{"id":6962,"date":"2024-08-30T14:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T19:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/publichealth\/?page_id=6962"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:22:48","slug":"public-health-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/publichealth\/about\/public-health-seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Zilber College of Public Health Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Join us in a forum to hear the latest in the research and practice of public health to support a just, equitable, healthy future for people, communities, and the environment in Milwaukee, the state of Wisconsin, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminars are held weekly on Thursday mornings from 9:00 – 9:50 a.m., on 51ÁÔÆæ’s Kenwood campus in the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex (KIRC) room 1150 (3135 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee and bagels will be served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most seminars can also be attended virtually via Teams.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January 29<\/strong> – The Power of Connection: Social Cohesion and Mental Health in Autism, Jeana M. Holt, Ph.D., DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC & Kate Siekman, BSE, OTD, OTR\/L<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 5 <\/strong>– Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County, Anne Bonds, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Geography, UW-Milwaukee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 12<\/strong> – Strengths-based and Innovative Pathways to Address Maternal Mortality, Emily Cramer, PhD, Associate Professor, Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 19<\/strong> – Guns Don\u2019t Kill People:  Bullets Do: A Public Health Wound Ballistics Science Primer, Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 26 <\/strong>– Home is Where Our Health Is, Deborah Heffner, Chief Advancement Officer, Community Advocates, Inc. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 5<\/strong> – Everyone Can Move the Needle: Public Health Policy & Advocacy, Niki Lucht, MPH, Epidemiologist, Wood County Healht Department, Co-chair of the WPHA Policy & Advocacy Committee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 12<\/strong> – Explanatory Artificial Intelligence: Peeking into the Black Box, Susan McRoy, PhD, Professor & Dept. Chair, Computer Science, Biomedical and Health Informatics PhD, UW-Milwaukee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 19 – <\/strong>The Department of Community Wellness & Safety Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2 –<\/strong> Everyone Deserves a Healthy Smile: Improving Oral Health Access in Wisconsin, Dr. Sidney M. Ebert, DDS, Director of Dental Services, Community Smiles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 9<\/strong> – How Culture and Local Ecosystems Can Affect Dietary Exposures to Environmental Contaminants, Matthew Dellinger, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 16 –<\/strong> The Human Elements of Health Data Visualization in an AI Obsessed World, Amanda Makulec, MPH, Founder of Viz Responsibly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 23 – <\/strong>Versiti on King \u2013 The Nation\u2019s First Blood Donor Center in a Community Resource Hub, Kristen Harris, Senior Manager of Community Education, Versiti<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 30 <\/strong>– Structural Interventions for Health Equity, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, PhD, MPH, Professor, UW-Milwaukee Zilber College of Public Health<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 7<\/strong> – Children’s Environmental Health in a Changing Climate, Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS, Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Social Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

September 4 <\/strong>– Adverse Childhood Experiences and Public Health: The Case for Prevention, Josh Mersky, PhD, UW-Milwaukee Helen Bader School of Social Welfare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 11 –<\/strong> Climate Rx: Advancing Public Health Through Climate Action at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Christa L. Wagner, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 18 –<\/strong> Self-care, Healing and Social Support for those Dealing with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Priya Nambisan, PhD, UW-Milwaukee Zilber College of Public Health<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 25 – <\/strong>Research at 51ÁÔÆæ, Ali Abedi,PhD, 51ÁÔÆæ Vice Provost of Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2 –<\/strong> Exploring the Intersection of Sustainability and Personal Well-Being on College Campuses, Lindsay Frost, 51ÁÔÆæ Sustainability Director<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 9 –<\/strong> Where Health and Safety Meet: Domestic Violence as a Public Health Issue, Sojourner Family Peace Center, Panel Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 16 –<\/strong> Leveraging Implementation Science for Public Health Intervention Development and Evaluation: Case Examples from HIV\/STI Prevention, Steven A. John, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 23 –<\/strong> Mother Nature: Examining Greenspace Access and Postpartum Depression, Christine Prissel, PhD, MPH, Mayo Clinic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 30 –<\/strong> Indigenous Ways of Knowing about Wisconsin\u2019s Tribal Nations, Annie Jones, Professor, Organization Development Specialist and Tribal Nations Liaison, UW-Madison<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 6 –<\/strong> From Data to Action: Community Voices on Environmental Health and Green Infrastructure in Milwaukee, Panel Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 13 –<\/strong> Treatment Effect Estimation With Potential Outcomes for a Single-Arm Trial Compared To Historical Controls, Rodney Sparapani, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 20 –<\/strong> The Science and Soul of Health Equity: Lessons from the Community and Cancer Science Network, Laura Pinsoneault, PhD, Founder and CEO, Evaluation Plus, LLC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 4<\/strong> – Behind the Numbers: Tackling Complexity in Longitudinal Mental Health Data, Laleh Jamshidi, PhD, 51ÁÔÆæ Zilber College of Public Health<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January 23<\/strong> – Zilber College of Public Health Weekly Seminar \u2013 PeriData.Net Clinical Registry: Population-Based Cohort of Prenatal, Hospital, and Outcome Data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 30<\/strong> – Power to the People: Evaluation Considerations for Public Health Liberation, Dr. Monique Liston, UBUNTU Research and Evaluation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 6<\/strong> – Canceled, will be rescheduled – <\/strong>Mayor Cavalier Johnson, City of Milwaukee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 13<\/strong> – Interpretable Fall Risk Prediction Using Explainable AI and Large Language Models, Jake Luo, PhD – Associate Professor, Health Care Informatics & Administration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 20<\/strong> – Brittany Keyes, DPT – Healthy Climate Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 27 <\/strong>– Exploring the impact of Mutual Aid on Health and Well-Being of Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Diverse People, Linda Wesp, PhD – 51ÁÔÆæ School of Nursing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 6<\/strong> – T(O2<\/sub>)xicologists: Still wrong after all these years, or\u2026How cell culture methods that do not consider the amount of oxygen present in our body mess up risk assessment and drug discovery, Michael Laoisa, PhD \u2013 Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 13<\/strong> – Introduction to EMR and AI in Public Health, Min Wu, PhD – Associate Professor, Health Care Informatics & Administration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 27 <\/strong>– Victor Florez-Garcia, PhD Zilber College Alum, University of Illinois Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 3<\/strong> – What will it take to end campus sexual violence?, Rose Hennessy Garza, PhD, MPH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 10<\/strong> – Detecting mosaic chromosomal alterations in apparently healthy individuals, Paul L. Auer, PhD – Medical College of Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 17<\/strong> – Health\/Data Disparities in Indian Country, Will Funmaker, MBA, MLT (ASCP) – Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center (GLITEC)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 24<\/strong> – The role of Public Health Nurses in Emergency Preparedness and Recovery in Local Public Health Departments \u2013 a Toolkit, Deborah Heim, PhD, MN, RN, PHNA-BC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1 <\/strong>– Integrating Teaching and Research at a Teaching Institution, Maren Hawkins, PhD and Barbra Beck, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2024 Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

September 12<\/strong> – Todd Miller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 19<\/strong> – Amy Kalkbrenner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 26<\/strong> – Linnea Laestadius<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 3<\/strong> – Langston Verdin, MPH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 10<\/strong> – Young Cho<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 17<\/strong> – Kat O\u2019Connell-Valuch \u2013 ZCPH Office of Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 24<\/strong> – Christy Greenleaf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 31<\/strong> – Scott Strath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 7<\/strong> – Mike Totoraitis, Commissioner of Health, Milwaukee Health Department<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 14<\/strong> – Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 21<\/strong> \u2013 Tara Jenson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 5 <\/strong>– David Frazer, Director of CUPH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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