Epidemiology
on the Front Line and Under Fire

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American College of Epidemiology
Annual Scientific Sessions

September 6-9, 2003

 


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Keynote Address by David Vlahov
(Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine)

How Much and For How Long Did the WTC Impact on Residents throughout the City?
The Epidemiology of Mental Health among New York City Residents Following September 11th

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SYMPOSIA, September 8 - 9 

I. When Observational Studies and Randomized Trials Conflict: Lessons from Recent Studies, Marlene Goldman, Beth Israel Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Moderator

  • Steven N. Goodman, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health – From a Trialist’s Perspective
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  • Julie E. Buring, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School – Lessons from the Women’s Health Initiative, Nurses, and Physicians Studies (Download presentation, 116kb)
  • Robert N. Hoover, National Cancer Institute – Conflicts and Concordance in Trials and Observations
  • Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, University of California at San Diego – What Have We Learned?
 

II. Challenges and Solutions to Conducting Epidemiologic Studies in the Current Era, Moderated by Ed Trapido, NCI


 

III. Challenges To Surveillance, Moderated by Toni Alterman, NIOSH (Download presentation, 220kb)

  • Academic Perspective: Betsy Marshall, UMDNJ – Reproductive Surveillance (Download presentation, 764kb)
  • Federal Government Perspective: Penn Jacobs, NCEH – Childhood Blood Lead
  • Insurance Perspective: Gordon Smith, Liberty Mutual – Obtaining Occupational Data from Population-Based Surveys: Methods, Biases and Suggestions
  • Industry Perspective: Stephen Long, International Truck and Engine Corporation – Epidemiology for a Healthy Workforce: Monitor and Manage (Download presentation, 3,500kb)
  • Labor Perspective: Janie Gittleman (Associate Director, Safety and Health Research, Center to Protect Workers’ Rights) – Discussant
ADDITIONAL SESSIONS, September 8 - 9 

Policy Forum: HIPAA and Beyond, Moderated by Faith Davis, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Presentation by the American Chemistry Council Award Winner, Robert Lyles Introduction by John Acquavella, Monsanto (copies of Dr. Lyles’ slides are available from him by request" at rlyles@sph.emory.edu )

Student Prize Paper: Ghazala Perveen, Prediction of Cardiovascular Mortality in Coronary Angiogram Patients. Introduction by Roger Bernier, Chair of the Awards Committee (Download presentation, 380kb)
~ Presidential Address: “Just the FAQs, Ma'am” Carol Hogue, President, Emory University
~ Banquet and Lilienfeld Award address: Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, UCSD
 

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