The SPC Online Journal Club is a live, online journal club for SER-SPC members. The journal club provides our members with the opportunity to discuss recent epidemiologic literature. Papers chosen for discussion in the journal club are focused on epidemiologic methods. Journal club sessions are led by one of the authors of the article. Please join us for our next session!
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January 11, 2023
April 12, 2023
July 12, 2023
October 11, 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS
January 11, 2023
12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Haidong Lu, postdoctoral associate, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health
Haidong Lu is an epidemiologist and currently a postdoc associate at Yale School of Public Health. His research sits at advanced epidemiologic methods to make causal inferences from observational data (e.g., prospective cohorts and electronic health records), and thereby to build accurate and impactful evidence bases for health decision making. In particular, he is interested in infectious diseases, substance use, clinical and pharmacoepidemiology. Haidong Lu obtained his PhD in Epidemiology (major) and Biostatistics (minor) at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Article: “Toward a Clearer Definition of Selection Bias When Estimating Causal Effects”
PREVIOUS EVENTS
October 19, 2022
12:00PM – 1:00 PM EST
Maryia Bakhtsiyarava is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California Berkeley, where she conducts interdisciplinary research to study how elements of the natural environment – such as ambient temperature and greenspace – impact human health. Bakhtsiyarava is particularly interested in identifying and quantifying the future impacts of projected climate change on human health. At UC Berkeley, she is part of the international, multi-university Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL) collaboration that investigates the social and environmental determinants of health in Latin American cities.
Article: Ambient temperature and term birthweight in Latin American cities
July 20, 2022
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Ellicott Matthay, Assistant Professor, Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Ellie Matthay is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy in the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population, at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She completed her MPH in global health metrics and evaluation at the University of Washington, her Ph.D. in epidemiology at UC Berkeley, and postdoctoral training at UC San Francisco and with the Evidence for Action program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her research examines the impacts of social policies, including alcohol and drug control policies on violence, substance use, and related inequities. Her methodological work aims to strengthen inferences about the causal effects of social programs and policies on health equity and population health. She currently holds a K99/R00 career development award to examine the interactive effects of local alcohol and cannabis policies on self-directed and interpersonal violence.
Twitter handle: @EMatthay
Article: Alternative causal inference methods in population health research: Evaluating tradeoffs and triangulating evidence.
April 20, 2022
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Dr Ashley Hill, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Ashley Hill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on reproductive epidemiology, health disparities and the co-occurrence of social, environmental and biological factors that contribute to sexually transmitted infections and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Article: Chlamydia trachomatis Is Associated With Medically Indicated Preterm Birth and Preeclampsia in Young Pregnant Women – PubMed (nih.gov)
This event is sponsored by the SER-SPC and SPER Student Committee.
January 12, 2022
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Dr. Peter WG Tennant, University Academic Fellow in Health Data Science (University of Leeds) and Fellow (Alan Turing Institute)
Peter Tennant is an epidemiologist at the University of Leeds, UK with a primary interest in the use and implications of contemporary causal inference methods. He can be found tweeting about epidemiology, causal inference, academia, and other random things.
Twitter: @pwgtennant
Article: Use of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to identify confounders in applied health research: review and recommendations
October 20, 2021
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Adam Leventhal, PhD
Director, USC Institute for Addiction Science
and Health, Emotion, & Addiction Laboratory
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Psychology
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Article: Digital media use and suicidal behavior in U.S. adolescents, 2009–2017
July 21, 2021
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Annabel X. Tan
PhD student
Stanford School of Medicine.
Article: Association Between Income Inequality and County-Level COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the US.
April 21, 2021
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Isabelle Malhamé
Assistant Professor, McGill University
Physician, Obstetric Medicine and General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
McGill University Health Centre
Article: Identifying cardiovascular severe maternal morbidity in epidemiologic studies
This event is co-sponsored by the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER).
February 3, 2021
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Erline E. Martinez-Miller
Epidemiologist & Project Director
Social & Scientific Systems
A DLH Holding Company
Durham, NC
Adjunct
Department of Population and Data Sciences
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Article: Longitudinal Associations of US Acculturation With Cognitive Performance, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: The Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging
Date: November 18, 2020
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm EDT
This event is co-sponsored by the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER).
Jonathan M Snowden
Associate Professor
School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University/Portland State University
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University
Article:
Cesarean birth and maternal morbidity among Black women and White women after implementation of a blended payment policy
Sarah Osmundson, MD MS
Assistant Professor
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Article:
Cesarean Delivery Rates and Costs of Childbirth in a State Medicaid Program After Implementation of a Blended Payment Policy
Date: July 15, 2020
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm EDT
Author: Dr. Laura Balzer
Article: Machine learning to identify persons at high-risk of HIV acquisition in rural Kenya and Uganda
Link to Article
Author: Dr. Jason Salemi
Article: Estimating the obstetric co‐morbidity burden using administrative data: The impact of the pregnancy‐related assessment window
Link to Article
Date: January 15, 2020
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm EDT
Author: Dr. Erika Garcia
Article: “Association of Changes in Air Quality With Incident Asthma in Children in California, 1993-2014”
Link to Article
Date: October 16, 2019
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm EDT
Author: Dr. Sarah MacDonald, ScD, ScM
Senior Consultant Epidemiologist, IQVIA
Article: “Assessment of recording bias in pregnancy studies using health care databases: An application to neurologic conditions.”
Link to Article
MacDonald SC, Hernán MA, McElrath TF, Hernández-Díaz S. Assessment of recording bias in pregnancy studies using health care databases: An application to neurologic conditions. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2018 May ; 32(3): 281–286. doi:10.1111/ppe.12459. PMID 29569366