Nov
29
Tue
ID Lecture Series – “Skin/Soft Tissue Infections” @ LK209
Nov 29 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Jose G. Montoya

Presenter: Jose G. Montoya, MD. Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine) and Infectious Disease Doctor.

Dec
6
Tue
ID Lecture Series – “Febrile Neutropenia” @ LK209
Dec 6 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Jose G. Montoya

Presenter: Jose G. Montoya, MD. Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine) and Infectious Disease Doctor.

May
18
Thu
Center for Population Health Sciences Seminar Series: Ursula M. Staudinger, PhD @ Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall C
May 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Center for Population Health Sciences Seminar Series: Ursula M. Staudinger, PhD @ Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall C | Stanford | California | United States

Ursula M. Staudinger, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Columbia University

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“Plasticity of Aging: Lifespan Perspectives”

Aging is neither biologically nor contextually determined.  Instead it is probabilistic in nature, as it is the result of continuous interactions between biological and sociocultural forces.  This is why a given individual’s aging trajectory can take many different shapes within biological limits.  This intraindividual variability has been labeled ‘plasticity of human development’.  Examples from demography, epidemiology, cognitive and personality psychology are introduced to illustrate the plasticity of aging and its limits. Limits of plasticity have been identified for very old age and in highly developed nations. Given the findings accumulating from the field of epigenetics, the question arises whether these age-related limits are biological constants that outlast even sociocultural change or whether these limits also underlie historical change.  Recently, evidence has become available that highlights the fact that plasticity is personalized. Given this plasticity of aging, it is worthwhile compiling more and more scientific knowledge about how to optimize aging.  It is pivotal to systematically collect cohort- and country-comparative longitudinal data on biological and behavioral parameters to being able to better capture such influences.

Mar
22
Fri
Center for Population Health Sciences Seminar Series: David Rehkopf @ Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Room 320
Mar 22 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Center for Population Health Sciences Seminar Series:  David Rehkopf @ Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Room 320

An Introduction to Population Based Data for Studies of DNA Methylation

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DNA methylation is a fundamental biological process that is under both environmental and genetic control in humans. Technological developments over the last 5 years have lowered the price of DNA methylation assays to the extent that relatively large population based samples are now adding data on close to 1 million DNA methylation sites to well characterized cohorts. Examining patterns of DNA methylation offers population scientists a historically unprecedented opportunity to understand the biological pathways through which myriad social, environmental and behavioral factors change human biology in ways that may be related to long-term disease risk. My talk will give a background on what is currently known about the factors that impact DNA methylation, and what is known about how it is related to human development, chronic diseases and aging. I will describe currently available and soon to be available population based data sources for the analysis of DNA methylation data. The break-out session following the talk will go into further practical details on the use of these data sources.

Nov
19
Fri
PHS Trainee Research Colloquium | PEdTalks: PHS Education Talks @ Online Event
Nov 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
PHS Trainee Research Colloquium | PEdTalks: PHS Education Talks @ Online Event

PHS Trainee Research Colloquium
PEdTalks: PHS Education Talks

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The Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences (PHS) Trainee program comprises pre- and postdoctoral research fellows. We aim to train the next generation of population health scientists, scholars, and leaders. Please join us on Friday, 11/19/2021 for our first series of PHS Education Talks (PEdTalks), where we will showcase the research of 5 of our trainees.

  • Kayla Kinsler: Influence of Incentive Amount on Physician Participation
  • Cesar Vargas Nunez: Feeling ill:  the infectious effect of perspective-taking on attitudes toward healthcare access for undocumented immigrants
  • Alice Milivinti: Revisiting the Earned Income Tax Credit and Infant Health
  • Sven van Egmond: Unnecessary care for skin cancer
  • Jackie Ferguson: Virtual Disparities: Identifying differences in how Veterans use VA video healthcare