Study: Stress in MPH Students, Qualitative Research Course

Students in an RSPH qualitative research course are seeking participants for their study on stress in MPH students. They will be conducting 1 hour interviews with RSPH students enrolled in an MPH program who have completed at least one full semester. Participants must be on a full time or accelerated track; online and part time students are not eligible to participate.

Recruiting will continue through the end of March.

To get involved, scan the QR code below.

Lunch and Learn, Emory Prevention Research Center

Topic: Culturally Responsive Research and Evaluation Training

When: March 26th, 2025, from 12-1:30pm

Location: RRR L20

*Bring Your Own Lunch*

Register using the form linked here. 

Data Science Webinars, NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

he NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Central Repository is hosting two upcoming webinars on Artificial Intelligence that will feature presentations by experts in data science at the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) 4.0 Data Science Learning Program. These sessions are geared towards all researchers interested in exploring Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its real-world applications.

Upcoming Webinars:

1. Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals

• Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 2-3:30 PM ET 
• Description: This session is designed for researchers looking to understand the foundational concepts of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
• Agenda Highlights:
  • What is AI & Data Science? 
  • AI vs. Data Science 
  • How Machines Learn 
  • Responsible AI & AI in Action 
  • AI Approaches & Examples 
  • AI in Enterprise Operations 

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• Register Here

2. Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals Applications

• Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 2-3:30 PM ET
• Description: This session builds on the Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals webinar and focuses on AI applications in real-world settings.
• Agenda Highlights:

• • Statistics versus Machine Learning
  • Model Metrics
    • Classification: Accuracy, Precision, Recal
    • Regression: MAE, MSE, RMSE, R-squared

• • Neural Networks and Their Applications
    • Feedforward Neural Networks
    •  Increasing Complexity
    • Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
    • Recurrent Neural Network (RNN)
    • Transformer Learning
    • Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN)

• Register Here

Stand Up for Science Rally

Happening on Friday, March 7^th: 

There will be a Stand Up for Science rally from 12-4pm at the State Capitol building. This rally is a part of a national initiative and is one of many events that will be happening around the country. More information about this local rally can be found here.

Expanded Eligibility, Global Field Experience Financial Award Program

To ensure that faculty and students are supported during times of uncertainty, the award criteria for the GFE award has been expanded to include the consideration of “glocal” experiential opportunities. Please see the revised criteria below:

• GFE Financial Awards provide supplemental funding to support Rollins student summer field experiences in low- and middle-income countries.
• NEW: GFE Financial Awards may also provide supplemental funding to support “glocal” summer field experiences. In this case, these are experiential learning opportunities in the United States that work alongside unserved, underserved, or marginal populations.
  • As an example, a student could be funded for creating and implementing capacity building programs for organizations that work with refugee communities in Clarkston, GA.

• Projects that do not have any interaction with global or glocal communities will not be considered for this award. 
  • As an example, a student will not be funded for analyzing program data for an organization, if the student will not be interacting directly with the communities they are serving.

GFE Applications are due on Friday, March 14, 2025. For more information and application instructions, visit the webpage linked here.

Skills Builder Workshops, the Hatchery

The Hatchery is hosting a series of skills builder workshops that are open to all students regardless of academic concentration. The following workshops are being held in the coming weeks:

How to Craft a Connected Brand with Jon Eggleton 

• When: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 5:30-7:30 pm
• Where: The Hatchery, 1578 Avenue Place #200
• This workshop will cover:
  • How to holistically look at all constituents with a stake in your success, including tools to help you be relevant to each of your audience segments, from investors to influencers to customers.
  • Framework for translating what your product or service can do at a functional level, to how it can specifically add value for customers.
  • How to choose the right visuals, words and content to tell the right narrative story of your developing brand.
• Jon Eggleton is a co-owner of Traktion Partners, leading the marketing firm’s client engagements in brand development, B2B marketing, and recruitment advertising. He’s been quoted in publications ranging from Entrepreneur.com to Healthcare Business Today.
• To register, visit the form linked here.

The Art and Science of Quantifying Pain with Nascent Startups

• When: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 5:30-7:30 pm
• Where: The Hatchery, 1578 Avenue Place #200
• This workshop will cover:
  • How to gauge progress
  • How to characterize the potential value of the problem that your startup will solve
  • How to estimate the likelihood of success
• About Nascent Startups:
  • “We believe that founders’ highest priority is running iterative cycles of searching for People in Pain  and quantifying that pain . Currently, there are many tools for data gathering (e.g., The Mom Test) but when it comes to data analysis founders often rely on a “count of interviews” as the key metric. In this workshop, you will build a quantified pain histogram and learn to iterate through rounds of interviews as an alternative to the overly simplified count.”
• To register, visit the form linked here.

Humphrey Noontime Seminars, Rollins School of Public Health

This semester, Rollins School of Public Health is hosting a series of seminars on various topics in public health. All sessions will be held in the Deborah McFarland Room (RRR 809) and can also be joined virtually using this zoom link. The schedule is as follows:

February 20th, 2025

• Irshad Ahmed – Breaking Barriers: Tackling HIV and Stigma in Balochistan, Pakistan
• Dmytro Stepanskyi, MD –  The human microbiota: a hidden world shaping our health and future 

February 27th, 2025

• Tao Ma – Patient Power: Rare Disease Issues in China
• Yamin Kyaw Thu – Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Activities in Myanmar 
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March 6th, 2025

• Jagadish Joshi, MD – Emerging Medical Services: Global and Local Perspectives
• Jerome Nyhalah Dinga, PHD – Fostering an equitable, accessible, and inclusive world for persons with disabilities in Cameroon

March 20th 2025

• Lina Solano Carrillo – Malnutrition: Public Health Problems in the Wayuu Indigenous People
• Retty Dwi Handayani – Public Health Challenges in Indonesia 

March 27th, 2025 

• Merve Ercan Celenk – One Health Approach
• Anicet Ntisumbwa, MD – Community involvement to promote Health care access and equity

April 3rd, 2025

• Sanja Sazdovska,PHD – Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Services
• Jerome Nyhalah Dinga, PHD – Shocking Shifts: How Disruptive Events Propel Us to Break Free and Transform

Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID), Rollins School of Public Health

Mark your calendars for the 17th annual Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID). This event will be held online on July 7-11, 2025 and in-person on July 14-30, 2025. 

Since 2009, SISMID has trained thousands of infectious disease researchers in modern methods in statistical analysis and mathematical modeling. SISMID attendees choose from a range of 2.5-day modules, covering topics such as spatial statistics, evolutionary dynamics, nowcasting and forecasting, machine learning, network modeling, reproducible research, and more — all taught by experts in the field. Network with instructors and other attendees during poster evenings and improve your professional skills at lunch-and-learn sessions. 

Scholarships are available!

For more information and application instructions, visit the page linked here.

Gender, Data & Equity: Expert Conversations Webinar, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins SPH Gender Equality Unit director Dr. Michelle R. Kaufman will host a fireside chat with a guest, Dr. Anita Raj, about the new state of funding for gender programming and research.

This webinar will be held on Thursday, February 20 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. 

Dr. Anita Raj is the executive director of Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. A public health scientist and psychologist by training, her multidisciplinary research applies advanced social science and data science methodologies to understanding and eliminating gender inequities. Before coming to Tulane, Raj was the founding director of the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California San Diego, where she was also a professor in the School of Medicine and School of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on a range of gender equity and public health issues, including sexual and reproductive health, maternal and adolescent health, child marriage, women’s economic empowerment, and gender-based violence. She has served as an advisor to UN Women, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Raj attended Newcomb College as a 16-year-old student before earning a bachelor’s degree in biology from Mississippi College. She earned her master’s and PhD in psychology from the University of Georgia.

To register for this webinar, visit the page linked here.

EPI Virus Thesis Program Information Session, PRISM Health

This information session will have free pizza, a chance to meet EPI HIV faculty, learn about available thesis topics, and to match with topics/faculty. It will be held on February 18th, 2025 from 12-1pm in CNR Room 3001. There is also a zoom option.

To attend, please RSVP to stran30 [at] emory [dot] edu by February 15th.