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2008

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, Aug/Sept, October, November, December

 

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December Headlines

• Epidemiologist Elected President Of The American Cancer Society For The First Time
• Top Ten Epidemiology Interest Stories of 2008
• Outcomes Research Epidemiologist Makes Career Change From Public Health To Industry And Back Again To Public Health - One Colleague Says It Has All Been One Public Health Career
• CDC Takes Its Epidemiological Software Open Source - By John Moore - Reprinted from Government Health IT
• Top Ten Epidemiology Quotes of 2008
• Union Of Concerned Scientists Issues Recommendations To Protect The Integrity of Science  By Preventing  Political Inteference
• Epidemiologist Loses Bid For Congress

 

November is our yearly calendar issue.

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Anytime & To Be Announced 2009 Events

 

October Headlines

• Cruickshank Lecture At IEA 18th World Congress Of Epidemiology Exhorts Epidemiologists To Help Prevent Millions Of Child And Maternal Deaths
• Nubia Muñoz Wins First Richard Doll Prize In Epidemiology For Proving That HPV Causes Cervical Cancer
• Epidemiologist Who Proved Causation Is Passed Over For Nobel Prize In Favor Of Scientist Who Found Viral DNA In Cancer Cells
• Course on Epidemiologic Research And New Directions At World Congress Features Well Known Names In Epidemiology
• The Seven Sins of Epidemiology As A Discipline
• Editor’s Picks—Selections From EpiMonday at www.epimonitor.net

 

August/September Headlines

• Speakers Receive Rave Reviews At ACE Meeting in Tuscon - Meeting Introduces An Evolutionary Perspective on Population Health
• ACE Presenters Stimulate New Ideas Among Epidemiologists
• ACE Presidential Address Entertains While Highlighting The Pitfalls of Fashion in Research
• WHO Commission Releases Report On Social Determinants Of Health Saying Social Injustice Is Killing People On A Grand Scale - Commission Chair Addresses Epidemiologists At World Congress in Brazil
• James Lind Library, Home of Clinical Trial Materials, Will Expand Its Scope To Become A Repository For Epidemiologic Ideas
• Editor’s Picks—Selections From EpiMonday at www.epimonitor.net

 

July Headlines

• Michael Gregg, Beloved Mentor Of Shoe-Leather Epidemiologists, Passes Away At Age 78
• Need For Cross-Study Harmonization Of Data In Genome Wide
• Update On Free Epidemiologic Software/Google Searches Identify Programs Epidemiologists Use
• Publication Called a “Ticket to the Mystery and Drama of Epidemiology”
• “Inside” the MMWR…

 

June Headlines

• Sherman James Gives SER Presidential Address on Epidemiologic Research and Societal Health - Meeting Theme Is On “Social Determinants of Health”
• David Williams Gives John Cassel Memorial Lecture Detailing The Dramatic Impact of Race/Social Environment On Health - “We Know Enough To Take Action,” Says Speaker
• How Should Epidemiologists Respond To Critics? - Topic Is The Subject Of A Symposium On First Day of the SER Conference
• Barbara Kress (aka Barbara Bernier), Managing Editor of The Epidemiology Monitor, Dies At Age 63
• New Editor at Oxford University Press Describes The State Of Book Publishing In Epidemiology Today
• Editor’s Picks - Selections from EpiMonday at www.epimonitor.net

May Headlines

• George Davey Smith Gives Invited Lecture On “Chance, Choice, and Collective Risk: Why We Need More Impersonal Medicine”
• Multiple Summer Training Programs and Courses Are Available In Epidemiology This Summer
• Davey Smith Not Alone In Sounding The Alarm About An Excessive Focus On Individual Level Risk Factors—Recent Papers Have Issued Similar Warnings
• More Reading On The Tension Between An Individual and Population Level Focus in Epidemiology
• Editor’s Picks - Selections from EpiMonday at www.epimonitor.net

 

April Headlines

• St Louis University’s Ross Brownson Gives Langmuir Lecture At CDC On Physical Activity And Public Health
• New Zealand Mother Commissions Artwork To Commemorate Epidemiologic Research On Fenoterol She Believes Saved Her Daughter’s Life
• The State of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) In The US and Europe Is Measured From Selected Case Studies Effectiveness Still An Issue For The New Discipline
• Editor’s Picks - Selections from EpiMonday at www.epimonitor.net

 

March Headlines

• An Interview With Co-Author Ken Rothman On Publication Of Modern Epidemiology, 3rd Edition
• Nancy Krieger Gives UNC Keynote Lecture On Racism and Health
• Documentary Film Series “Unnatural Causes” Will Highlight The Social Factors In Health And Seek To Reframe The Discussion About US Health Reform
• Producers of Unnatural Causes Highlight 10 Things To Know About Health

 

February Headlines

• WHO/Bloomberg Report On Global Tobacco Epidemic Intended To Serve As A Catalyst And Roadmap To Prevent Millions Of Deaths
• International Epidemiological Association’s World Congress of Epidemiology To Be Held Jointly With Brazilian Congress In September 2008
• Former Research Epidemiologist Becomes Report Editor, Peer Reviewer, and Peer Consultant on Research Design and Analysis
• Editor’s Picks—Selections From EpiMonday at www.epimonitor.net

 

January Headlines

*Gary Taubes Speaks At Berkeley And Seeks To Shift Thinking About Causes of Obesity

Critical Assessment of Epidemiology Appears No Less Harsh

*Top Ten Epidemiology Interest Stories in 2007

*Reader Submits Information On Another Free Program For Data Analysis

EPIDAT: Software for epidemiologic analysis of tabulated data

by: Soly Santiago Perez

*Forthcoming Epidemiology and Public Health Books in 2008*

*Top Ten “Editor’s Quotes Of The Week” In 2007