Our Spring 2023 Speaker Series is now available below! As a reminder, all presentations for the Spring 2023 semester will be held virtually via Zoom, and registration will be required for attendees to receive a Zoom link.
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To request an accommodation, or have any additional questions, please contact our Associate Director Brian Timm (timm.21). At least two weeks’ advance notice will help us to provide seamless access.
Information on prior speaker series, including video recordings and additional material, can be found here.
Spring Semester 2023 Speakers
Friday, February 24, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Paul Wesson, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
Title: Epidemiologic applications of Capture-Recapture to sample hard-to-reach populations and generate prevalence estimates: Principles, Limitations, and New Horizons.
Dr. Paul Wesson
Dr. Paul Wesson is an epidemiologist focused on quantifying the health burdens of (and disparities related to) hard-to-reach and socially marginalized populations, particularly as they relate to infectious diseases. His research expertise includes developing and using data driven methods for sampling hard-to-reach and “hidden” populations, population size estimation methods, and using advanced epidemiologic and statistical techniques to study the social determinants of health. He sees his research as existing at the nexus of infectious disease, data science, and social epidemiology; as such, he incorporates theories and principles from social epidemiology to inform and guide his study designs and analyses (e.g. intersectionality, minority stress theory).
As an HIV researcher, his focus is on the unique challenges of sampling hard-to-reach populations for HIV surveillance. He leverages information from the sampling process (and survey data) to generate estimates of the population size. Valid estimates of the population size inform how and where limited public health resources should be targeted. Dr. Wesson has also developed novel population size estimation methods to correct for known biases. In future work Dr. Wesson plans to extend to geo-spatial analysis and clinical data to further examine contextual and structural determinants of disparities in health outcomes.
Read more about Paul Wesson on his personal website.
Read Dr. Wesson’s referenced publications from his presentation (Wesson et al., 2018; Wesson et al., 2023)
Additionally, click here to read the Schuler and Rose (2017) article on Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation (TMLE).
Registration for Dr. Wesson’s talk is now closed. The recording can now be viewed by clicking this link!
Friday, March 10, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Stephen Gavazzi, Director, Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR)
Title: Data and Samples Available Through CHRR at The Ohio State University: The National Longitudinal Studies, Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive, and the American Population Panel
Dr. Stephen Gavazzi
Stephen M. Gavazzi, Ph.D. is Director of CHRR at The Ohio State University, as well as a professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State. Dr. Gavazzi is responsible for the overall operations of CHRR, which serves as Ohio State’s center for data and survey excellence. His areas of expertise include a variety of topics within human development and family science (he is a trained marriage and family therapist), with a special emphasis on matters concerning families with adolescents. Professor Gavazzi also has a strong interest in issues surrounding higher education, including leadership, campus-community relationships, and the mission of land-grant universities. His latest book (What’s Public About Public Higher Ed? published in 2021 by Johns Hopkins University Press) was based on survey data collected using CHRR’s American Population Panel.
Learn more about Dr. Gavazzi by visiting his OSU directory page, and be sure to visit the CHRR webpage.
Registration for Dr. Gavazzi’s talk is now closed. The recording can now be viewed by clicking this link!
Friday, April 21, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Dr. Nicholas Bowman, Director, Center for Research on Undergraduate Education
Title: University Rankings Systems and Their Effects on Admissions Indicators and Reputation
Dr. Nicholas Bowman
Nicholas A. Bowman is the Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education, professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, senior research fellow in the Public Policy Center, and director of the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education at the University of Iowa. His scholarship uses a social psychological lens to explore key topics in higher education, including student success, diversity and equity, rankings, admissions, and quantitative methodology. Bowman’s work has appeared (or is currently in press) in 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 25 book chapters, and nearly 150 peer-reviewed conference presentations. This research has been published in outlets such as Review of Educational Research, Educational Researcher, Sociology of Education, Social Psychological and Personality Science, and Science Advances. Bowman received the Promising Scholar/Early Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education in 2012, and he was the University of Iowa Scholar of the Year in 2018.
Learn more about Dr. Bowman by visiting his webpage, view his Curriculum Vitae, and the Iowa University Public Policy Center.
Registration for Dr. Bowman’s talk is now closed. A recording of the presentation can be viewed by clicking this link!