http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/cal.asp Upcoming events at the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss sphcmweb@u.washington.edu (Web Producer) http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/srch_int/event.asp?cal_ID=SPHCM&event_ID=2011May 13, 2008, 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm<br/>Health Sciences K-069<br/> <b>"Soccer Injuries in Middle School Girls: Measuring Injuries and Risk Factors"</b><P><b><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/epidem/fac/facBio.shtml?Schiff_Melissa">Melissa Schiff, MD, MPH</a><br/></b>Associate Professor in Epidemiology<br/></p><P> </p><P> <b>Research Interests<br/></b> Dr. Schiff's primary areas of research interests are injury epidemiology and reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. A primary focus of her research is the area of sports injuries. She has focused on specific sports including soccer and gymnastics. She currently is performing a large prospective cohort study of risk factors for soccer injuries in middle school aged girls. Another focus of her research is the area of maternal health and injury. Her research has utilized the Washington State population-based birth and hospitalization databases to evaluate a variety of mechanisms of injury including motor vehicle crashes, falls, intimate partner violence, and suicide.</p><P> </p><P><b>Teaching Interests<br/></b>Dr. Schiff teaches Epi 585 "Principles of Injury Research and Prevention" during Autumn quarter.<br/></p> <P> </p> <P> </p> <P><b>Abstract:</b><br/>Soccer is the most popular sport world-wide and is growing in popularity among female youth in the U.S. We performed a prospective cohort feasibility study to evaluate reliability of selected risk factors and compare two injury surveillance systems. Our study population was comprised of female youth soccer players 12 to 14 years of age from a youth soccer club in Seattle, Washington. Trained physical therapists assessed all soccer players at the beginning of the soccer season for hip and knee strength and jump biomechanics. We evaluated inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of these measurements. We also compared two injury surveillance systems - certified athletic trainers (ATC) attending one soccer practice per week and a weekly soccer parent email system. We will present results on our reliability study and the comparison of our injury surveillance systems at the epidemiology seminar.</p><P>Poster: <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/epidem/Epi583/05-13-08.pdf">http://depts.washington.edu/epidem/Epi583/05-13-08.pdf</a><br/> </p> http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/srch_int/event.asp?cal_ID=SPHCM&event_ID=2011http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/srch_int/event.asp?cal_ID=SPHCM&event_ID=2005May 15, 2008, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm<br/>Health Sciences Building, Room T-733<br/> <div>This year's featured speaker is Priscilla B. Wyrick, Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the J.H. Quillen College of Medicine in East Tennessee State University.<br/><br/></div> <div> </div> <div>The title of her lecture is, "Trafficking of <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em> antigens to the endoplasmic reticulum of infected polarized human endometrial epithelial cells."<br/><br/></div> <div> </div> <div>The lecture will be held in the Health Sciences Building, Room T-733 at 4:00.</div> <div>A reception will follow at the Crow's Nest in South Campus Center, Room 354.</div> http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/srch_int/event.asp?cal_ID=SPHCM&event_ID=2005http://nwcenter.washington.eduMay 15, 2008, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm<br/>University of Washington Club, UW Seattle campus<br/> http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/srch_int/event.asp?cal_ID=SPHCM&event_ID=1918http://courses.washington.edu/phg580May 21, 2008, 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm<br/>UW Health Sciences Buliding, K-069<br/> http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/srch_int/event.asp?cal_ID=SPHCM&event_ID=2042