As part of the Epidemiology Department’s 2012-2013 Seminar Series, Ross Prentice, PhD, MSc, Senior Vice President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Public Health Services, will present “The Women's Health Initiative: History, Contributions, and Future Opportunities.” Please join us on Friday, June 21st, from 11:00am-12:00pm at 121 S. Main St., Room 245.

As part of the Epidemiology Department’s 2012-2013 Seminar Series, Matthew Gillman, MD, SM, Professor in the Department of Population Medicine (DPM) at Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, will present “How Early Should Obesity Prevention Start?” Please join us on Tuesday, April 23rd, from 4:00-5:00 PM at 121 S. Main St., Room 245.

As part of the Epidemiology Department’s 2012-2013 Seminar Series, Yen-Tsung Huang,MD, MPH, ScD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, will present “Integrative Modeling of mRNA Expression and DNA Methylation into Genetic Association Studies of Complex Diseases.”  Please join us on Tuesday, April 16th, from 4:00-5:00pm at 121 S. Main St., Room 245. 

As part of the Epidemiology Department’s 2012-2013 Seminar Series, David Dore, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice and Epidemiology at Brown University, will present “A Case-crossover Study of Age-, Gender-, and Dose-Specific Effects on Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics on the Occurrence of Hip Fracture in Nursing Home Residents.” Please join us on Tuesday, March 19th, from 4:00-5:00pm at 121 S. Main St., Room 245.

As part of the Epidemiology Department’s 2012-2013 Seminar Series, Tyler VanderWeele, Ph.D., A.M., M.A., Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health, will present “Methods for Mediation and Interaction: Application to Genetic Variants on 15q25.1, Smoking and Lung Cancer.”  Please join us on Tuesday, March 5th, from 4:00-5:00 PM at 121 S. Main St., Room 245.