Lucio Costa, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, will deliver the School's Winter Quarter Distinguished Faculty Lecture: My (First) 30 Years in Neurotoxicology. A reception will follow the lecture.

Penalized Likelihood Methods for Estimation of High Dimensional Directed Acyclic Graphs and Extensions for Discovery of Granger Causality

Speaker: Ali Shojaie, MS, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan

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Registration is open for the 19th Annual Western Migrant Stream Forum, taking place February 11-14, 2010 at the Red Lion Hotel in downtown Seattle.

The Western Migrant Stream Forum brings together a broad representation of health professionals and others serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers for the purposes of education and training, information and resource sharing, coalition building and policy development. Join us as we learn about current issues, policy, best practices and programs related to the health of this population.

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David Koelle, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Laboratory Medicine

University of Washington

Title: T-cell responses to viral infections: deep memory to complex pathogens.

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Jessica Fleming, PhD, MSc

Bio: Jessica Fleming is a recent graduate of the University of Washington Epidemiology Department and has worked at PATH in Seattle as an Immunization Specialist since 2003. At PATH, she provides public health leadership with specific emphasis on epidemiologic methods and approaches to establishing burden of disease, evaluating vaccine impact, and introducing and evaluating new health technologies in low-resource settings. Dr. Fleming has sixteen years of experience working in international public health, with extensive experience in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Guyana, Namibia, Senegal and Sudan. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in epidemiology from the University of Washington and a Master of Science in tropical public health from the Harvard School of Public Health with a concentration in infectious disease epidemiology and international health. An avid outdoorswoman, she can often be seen running, biking or kayaking to work in the Seattle area.

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This presentation will describe the dissertation research Dr. Fleming recently conducted for her doctorate in epidemiology at the University of Washington. It will cover logistical issues particular to conducting research in low-resource settings, highlighting both keys to success and tips for overcoming obstacles.

Kenny Sherr, PhD

Bio: Kenny Sherr received his PhD in epidemiology from the University of Washington. He has over 12 years experience in the field of global health and development, primarily in Africa and Latin America, working as a manager, technical advisor, researcher and policy advocate. Dr. Sherr is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, and is the Director of Implementation Science for Health Alliance International. His research work has focused on task shifting for AIDS care and treatment, internal and external brain drain, integrating vertical programs into Primary Health Care, and the political economy of health care. Dr. Sherr is currently principal investigator for a 7-year Population Health Implementation Training Partnership (PHIT) grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, which aims to strengthen health systems and test approaches to integrate Primary Health Care in Sofala province, Mozambique.

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Michael Wilson, PhD, MPH

Research Scientist
Program in Green Chemistry and Chemicals Policy
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley

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Dr. Rick Finnell

University of Texas

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