Soko Setoguchi-Iwata, doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology, will present her dissertation, "TNF alpha Antagonist use and Cancer in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Methods and Analyses using Health Care Utilization Databases," on Monday, October 3 in Building 3 (Kresge) 908, 10:00 a.m.

Margaret Anne Gates, doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology, will take her oral exam on Monday, October 3, Building 3 (Kresge) 908, 1:00 p.m. Major: Epidemiology; Minor 1: Cancer Epidemiology; Minor 2: Biostatistics. Immaculata De Vivo will chair.

Florence Wang, doctoral student in the Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, will present her dissertation defense, "Lead Burden Determinants and Genetic Modifiers of its Relation with Cognition," on Monday, October 3 in Landmark 414A, 2:00 p.m.

Sung Kyun Park, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health, will present his dissertation, "Air Pollution, Lead, and Heart Rate Variability," on Wednesday, October 5 in Landmark 414A, 9:30 a.m.

Kerith Jane Conron, doctoral student in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, will take her oral exam on Thursday, October 6 in Building 3 (Kresge) 703, 10:30 a.m. Major: Psychiatric Epidemiology; Minor 1: Social Epidemiology; Minor 2: Quantitative Methods. Lisa Berkman will chair.