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Epidemiology

Seminars - Fall 2024/Winter 2025

The Seminars in Epidemiology organized by the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at the McGill School of Population and Global Health is a self-approved Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the maintenance of certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Physicians requiring accreditation, please complete the Evaluation Form and send to admincoord.eboh [at] mcgill.ca

PLEASE NOTE: The Fall 2023/Winter 2024 Seminar Series will be held in hybrid format (in-person/Zoom) on Mondays from 4:00 to 5:00 PM, at the SPGH, 2001 McGill College, Room 1140. Please refer to announcement titles below for details.

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Date Speaker Title OBJECTIVES RECORDING

FALL 2024

Sept 23
Virtual
Joint EBOH/CORE

Denis Nash (CNUY)

Estimating the Causal Effects of Extreme Weather Events on and HIV care outcomes in the IeDEA Cohort Collaboration: Study design and early results

1. To understand the structure, scope and design of the global IeDEA network of HIV care cohorts;

2. To appreciate the potential for applications of quasiexperimental methods to address causal research questions around HIV care outcomes;

3. To become oriented to the climate-related data sources that can be used to create exposure variables to assess the influence of extreme weather on HIV care outcomes.

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Sept 30
In-Person
Christine Barul (Inserm) Occupational exposures and cancer: from the isolated role of exposures to the cocktail effect and the occupational exposome

1. Understanding the concept of the occupational exposome;

2. Understand the importance of identifying the occupational exposome of workers and its role in the development of cancer through an example of study conducted in the French West Indies;

3. Discuss the current challenges in taking into account this emerging concept in epidemiological studies.
Oct 7
**POSTPONED TO OCT 28**DUE TO CAMPUS CLOSURE**
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Oct 14 NO SEMINAR - Thanksgiving Holiday & Reading Week - Oct 15-18, 2024 Ìý
Oct 28
In-Person at SPGH
Joint EBOH/CORE
Marie-Pierre Sysvestre (UdeM) The Role of Perceived Access to Cannabis in the Association Between Having Friends Who Use Cannabis and Cannabis Use Initiation in Adolescents

1. Understand the natural course of cannabis use in adolescents;

2. Appreciate the usefulness of observational prospective data in understanding the mechanisms leading to cannabis initiation;

3. Recognize the challenges associated with the development of harm reduction strategies among adolescents.
Nov 4 - NO SEMINAR
Nov 18
In-Person
Anita Koushik (McGill) Lifestyle Factors and Cancer Prevention: Understanding the Role of Exposure Timing

1. Understand the gaps in knowledge related to cancer prevention efforts and the potential importance of timing of exposure;

2. Become familiar with the utility of the life course approach to epidemiologic research when studying cancer etiology;

3. Appreciate the application of the weighted cumulative exposure (WCE) method and the Bayesian relevant life course exposure model (BRLM).

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Nov 25
In-Person
Joint EBOH/CORE
Nandita Perumal (USC) Prenatal Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Growth and Developmental Outcomes Among HIV-Exposed, Uninfected Young Children in Tanzania

1. Understand the epidemiology of HIV-exposure in pregnancy and among young children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs);

2. Understand the application of epidemiologic methods for evaluating long-term consequences in young children;

3. Recognize the strengths and limitations of contexts in which studies are conducted and contexts where the burden is high.

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WINTER 2025

Jan 6
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Catherine Mah (Dalhousie) Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet in Canada

1. Describe economic and social indicators through which food affordability is monitored for public policy purposes in Canada;

2. Contextualize the use of these indicators to address varied normative policy goals;

3. Explore options for public investment in high-quality digital food cost measurement with nutrition in mind.

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Jan 20
In-Person
Joint CORE/EBOH
Vivian Ukah (McGill) Language and racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and lactation

1. To understand patterns in disparities in Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy and lactation over time;

2. To understand the association between language and racial groups and Covid-19 vaccination initiation during pregnancy;

3. To understand the association between language and racial groups and Covid-19 vaccination initiation during lactation.

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Jan 27
Virtual

Lyda Osorio (Universidad del Valle - Colombia)

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Feb 3
In-Person
Arnaud Chiolero
(U Fribourg)

Surveillance bias – when appearances are misleading

1. Know what is surveillance bias and several conditions exposed to this bias;

2. Understand the impact of surveillance bias on cancer epidemiology;

3. Know the causes of this bias and how to prevent it.

Recording
Feb 17
In-Person
Joint CORE/EBOH
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Feb 24
Virtual
Joint EBOH/CORE
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Mar 3 NO SEMINAR - Spring Break March 3-7, 2025 Ìý
Mar 10
In-Person
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Mar 24
Virtual
Jude Kong (U of T) Ìý

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Mar 31
In-Person
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