This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Brandon Ogbunu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G2 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. C. Brandon Ogbunu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and…

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This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Caroline Buckee, Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G2 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Caroline Buckee is a Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her work is focused on understanding the mechanisms driving the spread of infectious diseases…

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This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Mark Loeb, Professor in the Departments of Pathology of Molecular Medicine and Health Research, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G2 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Mark Loeb is a Professor in the Departments of Pathology of Molecular Medicine and Health Research, Evidence, and Impact (formerly Clinical Epidemiology…

Continue reading "Cluster randomized trials of influenza vaccination and herd effect: lessons from the Hutterites (ID Epi Seminar Series)"

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Katia Koelle, Professor of Biology at Emory University. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Katia Koelle is Professor of Biology at Emory University. She received her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Michigan (advisor Mercedes Pascual) and was a post-doctoral researcher at Penn State’s Center…

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This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Kayoko Shioda, Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Shioda is an infectious disease epidemiologist and veterinarian. Her research aims to advance human and animal health by identifying evidence-based interventions for the control of infectious diseases.…

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This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G2 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field is Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. A sociologist and demographer, she studies racial inequity in mortality in the historical and contemporary…

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This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Alyssa Bilinski, Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Brown University School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Alyssa Bilinski is the Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy in the Brown University Departments of Health Services, Policy & Practice and Biostatistics. Her research lies…

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This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Michael Hudgens, Professor and Chair of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G2 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Michael Hudgens is a professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also serves as the director of the Biostatistics Core of…

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This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Eva Harris, Professor and Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Eva Harris is Professor and Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Director of the…

Continue reading "Immune imprinting of dengue and Zika viruses: immunological, epidemiological, and clinical consequences (ID Epi Seminar Series)"