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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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February 14, 2007
EPA Library Closures and Effects on Public Health
Proposed 2007 EPA budget cuts have resulted in the closure of and restricted access to EPA libraries across the country. These libraries are crucial sources of information for researchers, professionals, and the general public on issues related to pollution, the environment, and public health. The issue has been developing since last year and is continuing to draw challenges and debate from stakeholders.
One of the justifications given has been that the closures will be offset by access to digitized versions of documents online, but as the article below details, this will apply only to documents authored by EPA staff members, as copyright laws prevent much of the libraries' content from being put online:
http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2007/jan/policy/jp_epa_libraries.html
This case draws attention to the larger current issue in libraries to try strike the correct balance between digital and print content. On the surface, all-digital access seems preferable for convenience, wider access, and reduced costs, but the issue is more complicated than it may seem. In the case of the EPA libraries, the move toward digital content in order to reduce overhead costs could result in important information becoming largely unavailable or even completely lost.
Listed below are several links to further information:
American Library Association Web page with background information, latest news, and links to articles:
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/governmentinfo/epalibraries/epalibraries.htm
Letters to the Senate and House of Representatives from the Medical Library Association and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries regarding the closures:
http://www.mlanet.org/government/info_access/index.html?focus_20070208
Transcript of recent Senate Hearings on the issue:
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February 09, 2007
SPH Professor Arnold Monto on NPR
SPH Professor Arnold Monto will be a guest on National Public Radio's 'Talk of the Nation: Science Friday' program today, Feb. 9, beginning at 2 pm. The 40 minute live interview will focus on preparations for pandemic influenza in the U.S.
Science Friday can be heard from 2-4 PM on Michigan Radio, 91.7 FM in Ann Arbor, or from the internet. A podcast will also be available. For more information about today's program or how to access it as a podcast, visit http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Feb/hour1_020907.html
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February 07, 2007
Faculty Exploratory offers new workshops for Mac users
The Exploratory is offering some faculty workshops specifically for
Macintosh users.
Creating Movies with iMovie and iDVD
Feb. 16, 1:00-3:00pm
Keynote: Whack Out a Slick Presentation Fast!
Feb. 20, 1:00-2:30pm
For more information or to register, visit: http://www.umich.edu/~teachtec/facexp.html
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February 01, 2007
Public Health Data Now Available at Michigan Census Research Data Center
Following an agreement between the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the U.S. Census Bureau, the Michigan Census Research Data Center (MCRDC) is very pleased to announce that confidential versions of most NCHS surveys (listed below) are now available to qualified researchers with approved projects in the secure MCRDC facilities at the Institute for Social Research. Virtually all NCHS survey and vital statistics data files, in varying degrees of detail and including, for example, sample design information and lower levels of geography, can be made available as requested and needed in the RDC. There is a small charge for the preparation of data extracts, but University of Michigan researchers pay no usage fees when conducting research at the MCRDC. Researchers interested in using these data in their research should contact the MCRDC at mcrdc@umich.edu or visit our web site http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/mcrdc/ for further information.
NCHS Datasets available in the MCRDC
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I, II, and III
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery
National Hospital Discharge Survey
National Nursing Home Survey
National Home and Hospice Care Survey
National Employer Health Insurance Survey
National Health Provider Inventory
National Health Interview Survey 1967-2005
National Immunization Survey Longitudinal Study on Aging
National Survey of Family Growth State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey
a. Health
b. Child Well-Being and Welfare, 1997
c. National Survey of Early Childhood Health
d. National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
e. National Survey of Children's Health
f. National Asthma Survey
g. National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Vital Statistics
a. Birth
b. Mortality
c. Marriages and Divorces
d. Fetal Death
e. National Death Index
Linked Data
National Health Interview Survey with Mortality data 1986-2000
National Health Interview Survey with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data 1991-2000
National Health Interview Survey with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data 1962-2003
National Health Interview Survey with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I
Epidemiologic Follow-up Study with Mortality data 1971-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data 1991-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data
1962-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II with Mortality data 1976-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II with Medicare utilization and expenditure data 1991-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Mortality data 1988-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data (CMS-1991-2000)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data
1974-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Mortality data 1994-2002 Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data 1991-2000
Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data 1962-2003
Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
1985 National Nursing Home Survey with Mortality data 1985-2002
1985 National Nursing Home Survey with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data 1962-2003
1985 National Nursing Home Survey with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
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