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Through a partnership with the Penn State University College of
Medicine (Woodward Endowment) and other collaborating
partners, video recordings of seminars are archived online and
are accessible through the links below each seminar title. |
Program Directors: |
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Tonya Crook, MD, MSc, DTM&H |
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Benjamin Muthambi, DrPH, MPH |
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Seminars are offered at 2 timeframes during
in-service training as follows: |
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- A structured pre-placement/orientation
program
in advance of a placement for applied epidemiology in-service training (internships/fellowships);
- Supplemental seminars series offered during
a placement for
applied epidemiology in-service training (internships/fellowships);
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Pre-placement/orientation seminar topics include the
following: |
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Research
Information Tools: Literature
Search & Review Tools
- S1 (W5) |
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To review the importance of gleaning available
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To learn resources that should be regularly
consulted as part of the process |
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To view a demonstration of Library resources
available and example searches |
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[
Presenter(s): Esther Y. Dell ] |
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Clinical
presentations and complications of HIV
- S2
(W1) |
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History of HIV epidemic (emergence of epidemic
in U.S. and globally) |
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Presentation of patients with HIV in U.S. and
globally |
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Complications of HIV with and without treatment
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High-priority current or future research/ unmet
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Presenter(s): Tonya Crook, MD MS ] |
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Anti-retroviral therapy
U.S.
and Globally (compare and contrast) -
S3 (W2) |
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Current indications for treatment (U.S.
guidelines v WHO) |
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Benefits of treatment (individual v public
health/community) |
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Complications of treatment |
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Cost of treatment |
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Global funding mechanisms for ART including
patents (link to public policy/ethics lecture) |
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High-priority current or future research/ unmet
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Presenter(s): John Zurlo, MD ] |
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HIV prevention
(including voluntary counseling and testing and prevention
with positives)
- S4 (W4)
U.S. initiatives and guidelines, global initiatives and
high-priority current or future research/unmet research needs: |
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VCT (confidential v anonymous v routine)
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Partner notification and referral
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Education (general public v high-risk)
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Condoms |
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Needle exchange |
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Prevention with positives |
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Presenter(s): Tonya Crook, MD MS ] |
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International HIV/AIDS Surveillance: An Introductory Review of
Approaches - S5 (W3a) |
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Click Here to View
PDF of PowerPoint Slideshow
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(PLEASE NOTE: this is not a video but a PDF of a PowerPoint
presentation; after opening slideshow, please click "page down" to advance slides) |
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Background |
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HIV Prevalence
Surveillance |
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Modeling &
Estimates |
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Morbidity &
Mortality Surveillance |
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Behavioral
Surveillance |
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Evolving
Directions |
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-Measuring
Recent Infections |
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-HIV Drug
Resistance Surveillance |
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-Behavioral
Surveillance |
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-Evolving
Directions |
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-Use of Programmatic Data |
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[ Presenter(s): Teresa Diaz
Vargas, MD, MPH (w/adaptations by Benjamin Muthambi, DrPH,
MPH) ] |
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IRB
Application - S6 (W9) |
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Protection of human subjects and the role of an
Institutional Review Board |
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Application procedure and logistics
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Presenter(s): Patricia L. Gordon, MD ] |
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HIV public
policy, human rights and research ethics
- S7 (W8) |
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Understand the ethical implications of research
study design and conduct |
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Understand the ethical implications of
intervention program implementation |
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[
Presenter(s): Reidar K. Lie, MD, PhD ] |
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Research
Methods: Study design 1 - S8 (W6-Part 1) |
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Understand the different basic types of
Epidemiologic study designs, the advantages and limitations of
each type |
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[
Presenter(s): Benjamin Muthambi, DrPH, MPH ] |
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Research
Methods: Study design 2 - S9 (W6-Part 2) |
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Understand the different basic types of
Epidemiologic study designs, the advantages and limitations of
each type |
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[
Presenter(s): Benjamin Muthambi, DrPH, MPH ] |
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Research
Methods: Survey design
- S10 (W7) |
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Design a questionnaire/survey or other data
collection instrument |
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[
Presenter(s): Deborah B. Preston, Ph.D, RN ] |
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Applied HIV/AIDS Epidemiology in
Pennsylvania: Avenues for Collaboration on Applied HIV /AIDS
Epidemology projects at the PA Dept of Health S11 |
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[ Presenter(s): Benjamin
Muthambi, DrPH, MPH ] |
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Execution of a successful
HIV-related research project: from conceptualization to
publication - S12 (WX) |
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[
Presenter(s): Debra Powell MD ] |
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Medical and Health Care Needs in
Zambia: A case study on HIV - S13 (WX) |
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[
Presenter(s): Sydney Shampile, BSc, MBChB ] |
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HIV
epidemiology, surveillance mechanisms and public health impact
- S14 (W3b) |
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HIV/AIDS
epidemiology in U.S. and globally |
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Factors
driving the epidemic |
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Future
predictions |
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High-priority
current or future research/ unmet research needs
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[ Presenter(s): TBA ] |
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Safety and
logistics while traveling on field assignments: Basic self defense
- S14 (W10) |
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Supplemental seminar series offered during
the course of applied epidemiology in-service training incl. project
implementation (internships/fellowships); |
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These seminars are
intended to supplement in-service training curriculum topics
not covered in the pre-placement/orientation. Examples of
topics in the curriculum which may be addressed through these
supplementary seminars include the following: |
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Public Health
Policy and Legal/Regulatory Issues |
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The generic
framework of Public Health Acts/Laws, Regulations and
Guidelines which govern: |
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health surveillance, public health interventions, etc;
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Confidentiality and data security of HIV and related data;
- Ethics of
applied Epidemiology, protection of human subjects in
scientific research; and the rationale/purpose of
Institutional Review Boards;
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Risk
Communication |
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Principles of risk
communication in Public Health |
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