February 2019 - The Epidemiology Monitor

Harvard Nutritional Epidemiologist Gives Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture On Personalized Versus Public Health Nutrition Over One Million Deaths Averted Since 2000 Because Of Improved Diets Harvard University’s Frank Hu, Chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Chan School of Public Health, delivered the Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago late last year. In his talk, entitled “Personalized versus Public Health Nutrition in Prevention of Cardiometabolic Diseases”, Hu described an improved understanding of the role of fats and carbohydrates in cardiovascular disease risk and the changes which reflect this new

understanding in the most recent dietary guidelines.

Shift to Systems Epi Also, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of overall dietary patterns and diet quality scores in assessing mortality risk even though the role of specific dietary constituents may be unknown. According to Hu, the shift in thinking in nutritional epidemiology has given the field a - Lecture cont'd on page 2

Popular Field Epidemiology Manual Revised And Updated To Cover Wider Spectrum Of Public Health Events That Need To Be Investigated

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Rasmussen and Goodman are former editors-in-chief of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Lead Co-Editor Rasmussen Interviewed A new outbreak investigation manual based on the well-honed approaches developed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over many years and revised extensively over the last decade by Sonja Rasmussen and Richard Goodman has been published

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bigger picture view of diet and health which now emphasizes there is more than one way to eat a healthy diet and that it is never too late to improve diet. Hu described this new thinking as a paradigm shift from a “black box epi” to a “systems epi” approach defined as “the integration of population, laboratory, analytical, and translational approaches.”

Alexa, What Should I Eat? Speaking of laboratory advances, Hu noted the opportunities afforded by the omics technologies which have led to the idea of “precision nutrition”. He described its goals as more precise measurements of dietary intakes and diagnostics of nutritional status as well as more accurate prediction of disease risk. The idea is to identify better nutritional intervention targets and to personalize nutritional therapy or optimal diets for each individual based on their genetics and other factors.

Many questions remain as to whether or not this approach will provide any generalizable information and be feasible in clinical practice. Hu illustrated this uncertainty by raising the question of whether or not someday people would be asking--“Alexa, what should I eat?” Today, posing that question elicits only a suggested recipe and not personalized dietary advice .

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In contrasting approaches to nutrition, Hu emphasized the health impacts that can be had by taking a more population-based approach to improving the quality of the US national diet. He reminded the

audience of the obesogenic environment in much of the US. Diets of Americans score only about 50 out of 110 on a scale of diet quality, Hu reported in a recent JAMA piece cited below. However, modest but positive changes in national diet quality since the beginning of this century have cumulatively resulted in an estimated 1.1 million fewer deaths and chronic disease cases. He cited the example of regulations that have nearly eliminated trans fats from the food supply in the US and other countries to demonstrate the crucial role nutrition policies play in creating a healthier food environment. Hu emphasized how public health approaches such as education, policy, and regulation should remain the key interventions.

Diet Histories of the Future In light of recent criticisms targeted at the difficulties of achieving accurate diet exposure histories, Hu noted that repeated measures of food frequency questionnaires or 24-hour recalls improve accuracy. Going forward, future methods will likely require a combination of self-reported measures, biomarkers, smart phones, and sensors to achieve reliable diet exposures.

More Information Readers interested in learning more about these trends and findings in nutritional epidemiology may read a viewpoint article on these topics by Hu and colleague Walter Willett in a recent JAMA article (Nov 27, 2018) and read a very informative interview Hu gave to Medscape after his Ancel Keys Lecture entitled “Nutrition Research: Restoring Respect to a Field Under Siege.” https://wb.md/2Tca6RU ■

Science Group Resists What It Calls “Sidelining” Of Public Health And Environmental Science By The Trump Administration Up To 40,000 Extra Deaths And Thousands More Loss Work And School Days Anticipated As A Result A new report by the Union Of Concerned Scientists (UCS) concludes that the Trump Administration attack on science has been “pervasive” and “public health and safety and our environment have suffered as a result.” In a related blog in Scientific American, a UCS representative estimates that the attacks on air pollution controls at the US Environmental Protection Agency alone “will increase premature deaths in the US by up to 40,000 people annually, along with tens of thousands of lost work and school days because of illness.”

fetal tissue by NIH funded scientists.

The report identifies six areas where political interference has been manifest and gives examples. They are:

5. Halting, suppressing, and altering scientific studies Researchers here have been impacted directly as when the Administration halted a study on the health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia and barred Federal economists from conducting analyses on the impact of the Trump Administration tax cuts.

1. Derailing air pollution policy.

In this category, scientific advisory panels on toxic pollutants have been dismissed, regulations requiring major polluters to use the best available techniques to reduce pollutants from entering the air have been removed, and a report on the dangers of formaldehyde has been suppressed.

2. Censoring scientists and creating a chilling environment Examples of adverse actions in this category are asking scientists at the Department of the Energy to avoid using phrases such as “climate change”, “emissions reductions”, and “Paris agreement”, restricting Federal scientists from sharing knowledge with the media, and restricting use of

3. Cutting out scientific advice Here the examples are not convening an expert panel on the health effects of ozone, and disbanding an expert panel on particulate matter.

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4. Undermining science-based safeguards through process changes In this category, the Administration has required agencies to repeal two rules for each new rule proposed, and has restricted the EPA from using the results of studies when the raw data are not publicly available.

6. Compromising scientific integrity at Federal agencies In this category, the examples of compromise are altering an analysis and later burying a study about tippooling at the Department of Labor and attempting to force the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to suppress the release of a report on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances which have been linked to adverse health effects and are found in many - Trump cont'd on page 4

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in many everyday products such as non-stick cookware and waterrepellent clothing.

Associate Editors for the First Edition as published in 1996. Rasmussen carried the heaviest burdens in producing the latest book and was the leading co-editor, but each played excellent complementary roles in creating the manual, said Goodman.

The main thrust of the report is to identify actions which the Congress can take to push back on these different types of political interference in the use of science for decisionmaking. Recommendations are made in the report for Congress to take actions in each of the six areas.

Also, the report includes suggestions for how individual scientists can take action with their elected representatives, including scheduling a face to face meeting, making the case on a specific issue, or calling a policymakers office.

To read the report, visit: https://bit.ly/2GC1gHd To learn more about resources to use in taking action, visit: https://bit.ly/2ttUCdF To read a related blog in Scientific American, visit: https://bit.ly/2NfF4Dk ■

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Entitled The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual, the new book is designed to be portable with helpful information made available at a glance for shoeleather epidemiologists working in the midst of an acute event or one of increased public health concern.

The Tyler Vision According to Goodman, the original vision for the manual was articulated

by Carl Tyler, a former director of the Epidemiology Program Office. He stated “There is a need for a clearly written, highly usable book devoted to field epidemiology---the timely use of epidemiology in solving public health problems. This process involves the application of basic epidemiologic principles as in real time, place, and person to solve health problems of an urgent or emergency nature.”

According to Goodman, after the first edition was published, subsequent editions drifted away from the initial vision, and the manual just released has been designed to take the book back to its roots as a pithy, useful portable companion for shoe-leather epidemiologists.

Manual Organization The first part of the book is organized

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Large Number Of Concerns Proposed As Public Health Issues In First Two Months Of 2019 Previous articles in The Epidemiology Monitor have noted the large number of concerns which have been labeled or proposed for consideration as public health issues. Some of these, such as “All season tires”, “Hoarding”, “Achieving a good death”, and “Chemsex” have received relatively little attention in mainstream media and were surprising to learn about. Others such as “Gaming addiction”, “pornography”, and “human trafficking” have received more recognition and at first glance may be more plausible to adopt within a public health framework.

Candidates For Public Health Issue This same duality of surprising versus less surprising topics appears to characterize the concerns we have encountered just in the last two months that are being put forth as a public health “crisis”, “emergency”, “threat”, or “problem”.

Below is the list of topics we have read about, followed by the list of previously published criteria that have been proposed as helpful in determining if an issue qualifies to be adopted as a public health issue.

What is the difference between a social concern and a public health problem? Are all social concerns qualified to be public health problems? Readers are invited to share their opinions about the specific issues mentioned here or the criteria which should be paramount in determining what constitutes a public health problem. Also, we are interested in learning from readers

what difference it makes if an issue is thought of or adopted as a “public health problem". Will epidemiologists be more likely to investigate or contribute in some way?

List of Issues Candidate public health issues encountered so far in 2019, in no particular order:                       

Teen vaping Tax on ammunition Ebola in Congo Drug resistant superbugs Refusal to promote e-cigs by the FDA Scooters/Shareable 2-wheeled vehicles Traffic Benzodiazepam prescriptions Insomnia in teens Illegal gun sales Sub-zero weather Lack of sleep Background check for guns Separating children from parents Physician burnout Climate change Wildlife killing contests Area traffic deaths in DC Potholes (impact on ambulances) Pornography Opioid epidemic Violent conflict Chronic wasting disease in deer

“Readers are invited to share their opinions about the specific issues mentioned here..."

"Will epidemiologists be more likely to investigate or contribute in some way?"

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“The new manual offers current and new tools, which are needed now more than ever to address acute public health events."

1. The concept of preventability 2. High prevalence of a risk factor, condition, or disease 3. A rapid increase in the incidence or prevalence

by the series of steps that must be taken in conducting investigations and the second part, entitled Special Considerations, describes how to apply epidemiologic principles in special settings

The Epidemiology Monitor posed questions directly to Rasmussen who was the leading co-editor for the new manual.

Interview EM: One can imagine there are thousands of epi field investigations conducted around the world each year. What can you tell our readers about the anticipated demand or use for the new manual?

Rasmussen: This is the fourth edition of this book (previous editions were edited by Michael Gregg and the book was previously titled “Field Epidemiology”). More than 12,000 copies of the previous editions have

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More than 50 separate contributors worked to produce the 25 different chapters in the two parts of the book.

Oxford is providing a portion of the proceeds of each Manual’s sale to the CDC Foundation for use in supporting field epidemiology at CDC and no proceeds go to the editors or authors.

"...we placed increased emphasis on the importance of collaborations..."

4. Cost of the condition 5. Burden of disease 6. Has the capability of affecting the population as a whole 7. Will require group action to solve.

been sold, so we expect that the book will be in high demand. The new manual offers current and new tools, which are needed now more than ever to address acute public health events.

We also designed the manual to be used not only within the U.S. public health infrastructure, but also in other countries around the world of all categories (developed, transitional, developing), including those with established public health practice systems that operate their own integrated Field Epidemiology Training Programs. For these reasons, we expect that the demand for the new manual will be even greater than that for previous editions.

EM: The ground work for this manual was laid with three previous editions.

What do you see are the biggest differences with previous editions?

Rasmussen: The core principles of field epidemiology remain the same.

However, all chapters have been updated to include the latest advances in field epidemiology, and several new chapters have been added.

Throughout the book, we placed increased emphasis on the importance of collaborations during field investigations – collaborations with - Manual cont'd on page 7

-Manual cont'd from page 6 laboratory colleagues, collaborations in multistate and international settings, and collaborations with law enforcement in investigations of public health problems that might be associated with malicious use of biologic or toxic agents.

We also had the goal of the book being useful in a greater spectrum of field settings, from city and state, national, and international settings, and hope that the more broad approach will serve investigators in these settings well.

Examples of new chapters include “Using Technologies for Data Collection and Management”, which discusses a wide array of technologies from mobile devices to environmental sensors, “Collecting and Analyzing Qualitative Data” to recognize the increasing use of qualitative data in epidemiology, and “Geographic Information System Data”, to provide information on a new tool for field investigators.

And new chapters have been added on responding to different types of outbreaks in different settings for field investigations. For example, the chapter entitled “Community Congregate Settings” discusses investigations in educational institutions, workplaces, mass gatherings, and detention facilities, and on different types of events -- the chapter “Suicide, Violence and Other Forms of Injury” addresses field investigations of these violent injuries.

We hope that these new chapters will help public health professionals in their future investigations.

Finally, our goal was to make the book more usable – we increased the

number of examples and when possible, used bullets and boxes with the goal of making the book more relevant to a busy investigator in the field.

EM: There are things you must like the most about the book.

What are some of your personal highlights in the book?

Rasmussen: I like the mix of the old chapters that focus on the basics of field epidemiology with examples from the classic public health stories of the past with the new chapters with a focus on new tools, settings, and collaborations. I also like the new casestudies that focus on lessons learned from recent field investigations. I hope that field investigators will benefit from these real-life experiences.

"I also like the new case-studies that focus on lessons learned from recent field investigations."

EM: There are both experienced and would-be editors out there. What are some of your lessons learned as coeditor of the book?

Rasmussen: I have served as an editor-in-chief of MMWR, as well as guest editor for several special journal issues and as an associate editor for several journals. While these roles are important, a book is different because it’s likely that it will be used for many years (the previous edition of this book was published in 2008). It’s a challenge to figure out what will be needed for field investigations in 10 years or more – before another edition will become available. And the breadth of field epidemiology is much more than two editors can cover. We were fortunate to engage a Steering Committee of public health professionals with many years of experience in field investigations who guided us as we planned the latest edition – their contributions were invaluable. ■

"...a book is different because it’s likely that it will be used for many years..."

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Letters To The Editor Posted following the January 2019 issue.

"...epidemiology's role to inform policy does not appear to have been considered..."

"This fragmentation perhaps warrants attention by epidemiologists worldwide..."

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The Epidemiology Monitor is celebrating its 40th, while the Epidemiology Department at the Hopkins School of Public Health celebrated its 100th birthday by thinking about the state of epidemiology--- past and future.

This thought-provoking interview reported with Prof. Bryan Lau gives me pause to wonder how it is that the topic of epidemiology's role to inform policy does not appear to have been considered in the interview when considering the state of epidemiology--past and future. As the science to inform public health policy (as per the most commonly used definitions), I wonder how it was missed? This question relates to yet another anniversary among epidemiologists: 2019 is the 12th anniversary of what was founded as the Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology (JPC-SE) in Seattle in 2006; it assumed operations in 2007.

The organization grew substantially from 2012, and re-branded itself in 2018 as the International Network for Epidemiology in Policy (INEP) www.epidemiologyinpolicy.org.

INEP has focused on the role of epidemiology at the interface of research and policy. It has enjoyed much support from some of our societies of epidemiology, internationally, but not from others.

Some prefer to avoid the policy realm, yet we are hearing more and more about "translational" and "consequential" epidemiology.

Some reasons for not participating in

INEP are that there is a preference to not engage with ethics in the research and practice dimensions of our discipline; others have historically expressed the preference to focus exclusively on epidemiological methods; others simply do not, being volunteer associations and societies, have the capacity to join with INEP, a consortium/umbrella organization.

And, others have meanwhile set up within their own sub-specialty organizations of epidemiology - their own policy committees.

This fragmentation perhaps warrants attention by epidemiologists worldwide if our social relevance and capacity to influence policy are to be maintained and ideally strengthened.

Colin L Soskolne, PhD â–

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Please help The Epidemiology Monitor keep the community informed by sending relevant news to us at the address below for inclusion in our next issue. people@epimonitor.net

Notes on People [Editor: This month, a promotion, a profile, and two awards, including a noteworthy one for “pathbreaking” research that could save thousands of lives. See below.]

Promoted: E Oscar Alleyne, to Chief of Programs and Services at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). In making the appointment, NACCHO Chief Executive Officer Lori Tremmel Freeman said “Dr Alleyne is an epidemiologist by training and he brings years of local health department experience responding to health issues including West Nile, H1N1, Ebola and other emerging health care issues as well as his time here at NACCHO as an association executive advocating for local health department members around the country.”

Profiled: Nita Gandhi Forouhi, professor at the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit. Farouhi is a nutrition researcher who said “…it was during my four year Wellcome Fellowship in clinical epidemiology that my love for looking at populations really took shape…Research is a powerful tool to influence human health, and I feel privileged to be able to impact the prevention of disease.”

Honored: Svetla Slavova, by the editorial board of Injury Epidemiology with the Jess Kraus Award for the best paper published in 2018. Dr Slavova is an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health and a faculty researcher at the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center. The award will be presented in March 2019 at a symposium at Columbia University.

Honored: Omesh Kumar Bharti, with the Padma Shri Award, the fourth highest in India, for his “pathbreaking research to treat rabid dog bite patients.” India reports 20,000 deaths every year due to rabies and most of these are due to high costs and the unavailability of rabies immunoglobulins. Bharti’s research cut the costs of dog bite treatment from about $500 to $5 when during a shortage he infiltrated immunoglobulins only into the wound rather than intramuscularly with a much larger and more expensive dose. Lab confirmed rabid dog bite victims survived with this reduced dose without any adverse impact. Bharti is currently a field epidemiologist at the Institute of Health and Family Welfare in Shimla.

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Near Term Epidemiology Event Calendar Every December The Epidemiology Monitor dedicates that issue to a calendar of events for the upcoming year. However that often means we don't have full information for events later in the year.

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Near Term Epidemiology Event Calendar, con't from page 10 March 27-28 https://bit.ly/2B6noEM Conference: 2019 SEVPM Conference & Annual General Meeting / Society for Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine / Utrecht, The Netherlands March 28-29 https://bit.ly/2QHrMno Conference: 92nd Annual AES Conference / American Epidemiological Society / Los Angeles, CA March 29 https://tinyurl.com/m3ark7y Meeting: Joint Meeting MAC-EPID & ITiMS / University of Michigan / Ann Arbor, MI March 29 https://bit.ly/2zVe6eV Conference: Michigan Public Health Association Epidemiology Conference / Michigan Public Health Association / East Lansing, MI Mar 29 - Apr 3 https://bit.ly/2C1GGN0 Conference: AACR 2019 / American Association for Cancer Research / Atlanta, GA

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Near Term Epidemiology Event Calendar, con't from page 14 April 2019 continued April 9-10 https://bit.ly/2EfuvxU Conference: Public Health Research and Science Conference 2019 / Public Health England / Manchester, England April 9-11 https://bit.ly/2QJMQcW Short Course: Mendelian Randomization / Erasmus MC / Rotterdam, The Netherlands April 14-17 https://bit.ly/2SGPRIa Conference: IEA Africa Regional Conference / International Epidemiological Association / Mozambique April 24-26 https://bit.ly/2Ep3okx Conference: SHEA Spring 2019 / Society for Healthcare Epidemiology for America / Boston, MA April 24-26 https://bit.ly/2UxCImz Conference: 36th Annual Oregon Epidemiologists Conference / Oregon Health Authority / Sunriver, OR April 25-26 https://bit.ly/2EerUUH Conference: WREN 2019 / Western Regional Epidemiology Network / Ashland, OR April 29 - May 2 https://bit.ly/2rsT82l Conference: 68th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Atlanta, GA April 29 - May 2 https://bit.ly/2LeuxHs Conference: 27th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) / Multiple Sponsors / Wellington, New Zealand

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