Category Archives: News/Events

Webinar: Innovation Approaches to Tackle Public Health and Community Challenges

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Join us for part 3 of this free webinar series on 2/23/22 from 12-1:30 PM

Now that we have a clear picture of what the problem is and who the problem affects, we are going to explore the weeds of it through journey mapping. This is done by walking through each step of the experience that accompanies your problem as it currently exists, paying particular attention to the pain points which can become opportunities. For example, you might consider the current experiences that community members have when trying to access fresh and healthy food in their neighborhood. The first step may be online research to find local, and affordable food sources. A pain point that could be identified is that people don’t know what to search or where to look. Using this same process, we will comparatively make an ideal experience, then contrast the two to identify possible solutions.

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Sky Happiness Retreat, Feb 18-20

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We invite you to participate in the SKY Retreat, hosted by SKY at Emory! Upcoming SKY retreats will take place on January 28-30 and February 18 – 20. Please see attached for additional information about how to register!

The SKY Retreat has been offered to thousands of students at more than 40 universities across the country. Students gain foundational stress-management and leadership skills, develop a personal daily breathing practice, develop strategies for social connection, and engage in peer-driven service initiatives. Taught over three consecutive sessions, the retreat introduces the SKY meditation, a scientifically validated breathing practice that significantly increases one’s well-being and calmness and reduces anxiety and stress markers.

Some of the benefits you’ll gain:

  • Understanding of the sources of stress and the role of breathing techniques
  • Meditative practices in managing stress and negative emotions
  • Ability to better increase personal happiness
  • Develop greater equanimity
  • Learning to deal with criticism and mistakes
  • Taking personal and community responsibility
  • Increasing social connection, enthusiasm, and inspiration
  • Build mental resilience and become a student leader

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RSPH Dean’s Lunches

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Dean’s Lunches are back! Meet and chat with the RSPH Deans over lunch this semester.The first date is around the corner: Wednesday, 2/09 from 12pm-1pm, with sign-ups closing Friday, 2/04 at noon. Sign-up to be one of ten students selected at random to attend this lunch or one of the next two lunches in the series. Selected participants will receive an email the Friday before the lunch they signed up for. If you attended last year or know you won’t be able to attend any of the lunches this semester, we ask that you refrain from signing up. Also, if you are selected and cannot attend, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can invite someone else to join. Lunch will be provided to-go after the meeting, and all COVID-19 protocols will be strictly followed. We are also prepared to pivot to an online platform if necessary. 

 

In order to sign up, you can use the link here or scan the QR code on the attached flyer: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBDLfgTCRUPOTc2CqLngE21ZaWZ-rjze1j5p_I7tYnFA7xfw/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact Ama Wilson (ama [dot] wilson [at] emory [dot] edu) or Sophia Lamb (sophia [dot] lamb [at] emory [dot] edu).


Spring 2022 Career Fair, February 24 and 25

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Save the date for the Spring 2022 Career Fair!

The event will be online and take place on Thursday, February 24, 12-4 PM and Friday, February 25, 12-4 PM


Webinar on Results of the 2021 Epidemiology Capacity Assessment, January 25

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CSTE ( Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists) is hosting a webinar presentation on Tuesday, January 25th at 4 PM ET on the results of the 2021 Epidemiology Capacity Assessment (ECA). The ECA describes the applied epidemiology workforce at state and territorial health departments and was fielded from January-April 2021. The 2021 ECA includes responses from the 50 states, Washington DC and four U.S. territories.

This webinar will cover:

·         methodology of the 2021 ECA

·         key findings and results

·         recommendations from the 2021 ECA

·         uses of ECA data. 

Registration is required for this webinar.

This webinar will demonstrate the needs in the field for emerging epidemiologists and career opportunities.


Goizueta Healthcare 20.40 Futuring Competition

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Calling all Emory students! The world of healthcare today faces dizzying challenges, from escalating costs to technological developments to patient access issues and beyond. Often, though, we are so focused on the next 5 years that we fail to contemplate the fundamental forces that will transform healthcare in the longer term. Goizueta Business School is calling on students across Emory, Vanderbilt, and Morehouse School of Medicine to answer a critical question: What does U.S. healthcare look like in 2040? Join a team today and compete for a prize pool of $5,000! The deadline to sign up is February 6.  Click the link below to learn more and sign up.

https://goizueta.emory.edu/events/healthcare


Health Services Research Seminar Series, January 26

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Join the Health Services Research Center on Wednesday, January 26 at 2 PM to hear Dr. Jodyn Platt talk about aligning public policy and public preferences for health information sharing and use.

For the zoom link register at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArduuspzsiG90ObTz0oyG_wusbDVQcpxv3

Jodyn Platt, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences trained in medical sociology and health policy. Her research currently focuses addresses the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of learning health systems and related enterprises. She is interested in understanding what makes learning health systems trusted and the pathways for earning, achieving, and sustaining trust.


Seminar: The End of Statistical Significance?, Jan 18th

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Though statisticians have long spoken out against rote use of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) and thresholds for the declaration of “statistical significance” these calls have taken on new life and urgency in the past decade. In this talk, I will provide some background and history to the current movement to get science to a “post p<0.05” era, including recent developments. I will also present examples of what reform might look like. The goal is not to give final definitive answers, but rather to provoke thought and discussion to continue moving the conversation forward.

This seminar, by Dr. Nicole Lazar will take place on January 18th from 12-1 PM. Click here to attend the zoom session.


Dr. Nicole Lazar is Professor of Statistics and a member of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State University. Prior to joining Penn State in 2020, she was a faculty member in the Departments of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Georgia. She has a BA in Psychology and Statistics from Tel Aviv University, an MS in Statistics from Stanford University, and a PhD in Statistics from the University of Chicago. Professor Lazar is past-Editor in Chief of “The American Statistician” and was the 2019 President of the Caucus for Women in Statistics. She has also served as the Chair of the Statistics in Imaging Section of the American Statistical Association. She is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and a Fellow
of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.


BSHE 760R Course

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Are you interested in learning how to analyze big data to end drug-related harms? Sign up for BSHE 760R!

Reducing Drug-Related Harms using Big Data: Administrative, Geospatial and Network Data Sources
(GRAD 700R / BSHE 760R)
Fridays 10 AM to 1 PM (Consists of a 2-hour lecture and 1-hour lab)

Course instructors:
Hannah Cooper, ScD, Lance Waller, PhD and Weihua An, PhD

Course description:
This interdisciplinary 4-credit course will prepare students to conduct ethical, rigorous, and theoretically informed analyses of three types of “big data” (administrative, geospatial, and social network data) in the context of research and interventions into intersecting crises of substance use disorders and drug-related harms.

This course is a part of the TADA training program on analzying big data to end drug-related harms. To learn more, please contact Marielysse Cortes at mcortes [at] emory [dot] edu.


To learn more about additional pre-doctoral training opportunities, please visit sph.emory.edu/spark/tada-program


Pre-requisites:
Familiarity with Regression (e.g., BIOS 501, BSHES 700), SAS (e.g., BIOS 501) and R (e.g., BIOS 544) is required.


Complete Course Evaluations for a Conquering Selection Bias event in the Spring!

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Course Evaluations close today, December 13 at 11:59 PM. In order for the results to be made available to future students, a course must receive at least a 66% response rate. 

Your feedback is truly invaluable: all evaluations are reviewed by the instructors as well as leadership at both the department and school levels. We receive valuable information about what has gone well and where we can improve, which we then implement in future iterations of the course.

In addition to wanting the results to be made available to students, as epidemiologists, we also want to avoid selection bias in the course evaluation results. In the spirit of improving our response rates, we are offering the following incentive for your participation:

If 28 of EPI’s 31 courses exceed the 66% response rate threshold, we will host a Conquering Selection Bias thank you event at the beginning of the spring semester.

Please do your part and complete your course evaluations by tonight, and encourage your peers to do the same!


Upcoming Events

  • Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar Series March 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Seminar Series Event Type: Seminar SeriesSeries: Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar SeriesSpeaker: Jie Chen, PhDContact Name: Porchia Coleman-ArnoldContact Email: Porchia.Arnold@emory.eduRoom Location: CNR PLAZA - Rollins AuditoriumTitle: Retrospective detection of multiple change points: Methods and Applications
  • Humphrey Fellows Noontime Seminar Series March 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Networking and Guest Lecture and Meeting and Special Event and Student Event; zoom.us… Online Location: https://zoom.us/j/95325531576Event Type: Networking,Guest Lecture,Meeting,Special Event,Student EventSeries: Noontime SeminarSpeaker: Various Speakers - see details by dateContact Name: Kris ValerianoContact Email: kvaleri@emory.eduRoom Location: RRR_R809Link: https://sph.emory.edu/departments/gh/fellows/humphrey-fellows/index.htmlFellows will present on a topic pertaining to their home country, culture and/or their work in public health.Deb Mcfarland Room, 8th floor RRR.3.28: Abeselom Gutta, MD &Yeshoda Aryal, MPH4.11: Ola Ziara,…
  • Emory Farmers Market Stroll April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am – 1:30 pm Networking and Special Event Event Type: Networking,Special EventContact Name: Staff CouncilContact Email: rsphstaffcouncil@emory.eduLace up your sneakers and join the RSPH Staff Council for a refreshing walk to the Emory Farmers Market. Grab lunch, support local businesses, and stay as long as you like. Meet between RRR and O. Wayne Rollins Buildings at 11 AM to walk over as a…

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