Heather Volk: Moving ECHO Science Toward Gene-Environment Interaction for Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

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Moving ECHO Science Toward Gene-Environment Interaction for Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Speaker:

Heather Volk. PhD, MPH

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

 

 

Speaker Bio: Heather E. Volk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also Co-Director of the NICHD-funded Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Associate Director for Environmental Epidemiology in the Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research. Dr. Volk additionally is co-Director of the Psychiatric Epidemiology Traning program, supported by a Institutional Training grant (T32) from the National Institute of Mental Health. She also holds a joint appointment in the School’s Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Dr. Volk earned a MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Boston University and a PhD in Public Health Studies (Epidemiology) at Saint Louis University, prior to post-doctoral training in Enviornmental Genomics through the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC).  She, along with her team, studies how environmental and genetic factors work together to confer risk for neurodevelopmental outcomes, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  She is the PI of several NIH-funded research grants which examine how environmental exposures (air pollution, metals) effect brain development, epidemiologic studies of comorbidity with ASD, and leads investigations into joint genetic, epigenetic, and environmental risks for ASD.  Dr. Volk additionally serves as co-PI for the Autism Spectrum Disorder Enriched Risk ECHO Cohort, a collaboration of nine cohorts of infants at high-familial risk for ASD.

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1 to 2pm

Jim Gern: An Integrated Approach to Identifying Early Life Causes of Childhood Asthma

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An Integrated Approach to Identifying Early Life Causes of Childhood Asthma

Speaker:

James Gern

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison

 

 

 

Speaker Bio: Dr. James (Jim) Gern’s research group is conducting several NIH-funded translational research studies to define the role of viral infections and other environmental factors in the initiation and disease activity of asthma, and to identify interactions between host, viral and environmental factors (e.g. bacteria) that determine the severity of respiratory illnesses.

Outcome Areas: Airways

Date: Monday, April 20, 1 to 2pm

Richard Gershon: Advances in Pediatric Measurement Science: Implications in ECHO

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Advances in Pediatric Measurement Science: Implications in ECHO

Speaker:

Richard Gershon

Northwestern University

 

 

 

 

 

*If you would like CME credits for attending this presentation, please email Katherine.Simos@duke.edu*

About the Speaker:
Dr. Gershon is the Vice Chair for Research in Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Gershon has had a robust career in Patient Report Outcomes (PRO) and Performance Outcomes as he has acted as the principal investigator for the NIH Toolbox for the Assessment of Neurological Function and Behavior and the NIH Roadmap Patient – Reporting Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Technical Center. He has served as PI, MPI or co-investigator for over 70 NIH, DoD, and Foundation awards.

Topic Areas: PRO Core, Person-reported outcomes, Patient-reported outcomes

Date: Wednesday, January 8 11, 1 to 2pm