Cauane Blumenberg

Cauane Blumenberg will give a talk about the Steps of an epidemiological research, covering all the topics that need to be thought during the elaboration and conduction of an epidemiological survey. The talk will close the activities of the 2018 calendar of the Brazilian Group of Studies on Multimorbidity.

When: 4th of December 2018 at 5:30PM

Where: Academic Auditorium – Campus Anglo UFPel

In the 29th of November 2018, at 2PM, Cauane Blumenberg is going to defend its PhD thesis at the Center for Epidemiological Research of the Federal University of Pelotas. The thesis is entitled “Web-based epidemiologic research: strategies and individual characteristics associated to the adherence and participation of young adults”, and was supervised by Prof. Aluísio JD Barros, PhD. 

The examination board will be composed by:

• Prof. Fernando Wehrmeister, PhD (Center for Epidemiological Research, Federal University of Pelotas);
• Prof. Adenauer Yamim, PhD (Center for Technological Development, Federal University of Pelotas)
• Prof. Rafael Claro, PhD (Department of Maternal and Child Nursing and Public Health, Federal University of Minas Gerais)

The PhD defense is open to the public and will take place at the Center for Epidemiological Research of the Federal University of Pelotas, located at 1160 Marechal Deodoro St, in Pelotas-RS, Brazil.

After going through an internal selection process, Cauane Blumenberg was chosen to represent the Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) contest held by the Federal University of Pelotas.

The PhD candidate will present part of his thesis, with a presentation entitled: “coortesnaweb: a gamified platform to conduct epidemiological surveys over the internet”. The contest will occur in the 25th of October in Auditorium 2 of the Center for Arts of the Federal University of Pelotas. The 3MT contest will start at 2:00 PM.

The 3MT contest

In the 3MT contest, PhD students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance. It is an exercise for students to consolidate their ideas, and present it to a non-specialized audience.