Department Events & Meetings
Below is a listing of different events/meetings that are occurring throughout the department. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
CHANGES DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS
Times of meetings may change due to COVID-19. If you need information about being part of a particular meeting contact the person listed below for the meeting day, time and video web link or send an email to epi.info@msu.edu
DEPARTMENT EVENTS
GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION
- occurs toward the end August - just before classes begin
- Graduate Student Orientation - Monday, August 22, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
DEPARTMENT PICNIC
- (for students, faculty, staff and their families - September of each year)
Friday, September 16 4:00 - 7:30 Hartrick Park, Okemos
- (more information coming in August)
DEPARTMENT SEMINAR SERIES
- (occurs Thursdays 3:30 p.m. see schedule for dates, topics and speakers)
STUDENT DEFENSES
- occur throughout the year
DEPARTMENT MEETINGS
FACULTY MEETINGS
The first Thursday of the month from September 3rd 2020 through May 6th, 2021
3:00 p.m. in the West Conference Room
PIE MEETINGS (ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES) POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
The first Thursday of the month 2:30 p.m. in West Conference Room
BIOSTATISTICS FACULTY MEETINGS
The third Thursday of the month, 3:30-5, West Conference Room, unless otherwise scheduled
CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH GROUP
- led by Nigel Paneth. Discussion of cerebral palsy and perinatal/pediatric research topics.
- Faculty, grad students, alumni, postdocs, med students, and undergrads interested in CP research are welcome to join in person and by zoom.
- Meets first Monday of every month 11-12 noon through Zoom.
- To participate and for schedule information, please contact Madeleine Lenski
NEURO AND AGEING EPIDEMIOLOGY
- “Projects for neurodegenerative diseases; methodologies for different research designs.”
Fridays from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
West Conference Room - Dr. Honglei Chen contact person for this group
BEAMS
- Graduate Epidemiologist and Biostaticians at MSU Student Organization
- (events and activities for Graduate Students of the department)
- Click here for more information about BEAMS
PhD JOURNAL CLUB
- Thursdays 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
- For more information see STUDENT RESOURCES page
QUANTGEN LAB MEETINGS
- Open to everyone
- Meets Fridays 11am- Noon
- The Quantgen lab meetings are weekly presentations of projects and papers on analysis and prediction of complex traits and diseases using genetic and environmental information; on methods, software development and applications, and plant and animal breeding.
- Meeting Schedule