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Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

EOHS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

2009 - 2010 Academic Calendar Year
12:00-1:00 PM (except where noted*)

Date Location Speaker Topic
September 11, 2009 102B

Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH
Professor
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
University of Texas School of Public Health

Contaminations of U.S. food with classical and emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
October 23, 2009 102B

Kent Pinkerton, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Health & the Environment
Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California

Environmental Influences on Early Lung, Immune and Cognitive Development

October 27, 2009 E101 US Public Health Service Environmental Health Officers 

A Roundtable Discussion with US Public Health Service Environmental Health Officers

November 6, 2009 102A

Benjamin Amick, PhD
Professor
Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas School of Public Health

The economics of preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders: why money matters?
November 20, 2009 102A

Robyn R.M. Gershon, MHS, DrPH
Associate Dean of Research Resources
Professor, Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University

Essential Workforce Willingness and Ability to Report to Duty Pandemic Influenza
December 4, 2009 102A

Jaymin Kwon, PhD 
Post Doctoral Fellow
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
University of Texas School of Public Health

Exposure to Air Toxics in Houston: Results from a multi-community study (HEATS)
December 18, 2009 102A

Stephen H. Linder, PhD
Professor and Associate Director
Institute for Health Policy
University of Texas School of Public Health 

The Social Reconstruction of Climate Change Science: Cassandra and the Fear-Monger

January 8, 2010

102B

Megan N. Hall, ScD, RD
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Department of Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University

Nutritional Influences on Arsenic Metabolism Among Children and Adults in Bangladesh

 

January 22, 2010 102B

José Miguel Martínez, PhD
Occupational Health Research Center
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain

Improving Multilevel Analyses: The Integrated Epidemiologic Design

February 12, 2010 102B

Peter Schnall, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
University of California  

The Workplace and CVD

February 26, 2010 102B

George L. Delclos, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The University of Texas School of Public Health

Occupational health at the School of Public Health: a 40 year review

March 5, 2010 102B Noah S. Seixas, PhD, MS
Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington School of Public Health
Addressing Occupational Health Among Immigrant Workers in the U.S.
March 19, 2010 102B

Elaine C. Hubal, PhD
National Exposure Research Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Does Exposure Imitate Art:  Exposure Science for Chemical Evaluation and Risk Assessment

April 9, 2010 102B

Javier Campos, MD, MPH
Centre d'investigació en Salut Laboral
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain

A Focus on Gender in Occupational Health: A Systematic Review

April 23, 2010 102B

Sharon Cooper, PhD
Professor and Regional Dean
San Antonio Regional Campus
University of Texas School of Public Health

Injuries: An Elusive Concept

May 14, 2010 102B

Craig L. Hanis
Professor
Human Genetics Center
University of Texas School of Public Health

Type 2 Diabetes Among Mexican-Americans:  Rapidly Changing Epidemiology While the Genes Have Remained Constant

May 28, 2010 102B


TBA

TBA
June 11, 2010 102B

Randa El-Zein, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Carcinogens

June 25, 2010 102B*
12:00-4:00 PM 
NIOSH Pilot Projects Research Training Program 2009-2010 NIOSH Pilot Projects Research Presentation