The Fall 2023/Winter 2024 Seminar Series will be held in hybrid format (in-person/Zoom) on Mondays from 4:00 to 5:00 PM, at the SPGH, 2001 McGill College, Room 1140. Please refer to announcement titles below for details.
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| Sept 23 Virtual Joint EBOH/CORE |
Denis Nash (CNUY) |
Estimating the Causal Effects of Extreme Weather Events on and HIV care outcomes in the IeDEA Cohort Collaboration: Study design and early results |
1. To understand the structure, scope and design of the global IeDEA network of HIV care cohorts; 2. To appreciate the potential for applications of quasiexperimental methods to address causal research questions around HIV care outcomes; 3. To become oriented to the climate-related data sources that can be used to create exposure variables to assess the influence of extreme weather on HIV care outcomes. 听 |
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| Sept 30 In-Person |
Christine Barul (Inserm) | Occupational exposures and cancer: from the isolated role of exposures to the cocktail effect and the occupational exposome |
1. Understanding the concept of the occupational exposome; 2. Understand the importance of identifying the occupational exposome of workers and its role in the development of cancer through an example of study conducted in the French West Indies; 3. Discuss the current challenges in taking into account this emerging concept in epidemiological studies. |
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| Oct 7 **POSTPONED TO OCT 28**DUE TO CAMPUS CLOSURE** |
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| Oct 14 | NO SEMINAR - Thanksgiving Holiday & Reading Week - Oct 15-18, 2024 | 听 | ||
| Oct 28 In-Person at SPGH Joint EBOH/CORE |
Marie-Pierre Sysvestre (UdeM) | The Role of Perceived Access to Cannabis in the Association Between Having Friends Who Use Cannabis and Cannabis Use Initiation in Adolescents |
1. Understand the natural course of cannabis use in adolescents; 2. Appreciate the usefulness of observational prospective data in understanding the mechanisms leading to cannabis initiation; 3. Recognize the challenges associated with the development of harm reduction strategies among adolescents. |
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| Nov 4 - NO SEMINAR | ||||
| Nov 18 In-Person |
Anita Koushik (McGill) | Lifestyle Factors and Cancer Prevention: Understanding the Role of Exposure Timing |
1. Understand the gaps in knowledge related to cancer prevention efforts and the potential importance of timing of exposure; 2. Become familiar with the utility of the life course approach to epidemiologic research when studying cancer etiology; 3. Appreciate the application of the weighted cumulative exposure (WCE) method and the Bayesian relevant life course exposure model (BRLM). |
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| Nov 25 In-Person Joint EBOH/CORE |
Nandita Perumal (USC) | Prenatal Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Growth and Developmental Outcomes Among HIV-Exposed, Uninfected Young Children in Tanzania |
1. Understand the epidemiology of HIV-exposure in pregnancy and among young children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); 2. Understand the application of epidemiologic methods for evaluating long-term consequences in young children; 3. Recognize the strengths and limitations of contexts in which studies are conducted and contexts where the burden is high. |
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WINTER 2025 |
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| Jan 6 Virtual 听听听 |
Catherine Mah (Dalhousie) | Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet in Canada |
1. Describe economic and social indicators through which food affordability is monitored for public policy purposes in Canada; 2. Contextualize the use of these indicators to address varied normative policy goals; 3. Explore options for public investment in high-quality digital food cost measurement with nutrition in mind. |
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| Jan 20 In-Person Joint CORE/EBOH |
Vivian Ukah (McGill) | Language and racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and lactation |
1. To understand patterns in disparities in Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy and lactation over time; 2. To understand the association between language and racial groups and Covid-19 vaccination initiation during pregnancy; 3. To understand the association between language and racial groups and Covid-19 vaccination initiation during lactation. |
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| Jan 27 Virtual |
Lyda Osorio (Universidad del Valle - Colombia) |
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| Feb 3 In-Person |
Arnaud Chiolero (U Fribourg) |
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| Feb 17 In-Person Joint CORE/EBOH |
Amelie Boutin (U Laval) | 听 |
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| Feb 24 Virtual Joint EBOH/CORE |
Azar Mehrabadi (Halifax U) | 听 |
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| Mar 3 | NO SEMINAR - Spring Break March 3-7, 2025 | 听 | ||
| Mar 10 In-Person |
Stephanie Hinkle 听 (Penn U) | 听 |
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| Mar 24 Virtual |
Jude Kong (U of T) | 听 |
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| Mar 31 In-Person |
Taylor McLinden (Western U) | 听 |
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