Epidemiology

January

14

Millie Moore, MPH

Tulane Matas Library of the Health Sciences Resources for Research

21

No Seminar

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday 

28

Eleanor Friedman, MSPH

Associations Between Dengue Fever and Maternal and Child Health; Results of Ecologic and Semi-Ecologic Studies in Puerto Rico

February

4

Shengxu Li, MD, PhD

Genetics of Obesity

11

No Seminar

Mardi Gras Break

18

Michelle Sever, PhD

Relationships between Community Violence, Asthma Morbidity and Exposure to Indoor Allergens among Inner-City Children with Asthma

25

Tulane Epidemiology Faculty

 and Post-Docs

American Heart Association Epidemiology Pre-Conference Presentation 

March

4 

Allen Wilcox, MD, PhD

A critique of the Barker hypothesis: The study of exposures during pregnancy and their possible lifelong effects

11

Tanika Kelly, PhD

Genomic and environmental predictors of hypertension

18

Maeve Wallace, MPH

Stress, Allostatic Load, and Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes

25

No Seminar

Spring Break/Easter Break

April

1

No Seminar

Spring Break/Easter Break

8

Whitney Arroyave, MPH

The relationship between specific IgE level and asthma outcomes

15

Meghan Althoff, MPH

Individual, network, and environmental influences on HIV/STI risk behavior among Latino migrants in New Orleans

22

Katherine Mills, MPH

Sodium and Potassium Intake and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: the CRIC Study

29

No Seminar

SPHTM General Faculty Meeting

August

27

Janina Jeff, PhD

Genetic Association Studies of Quantitative Traits in Diverse Populations

September

3

No Seminar

Holiday – Labor Day

10

Maeve Wallace, MPH

Stress, Allostatic Dysregulation, and Racial Disparities in Adverse Birth Outcomes

17

Elaine Hicks, MS LIS, MPH

TU HSC Library Research and Resources

24

No Seminar

General Faculty Meeting

October

1

Tian Hu, MD, MS

Low carbohydrate dietary pattern and mortality in US adults

8

Shengxu Li, MD, PhD

Not all obesities are created equal - Heterogeneity in obesity health consequences

17

Gerard Breart, MD

Epidemiology of Very Preterm Births in France

24

Kristi Reynolds, PhD, MPH

Trends in incidence of hospitalized myocardial infarction in the Cardiovascular Research Network

29

No Seminar

Doctoral Comprehensive Exams and APHA Conference

November

5

Xu Xiong, MD, DrPH

Race and Ethnic Disparities in Preterm Births in Infants Conceived by In Vitro Fertilization in the United States

12

Felicia Rabito, PhD, MPH

Changes in very low levels of lead over the course of pregnancy and their association with birth outcomes

19

Qi Zhao, PhD

Reproducibility of Blood Pressure to Cold Pressor Test:  The GenSalt Study

26

Edward Peters, ScD

Head and Neck Cancer:  An Evolving Epidemiologic Paradigm

December

3

Risk factors of Periodontitis in pregnancy and its impact on birth outcomes

January

23

Casey Rebholz, MPH

Physical Activity and Salt Sensitivity:  The GenSalt Study

30

 Wei Chen, MD, PhD

The Area under the Curve - A Measure of Long-term Risk Burden in Cardiovascular Epidemiologic Research: The Bogalusa Heart Study

February

6

Aaron Hoffman, PhD

Genetic Variants in MicroRNAs and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

13

Elizabeth Howard, MSPH

Maternal and infant infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and mode of delivery, locality, and infant growth

20

No Seminar

Mardi Gras Break

27 

Jiang He, MD, PhD   

Genomic Epidemiology of Potassium-Sensitivity of Blood Pressure 

March

5 

Nora Friedman, MSPH

Dengue and its associations with Maternal and Child Health

12

No Seminar

Spring Break

19

Angela Thompson, MPH

Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Cardiovascular Disease Events, Medication Adherence and Health Care Facility Utilization

26

Casey Rebholz, MPH

The effect of soybean protein on novel cardiovascular disease risk factors

April

2

Jay Hawkshead, MPH

Species-based comparison of disease severity and risk factors for invasive/disseminated Candida infections in pediatric patients

9

No Seminar

Easter Break

16

Danielle Fastring, MPH

Factors Associated with Vaginal Shedding of HIV-1 RNA

23

Haller Jackson, MPH, JD

Substance Abuse/STI Interactions in the MACS Cohort

August

29

Keith Pickett, MLIS

Health Sciences Center Library Research and Resources

September

5

No Seminar 

Holiday – Labor Day

12

Gerard Breart, MD

Outcomes of Very Preterm Babies in France - from birth to 8 years of age

19

Lee Engel, MD, PhD

Syphilis and HIV in Louisiana

26

Tian Hu, MS

Effect of Low Carbohydrate Diet vs. Low Fat Diet on Metabolic Risk Factors:  A Meta-analysis

October 

3

Katie Reilly, MPH

HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among brothel-based Vietnamese female sex workers and their clients

10

Renée Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD

Exposure to Violence in Childhood and BMI Trajectory

17

Jiang He, MD, PhD

Chronic Kidney Disease and risk of Cardiovascular Disease

24

Shengxu Li, MD, PhD

Metabolically healthy obesity from childhood to adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study

31

Paul Muntner, PhD

Development and Validation of a Self-Assessment Tool for Albuminuria: Results from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

November

7

Gloria Giarratano, PhD, APRN

Birth Trauma and PTSD: Research Implications

14

Jacky Jennings, PhD, MPH

Neighborhood Drug Markets:  A nexus for the transmission of STI's?

21

Tanika Kelly, PhD

Sex Hormone Genes and Salt-Sensitivity of Blood Pressure

28

Hirut Gebrekristos, PhD

Reliability of Alcohol Use

December

5

Predictors of decline in medication adherence:  gender and other risk factors

January

10

Philip Walker, MLIS

Tulane HSC Library Resources and Research

17

No Seminar

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

24

Jiang He, MD, PhD

Chronic Disease Burden in China

31

 Emily Harville, PhD

Stress and Pregnancy

February

7

Colin Anderson-Smits, MPH

Mycoplasma genitalium and female reproductive tract disease: A systematic review and Meta-analysis of an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen

14

Joseph Keating, PhD

Malaria elimination in Haiti: what is needed?

21

Casey Rebholz, MPH

The effect of soybean protein on novel cardiovascular disease risk factors

28 

Shuk-mei Ho, PhD   

Epigenetics of Fetal-based Disease 

March

7 

No Seminar

Mardi Gras Break

14

Liwei Chen, MD, PhD, MHS

We are what we drink-beverage consumption and health

21

Angela Thompson, MPH

Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Cardiovascular Disease Events, Medication Adherence and Health Care Facility Utilization

28

Wei Chen, MD, PhD

Blood Pressure Variability: The Bogalusa Heart Study

April

 4

Xu Xiong, MD, DrPH

Hurricane Katrina Experience and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

11

Elizabeth Holt, PhD, MPH

Factors associated with antihypertensive medication adherence in older adults: Findings from CoSMO

 18

Alexander Marr, MPH

Application of Epidemiologic Methods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fall 2010 Epidemiology Seminar Series

August

23

Jiang He, MD, PhD

Epidemic of diabetes in China

30

Philip Walker, MLIS

Health Sciences Center Library Research and Resources

September

6

No Seminar 

Holiday – Labor Day

13

Angela Thompson, MSPH

Effect of Antihypertensive Treatment on Cardiovascular Disease Events among Persons without Hypertension: a Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

20

Jiang He, MD, PhD

Hypertension in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Treat or Not?

27

Nicole Richmond, MPH

Receipt of Transition Services Within a Medical Home: Do Racial and Geographic Disparities Exist?

October 

4

Tri Tran, MD, MPH and

Marci Brewer Asling, MPH

The trend and effects of WIC and hospital assistance on breastfeeding initiation and duration in Louisiana; and How does the GIFT work to improve Bf practice

11

Qi Zhao, PhD

Genetic Association between Apelin System and Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure: The GenSalt Study

18

Tanika Kelly, PhD

Maternal History of Hypertension Predicts Blood Pressure Responses to Potassium:  The GenSalt Study

25

Gary Harmon, MPH

Calculating and Predicting Medication Adherence in a Chronically Ill Low Income Population

November

 1

 Quoc Nguyen, MPH

 Pre-diabetes and Diabetes: Prediction from Childhood Risk Factors – The Bogalusa Heart Study

 15

 Hirut T. Gebrekristos, PhD, MPH

 Risk Alcohol Drinking and Sexual Behavior among Homosexual and Bisexual Men- An Application of a Syndemic Framework

 22

 Ivo Foppa, DSc, MD

 Bayesian Statistics:  A User’s Perspective

 29

 Patricia Kissinger, PhD

 Risk networks among Latino migrant workers in Post-Katrina New Orleans

January

11

 Aaron E. Hoffman, PhD

Molecular Epidemiology and Functional Genetics of Circadian Genes and MicroRNAs in Human Cancers

25

 Brandon Pierce, PHD, MS

Epidemiology in the GWAS Era:Using Genes to Understand “Environment”

February

1

Tanika Kelly, PhD

Genome-wide Linkage and Positional Candidate Gene Study of Blood Pressure Responses to Potassium Intervention

8

Shengxu Li, MD, MPH

Genome-Wide Association Studies of Body Mass Index

 22

Xu Xiong MD, DrPH

Periodontal Disease and Pregnancy Outcomes Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

March

1

Megan Gatski, MSN

Factors Associated with Successful Treatment of Trichomonas Vaginalis Among HIV-Infected Women

8

Hao Mei, PhD

Genome-wide linkage study of blood pressure response to low sodium and high sodium intervention in a Chinese population

15

Jeanette Gustat, PhD

Healthy Communities and the Built Environment

22

Patricia Kissinger, PhD

Drug and Sexual HIV-Risk among Latino Migrant Workers in New Orleans

April

 12

Danielle Fastring, MPH

Factors Associated with Vaginal HIV-1RNA Shedding Among Women

 19

Leandro A. Mena MD, MPH

Sexual Networks of Young Black Men who have Sex with Men:  Mississippi 2006-2008

 26

Katie Reilly, MPH

Risk Factors for HIV Infection in Female Sex Workers on the China-Vietnam Border