Speaker: Yan Long, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Sociology A growing body of public health research investigates the formal design of various policy tools and national strategies to increase vaccine uptakes. Yet little is known about how those tools and strategies play out in state agencies’ everyday practice. To address this gap, we examine […]

Speaker: Alexandra Heaney, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley School of Public Health In this talk, Dr. Heaney will discuss the body of research she has undertaken as a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley, as she is leaving to start as an Assistant Professor at UC San Diego in July, 2023. Her work broadly combines theoretical study, […]

Speaker: Jason Su, Associate Researcher, UC Berkeley School of Public Health Dr. Jason Su will discuss his recent work on the impact of vehicle emissions on respiratory disease in California. Digital sensors fitted onto inhalers can capture the date, time, and location of rescue inhaler medication use (i.e., use of Short-Acting Beta Agonist for the […]

Speaker: Jingshen Wang, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health Understanding treatment effect heterogeneity has become an increasingly popular task in various fields. For example, in e-commerce, understanding treatment effect heterogeneity helps decision-makers to design personalized advertising strategies to maximize profits. In biomedical studies, learning the impact of treatment on diverse patient subpopulations provides […]