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The Voice of Epidemiology |
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Epi-Gram #28 |
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March 15, 2013 |
The Epidemiology Monitor is now available free to
all subscribers and includes a subscription to these Epi-Grams.
Subscribe today at:
www.epimonitor.net/Subscribe.htm
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Epi
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Canadian Doctoral Student Talia Malagon Wins
EpiDoodle Contest Honoring Snow
The design was submitted by Talia Malagon, a
doctoral candidate since 2011 at the University of Laval where she
is studying infectious disease epidemiology. We plan to exhibit
our logo throughout the year in various formats used to publish
The Epidemiology Monitor.
Read More:
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Acclaimed Author Sandra
Hempel To Deliver Lecture This Evening Marking 200th
Anniversary of the Birth of John Snow
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine kicks off its
bicentenary celebration of the birth of John Snow on this day in
1813. To mark the occasion, acclaimed author Sandra Hempel, who
wrote a widely praised popular book on Snow, will give the evening
lecture. At the request of The Epidemiology Monitor, Hempel wrote
this synopsis of her lecture tonight: Read more:
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Online
Webinar Gets Early, Successful Start In Honoring Snow
An
online webinar spearheaded by Waste Water Education in
Michigan was presented on Tuesday March 12 in
anticipation of the 200th anniversary of
the birth of John Snow on March 15th. Read More:
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Snow's Place as the Father of Epidemiology Getting
Closer Scrutiny
Was Snow a founding father of epidemiology or was
epidemiology developed, and later seized upon Snow as
a convenient historical example?
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Did
You Miss It ?
Special Snow 200th
Anniversary Issue
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Special Events
Marking 200th Anniversary of Snow's Birth |
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UCLA Creator of
Snow Website Wonders If He Has Discovered "Modern Day Snow" |
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Pumphandle
Lecturer Answers "What Pump Handles Need To Be Removed To Save
The Most Lives ?" |
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Snow The Movie
Wins Audience Award |
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New Job Listings |
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Here are some of the most recent new job listings we have
received. We also post jobs on our Facebook page---take a moment
to "like" us and you will be able to stay current!
Want to advertise your position or post a job with us? Contact Ron
Aron via phone 770-670-1946 or email
ron.aron@epimonitor.net
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Want to post a job
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Epidemiology Calendar: |
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CALENDAR NOTICE
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Our comprehensive
2013 calendar of epidemiology events including conferences,
meetings, short courses, summer programs and more is now available
for FREE download. Please feel free to share it with your
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We also maintain an online calendar on our website that is constantly
updated.
Submit your calendar event FREE of charge.
To send us your events:
http://www.epimonitor.net/Events.htm
You can add your event to
our online calendar at any time.
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Conference on Environmental
Pollution & Public Health (EPPE 2013) / Wuhan, China /
April 12-14 |
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2103 Epidemic Intelligence
Service Conference / Atlanta, GA / April 22-26 |
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Western Regional Epidemiology
Network (WREN) / Webinar - Virtual Event / May 16 |
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New this month - |
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What We're Reading: |
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Several times a
week we post news articles of interest to epidemiologists on our
Facebook page. Based on feedback from our readers we've
started posting the most popular of our recent posts here for you
to read. Want to see them in a more timely fashion ?
"Like" our Facebook page at:
http://www.facebook.com/epiMonitor and you'll see them
when we originally post them.
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[Editor's Note: "I keep saying the sexy
job in the next 10 years will be statisticians." Google's chief
economist said it and that apparently has set off a wave of
interest in statistics, according to the Wall St Journal. It has
to do with all the analytics required to understand all the data
that is being generated these days.] |
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[Editor's Note: This Tufts researcher
provides a great example of field based research--in this case
using shoe-leather to pinpoint occupational hazards among
fishermen and truck drivers.] |
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[Editor's Note: 2013 has been hailed as
the International Year of Statistics. Can you name a famous female
statistician ?] |
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[Editor's note: This Gen Y Canadian
epidemiologist has a diverse group of accomplishments but she's
also using her technical skills to infect others with her love of
science.] |
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