Events
Each week, Epidemiology faculty, and MS and PhD in Epidemiology students meet for seminars given by students, faculty, and external guests. All are welcome to attend. This is a way to enhance discussion of student centered research and publications, current faculty research interests, and interesting and relevant research methods of others external to the PhD in Epidemiology program. We meet each Wednesday morning at the times and locations given below. We hope you can join us.
Epidemiology Spring 2026 Seminar Series
Epidemiology Student Meeting
Apr 22, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
TBD (research update)
Idorenyin Udoeyo, MPH - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Apr 15, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
TBD (research update)
Spoorthy Vangala, MBBS, MPH - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Apr 08, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
“Gendered Pathways to Loneliness After Widowhood: The Roles of Pre-Loss Caregiving and Children Proximity” (dissertation update)
Jiamin Yin, MSc - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Apr 01, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
“Cryptococcal Meningitis in Uganda: Morbidity, Mortality, and Construction of a Prognostic Predictive Model” (dissertation proposal discussion)
Mark Okwir, MMed, MBBS - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Mar 25, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
Tox. Student/faculty talk - TBD
Mar 18, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
“EMR data for research at UR.”
Jack Chang, PhD - Senior Associate - Department of Clinical and Translational Research (SMD)
Mar 04, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
Journal club discussion: TBD
Robin Baumeister, MPH - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Feb 25, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
Journal club discussion: TBD
Yingzhu Chen, MS - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Feb 18, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
Journal Club Discussion: “Associations of Pre- and Postnatal Air Pollution Exposures with Child Behavioral Problems and Cognitive Performance: A U.S. Multi-Cohort Study.”
Ruofan Gonye, MS - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Feb 11, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
“Evaluating Pain Sensitivity in Autistic Individuals." (Thesis specific aims)
Halle Cerio, MPH - Epidemiology Ph.D. Student
Feb 04, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
Preventive Cardiology/Lipid Disorders Research
Robert Block, MD, MPH - Professor, URMC, EMPHS
Jan 28, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416
Epidemiology Student Meeting
Jan 21, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
Saunders Research Bulding | 1.416