The Society for Epidemiologic Research is a forum for sharing the latest in epidemiologic research. Its annual meeting includes the John C. Cassel Memorial Lecture and contributed papers, symposia, and posters on a wide range of epidemiologic issues.
Topics covered will include:
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Choosing appropriate counterfactuals for research on the health effects of socioeconomic position and neighborhoods, David Rehkopf and Irene Yen
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Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses, Kristie L Ebi
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Epidemiology responds to its media critics, Noel Weiss
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Integration of Biological Pathways in Epidemiologic Research of the Social Gradient in Health, Carlos Mendes de Leon
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Intent-to-treat analyses of 2-armed randomized controlled trials: can we improve on the gold standard?, M Maria Glymour
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Limitations of neighborhoods research for understanding racial health disparities, Theresa Osypuk
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Making lemonade from lemons: Implications of marginal structural model analysis for public health planning and policy, Sheryl Magzamen
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Methodological Issues in the Analysis of new Biomarkers, Enrique Schisterman
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Risks and benefits of the use of the STROBE checklist by scientific journals, Noel Weiss
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Social and Environmental Determinants of Diabetes: What we can learn from national to community level data, Sharon Saydah
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Social Epidemiology and Behavioral Health: Methodologic approaches, problems, and promise, Sandro Galea
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The "Hispanic Paradox": What's Real and What's Not, David A Shoham
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Threats to epidemiologic science from organized interests, Carl V Phillips
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Unequal Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Breast Cancer Subtypes: Identifying Mechanisms by Which Adverse Social Environments May Modulate Genetic Vulnerabilities, Robert Hiatt and Dejana Braithwaite
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"Whose data are they?" — Opportunities and pitfalls of publicly accessible data, Allen Wilcox