Are you passionate about conducting research that makes a difference, but not sure how to get from the idea to the outcome? Join epidemiologist Julia Bond for a discussion of the crucial pearls of conducting population health research, moderated by researcher Megan Falsetta-Wood.
Dr. Julia Bond is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at BUSPH. She received a PhD in Epidemiology from BUSPH in 2024. This same year, she was awarded the Tyroler Prize paper from the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) for her dissertation research on female sexual dysfunction and time-to-pregnancy in PRESTO. She received a F31 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to study preconception oral health and reproductive health in PRESTO. Prior to pursuing graduate studies in public health, she worked as an advertising copywriter and medical writer.
Dr. Megan Falsetta, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester with a joint appointment in OB/GYN and Pharmacology and Physiology. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at Alfred University, then moved onto graduate school at the University of Iowa. She completed her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology in 2009, focusing on how Neisseria gonorrhoeae forms biofilms to evade the immune response in women, which may contribute to asymptomatic infection. She then studied oral biofilms and early childhood caries as a post-doc at the University of Rochester. She returned to studying women’s health during a second post-doc, which ultimately led to her appointment as OB/GYN faculty. Her ongoing research aims to discover and understand mechanisms of endometriosis and vulvar disease, specifically vulvodynia and lichens sclerosis. Very little is known of the causes and mechanisms of genitopelvic disease. Dr. Falsetta contends that understanding these mechanisms is the key to improving patient care through the development of mechanism-based therapeutics, new diagnostics, and greater visibility of genitopelvic disease.