Workshop Overview
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP), will be hosting a virtual workshop on applied epidemiology and environmental health from August 2 – 3, 2022. This exciting workshop will bring together environmental epidemiologists from state and local health departments, academia, and the CDC to discuss applied and innovative epidemiologic methods and how they can be used in environmental health research and practice.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from experts regarding topics such as survey methodologies for disaster responses, cluster investigations, ecologic studies, and analytic methods to account for geospatial correlation.
The workshop will take place from 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET each day. All sessions will be held virtually.
Audience
The workshop is designed for epidemiologists, statisticians, and other environmental health professionals at state and local health departments and environmental health organizations.
Presentations
Academic, State, and Local Partnerships for Primary Data after Disasters: CASPER and Beyond
Jennifer Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH
Professor and Founding Director, Program in Epidemiology, Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
Cancer Cluster Investigations: Review of the Past and Proposals for the Future
Michael Goodman, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Ecologic Studies and Other Uses of Aggregated Data
Scott Bartell, PhD
Professor, University of California, Irvine
Incorporating Spatial Correlation in Public Health Studies
Lance Waller, PhD
Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Registration
Please register online at www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItc-qoqDMqG-iAo3YnZWQk7aAry4Zrncw.
Registration is free.
More information
For more information, please visit www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehsp/ehnexus/learn/index.htm (Note: the workshop is currently the second announcement on this page – be sure to scroll down) or contact [email protected].
