University of Wisconsin-Department of Biostatistics&Medical Informatics

Seminars/Consulting Workshops as part of the
Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
Summer 2006

Seminar #1

Thursday June 22

3:30-4:30pm

2130 Health Sciences Learning Center

Seminar lecturer: Dr. Beth Meyerand (Assistant Professor Department of Medical Physics)

Topic: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Dr. Meyerand's lab aims to develop new MR methods to visualize the structure and function of the brain and to translate these methods to the hospital for clinical diagnosis. One of their areas of focus is functional MRI (fMRI). FMRI allows for the visualization of both the temporal and spatial patterns of brain activity in response to different stimuli. They are particularly interested in the development of new analysis methods to improve our understanding of brain function.

Seminar #2

Wednesday June 28 th 2006

Seminar Lecturer: Dr. Fost

Cancelled

Seminar #3

Tuesday July 11, 2006

3:30-4:30 pm

2130 Health Sciences Learning Center

Seminar Lecturer: Dr. Javier Nieto (Chair, Dept of Population Health)

Chair, Dept of Population Health

Dr. Nieto’s main areas of research interest include cardiovascular disease epidemiology, markers of subclinical atherosclerosis, emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease (homocysteine, inflammation markers, chronic infections), health consequences of sleep disorders and psychosocial stress. He is also interested in methodological issues in epidemiology and in the teaching of epidemiologic methods. Along with Moyses Szklo, he is co-author of a textbook on intermediate epidemiology methods (Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics. Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Publishers Inc, 2000).

Past Summer Seminars

SIBS Summer Seminars

Summer 2007	Summer 2006	Summer 2005	Summer 2004
Summer 2003	Summer 2002	Summer 2001	Summer 2000