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Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar Series

"Herpesviruses: A Novel Pathway Explaining Socioeconomic Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease and Depression"

Despite declining rates of cardiovascular disease(CVD)-related mortality in the U.S., socioeconomic disparities in CVD incidence and morbidity persist. Herpesviruses that have been implicated in the etiology of CVD as well as other concomitant conditions such as depression and for which seropositivity and immune control pattern strongly by social factors may serve as a novel pathway by which socioeconomic disparities in CVD occur among U.S. adults. Studies examining links between socioeconomic position, herpesviruses, CVD and depression will be discussed.

Amanda M. Simanek, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Friday, November 13, 2015
11:00am – 12:00pm
Department of Preventive Medicine
680 N. Lake Shore Dr., Ste. 1400
Stamler Conference Room
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