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February 23, 2007
Articles By Upcoming Speakers
The following lectures, seminars, and symposia are happening at the School of Public Health during the week of March 5 – 9. Below are recent and relevant articles published by the speakers at these events for anyone interested in doing some preparatory reading before attending.
Please see the School of Public Health and departmental websites for further information about these events and the speakers.
Department of Epidemiology Seminar:
Lung Cancer in Beryllium Workers
Wednesday March 7
David C. Deubner, M.D., M.P.H.
Deubner, David and Kent M. Keeping beryllium workers safe: an enhanced preventive model. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2007 Mar;4(3):D23-30.
Levy PS, Roth HD, Deubner DC. Exposure to beryllium and occurrence of lung cancer: a reexamination of findings from a nested case-control study. J Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jan;49(1):96-101.
Cher DJ, Deubner DC, Kelsh MA, Chapman PS, Ray RM. Assessment of the beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test using statistical process control. Inhal Toxicol. 2006 Oct;18(11):901-10.
Department of Biostatistics Seminar:
Semi-parametric Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models and Their Applications
Thursday March 8
Yuedong Wang, PhD.
Yang YC, Liu A, Wang Y. Detecting pulsatile hormone secretions using nonlinear mixed effects partial spline models. Biometrics. 2006 Mar;62(1):230-8.
Health Policy Research Seminar Series:
Re-insuring Health: Why More Middle-Class People are Uninsured and What Government Can Do
Thursday March 8
Katherine Swartz, PhD.
Swartz K. Investing in the future of health. Inquiry. 2006 Fall;43(3):187-9.
Swartz K. Time to finance health insurance differently. Inquiry. 2006 Spring;43(1):3-5.
Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Symposium:
Bacterial Communities: Ecology & Health Implications
Friday March 9
Abigail A. Salyers, PhD.
Salyers A, Shoemaker NB. Reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes. Anim Biotechnol. 2006;17(2):137-46.
Wesslund NA, Wang GR, Song B, Shoemaker NB, Salyers AA. Integration and excision of a newly discovered bacteroides conjugative transposon, CTnBST. J Bacteriol. 2007 Feb;189(3):1072-82. Epub 2006 Nov 22.
Rajeev L, Salyers AA, Gardner JF. Characterization of the integrase of NBU1, a Bacteroides mobilizable transposon. Mol Microbiol. 2006 Aug;61(4):978-90. Epub 2006 Jul 12.
Pradeep Singh, M.D.
Soong G, Muir A, Gomez MI, Waks J, Reddy B, Planet P, Singh PK, Kaneko Y, Wolfgang MC, Hsiao YS, Tong L, Prince A. Bacterial neuraminidase facilitates mucosal infection by participating in biofilm production. J Clin Invest. 2006 Aug;116(8):2297-2305.
Landry RM, An D, Hupp JT, Singh PK, Parsek MR. Mucin-Pseudomonas aeruginosa interactions promote biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance. Mol Microbiol. 2006 Jan;59(1):142-51.
Boles BR, Thoendel M, Singh PK. Genetic variation in biofilms and the insurance effects of diversity. Microbiology. 2005 Sep;151(Pt 9):2816-8.
Michael G. Surette, BSc, PhD.
Keller L, Surette MG. Communication in bacteria: an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2006 Apr;4(4):249-58. Review.
Kim W, Surette MG. Coordinated regulation of two independent cell-cell signaling systems and swarmer differentiation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. J Bacteriol. 2006 Jan;188(2):431-40.
Occupational Health Speaker Series:
Partnering to Reduce Obesity with Environmental Changes
Friday March 9
Donna Gates and Bonnie Brehm
Gates D, Brehm B, Hutton S, Singler M, Poeppelman A. Changing the work environment to promote wellness: a focus group study. AAOHN J. 2006 Dec;54(12):515-20.
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