Past Events

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COVID-19 Journal Club

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Everyone
Join the COVID-19 Journal Club for a discussion of the paper “Tracking changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: evidence that D614G increases infectivity of the COVID-19 virus”, by Bette Korber and colleagues from the Sheffield COVID-19 Genomics Group.
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2020 Society for Clinical Trials Fellows Webinar

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Online
- Everyone
Join The Society for Clinical Trials (SCT) for a webinar that honors and congratulates Leslie Ain McClure, PhD, MS, professor and chair, department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Dornsife, as an elected 2020 SCT Fellow.
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COVID-19 Journal Club

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join the Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club this coming Wednesday for a discussion of the paper “Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections”, by Quan-Xin Long and colleagues from the Chongqing Medical University.
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Inequality in Mortality Outcomes in Latin American Cities Webinar

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Online via Zoom *Link will be shared after registering
- Everyone
In this webinar hosted by SALURBAL, researchers Dr. Usama Bilal and Dr. Ana Ortigoza will present their research on urban adult and infant mortality in 11 Latin American countries, and how patterns of mortality are associated with other aspects of urban environments, including other aspects of social inequality.
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COVID-19 Journal Club

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Everyone
Join us this coming Wednesday for a discussion of the paper “SARS-CoV-2 Community Transmission During Shelter-in-Place in San Francisco”, by Gabriel Chamie and colleagues from UCSF in collaboration with the Latino Task Force for COVID-19.
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Urban Health Summer Institute - Policy Analysis

June 22, 2020 through June 26, 2020

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Online
- Everyone
This course will provide the landscape of policy analysis in real-world settings using a continuum of data tool approaches. Since policy development and implementation occurs in diverse and fast-paced environments, approaches to studying research and policy questions that keep pace with policymakers will be described. Data approaches from individual case studies to large, publicly available data sets will be reviewed and used. Policy products (e.g., policy briefs, infographics) that resonate with policymakers and constituents will be the key deliverables generated and provide scaffolding for future policy analysis and dissemination.
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Urban Health Summer Institute - Introduction to Bayesian Analysis for Public Health

June 22, 2020 through June 26, 2020

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Online
- Everyone
Bayesian methods combine information from various sources and are increasingly used in biomedical and public health settings to accommodate complex data and produce readily interpretable output. This course will introduce students to Bayesian methods, emphasizing the basic methodological framework, real-world applications, and practical computing. Special consideration will be given to methods for spatial data analysis.
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Urban Health Summer Institute - Data Visualization in R for Urban Health

June 22, 2020 through June 26, 2020

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Online
- Everyone
Improving the quality of data visualizations can help in communicating results more clearly and transparently to other scientists, stakeholders and the general public. This course will use a workshop format to help students build their own data visualization projects using R, with Urban Health examples. This course will include a general introduction to basic data visualization concepts and best practices to generate static figures. This course will also cover basic concepts regarding interactive data visualization and spatial data. This course will provide all the required code, and some of the code may be useful to apply to your own visualizations with some adjustments. Thus, participants with a stronger R background will be able to create more complex visualizations.
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Urban Health Summer Institute - Introduction to Multilevel Analysis for Urban Health Research

June 22, 2020 through June 26, 2020

9:00 AM-12:30 PM

Online
- Everyone
Multilevel studies and multilevel analysis have been increasingly used in the public health field. This course will discuss the rationale for multilevel studies and multilevel analysis in public health as well as differences with other study designs and other analytical approaches. Although the course will not be heavily mathematical, the basics of fitting multilevel models for different types of outcomes as well as the interpretation of estimates obtained from multilevel models will be reviewed and practiced. Emphasis will be on conceptual understanding, application and interpretation of multilevel analysis in the context of urban health research. The course will also review and critique empirical applications in urban health research and discuss conceptual and methodological challenges in using multilevel analysis.
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Urban Health Summer Institute - Big Data Uses in Public Health

June 22, 2020 through June 26, 2020

9:00 AM-12:30 PM

Online
- Everyone
As data is collected from more and more sources and across life areas, the applications for using big data for public health purposes are growing. This class will focus on the use of large data sets, specifically claims data and other national survey sources, and provide an overview of structuring data, selecting optimal analytic approaches, and display results in compelling data visualization formats.
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