May 2022 - The Epidemiology Monitor

A Changing Of The Guard At The EpiMonitor Effective June 2022 Letter From The Current Editor

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EpiMonitor Universe-

June of 2022 will mark the 42nd birthday of The Epidemiology Monitor which was launched at the Society for Epidemiologic Research annual meeting in Minneapolis in June of 1980. The idea to create a newsletter for epidemiologists originated while in graduate school. I noted that all doctoral students were facing the same challenge of figuring out how to pay for their doctoral research projects without the benefit of knowing about the solutions which other similar students had managed to find. Thus, I saw an opportunity to fill unmet information needs among epidemiologists and have been providing information about epidemiology and epidemiologists ever since.

I couldn’t be more excited or honored to build on Roger’s legacy by continuing to provide a space of “epidemiology for epidemiologists”. Roger and I met about a year ago after he stumbled upon my newsletter called Your Local Epidemiologist. After several conversations, it was clear that our ideals, passion, and dedication to this community aligned.

We started writing together and the positive chemistry led to discussions of growth and the future of EpiMonitor.

The work has been a labor of love or otherwise I could not have sustained my involvement for so many years. It has brought me into contact with more colleagues and issues than I would have encountered without the responsibility for the newsletter. I am very grateful for all those exchanges with colleagues and for all that learning over the years. I will miss that regular stimulation.

Also, I want to thank all the many partners and assistants I have had over the years too numerous to name. The “EpiMonitor” has been a team effort and I am very appreciative of all the help I have had beginning with the support of my late wife Barbara during the first decades of the EpiMonitor.

Over the last 11 years the Monitor has been

Now, more than ever, epidemiologists need an informal and light space to land. While we are a broad and often siloed field, an encompassing community provides refuge, a space for critical discussions, and opportunities for continued education and training. I hope to continue building this at EpiMonitor with fresh energy by leveraging social media, distilling and summarizing the latest epidemiological news, providing a comprehensive list of job opportunities and collaborations, and announcing upcoming conferences and professional development opportunities.

There is also a great and concurrent need to fill the gap between epidemiology and the public. For the past two years, I’ve attempted to close this through scientific “translation”, improved accessibility and availability of our science, and a space to build trust. I hope that we can find innovative ways to do this together, as a field, at the EpiMonitor.

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published with the support and contributions of Michele Gibson our director of digital marketing, and of my wife Linda who has excelled at all of our customer relations and back office operations.

Epidemiologists have incredible momentum right now. I look forward to elevating this field, our important work, the larger community, and public health altogether.

It’s not for me to say what the value and contributions of the newsletter to epidemiology and epidemiologists have been over the years. What I can say is I remember most fondly what one of our readers said on the occasion of our 10th anniversary.

Because epidemiologists are spread out over multiple subspecialties, they may have less in common with others in their field than most other professions have. Our reader said the newsletter gave a sense of community not found elsewhere. I like to think I have helped epidemiologists to feel more connected and to have a sense of belonging through the pages, articles, stories, job opportunities, and humor found in the newsletter.

Relationships are, after all, so central to our success and happiness both professionally and personally.

If you’re attending the SER conference in June, please stop by the EpiMonitor booth! I would love to hear about your ideas and needs for this tight-knit community.

I am excited to pass on the newsletter ownership with its editorial and publishing responsibilities to Katelyn Jetelina, a young and energetic epidemiologist who has already proven herself to be a successful communicator with her blog during the height of the COVID pandemic. She and her husband Chris are taking over the reins held by our husband and wife team, and I have full confidence that they have the skills, ambition, and determination needed for taking The Epidemiology Monitor to new heights. We live in what is proving to be both an exciting and challenging communication environment. I hope that readers and employers will continue to provide their loyal support to keep the newsletter going at least until the SER meeting another 42 years from now in 2064!

A heartfelt thank you to all our loyal readers. It has been a great ride together. Until our paths cross again, stay well!

Roger Bernier, PhD, MPH Editor and Publisher rogbernier@gmail.com

I look forward to embarking on this journey together!

Katelyn Jetelina katelyn@epimonitor.net

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Reaching One Million US Deaths In COVID Pandemic Triggers Increased Efforts To More Fully Grasp The Loss And Its Significance As of May 20, 2022, the officially reported number of COVID deaths in the US stood at 999,224 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the rate of approximately 300 additional deaths per day as has been occurring recently, we project that the US officially crossed the threshold of 1,000,000 COVID deaths on or about Monday May 23, 2022.

The event has been widely reported in the media and discussed in multiple forums. The overarching purpose of noting this event has been to help Americans understand and appreciate what many believe is actually impossible to understand and appreciate.

In This Issue -4Aussie Data Suggests 90% Of US Covid Deaths Were Preventable -6Top 30 Haikus

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On The Light Side -12Near Term Epi Event Calendar

Haiku Contest Winners Announced Readers of The Epidemiology Monitor submitted over 300 haikus to compete for prize money and bragging rights in our haiku contest. The purpose of the contest was to capture the “changes and challenges” brought to epidemiology and/or epidemiologists as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The haikus struck multiple themes ranging from the influence of misinformation, the increased recognition of epidemiology with its positive and negative aspects, humor, May 2022

the health disparities made evident, the downplaying of expertise and education, the widespread use of the internet, the neglect of non-COVID conditions, over reliance on social media, and many others. Many haiku authors took the liberty of composing verses outside the requested topics and wrote about the impact of the pandemic on public health, the general public, and on science in general.

Many of the submissions were very - Haiku cont'd on page 2

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clever, insightful, and a delight to read. They met the criteria for a haiku to express much and suggest more with the fewest possible words. The choice for the three prizes offered was difficult to make since so many were excellent.

1. The winning haiku is: We used to be asked Does that have to do with skin Harder questions now The winning entry was submitted by Anna Porter who will receive the $500 prize.

2. The second place winner is: Without evidence Harmful petulance against Epi’s eloquence The second prize entry was submitted

by Jessica Laine Carmeli who will receive the $300 prize.

3. The third place winner is: Quell Snow, Koch, and Hill Faux experts and science swell Causation skews nil The third prize entry was submitted by Lisa Labita Woodson who will receive the $200 prize.

See the Top 30 Haiku and Honorable Mentions starting on page 6.

Winner Comments

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First prize winner Anna Porter told the Epi Monitor “What a shock! I am so honored to be selected as the winner, thank you! I had such fun writing it…

My understanding of a haiku is that it is supposed to take readers on a journey, so that was my goal when I sat down to write mine. My haiku reflects the pandemic experience I can most easily put into words, and I expect it is a fairly universal experience among epidemiologists.

Before the pandemic people would look at me in confusion when I told them I was an epidemiologist and then take a guess as to what it might be about - most chose skin. Now I get asked for advice, comfort, and predictions about what might happen next in the pandemic. I have done my best to research and share trusted resources, but I won’t be surprised if those are the most difficult questions I am asked in my career.”

Dr. Porter works in Raleigh NC as an epidemiologist in the Environment & Health division at Ramboll, primarily focused on perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Ramboll Group A/S is a Danish consulting engineering group headquartered in Copenhagen.

Third prize winner Lisa Labita Woodson told the Epi Monitor “Thank you so much for this honor. I love writing poetry and actually studied it as an undergrad. But throughout my years of writing, this is the first time I have ever been paid for my poetry and I am thrilled! …I am currently a PhD Epidemiology candidate from the University of Arizona. I just completed my second year…I wrote this haiku right after I had completed my comprehensive exams and while setting up my study in Peru. I used my notes from my exam as inspiration - Haiku cont'd on page 11

- Million con't from page 1 Describing Loss Below are some of the phrases which journalists, commentators, and President Biden have used to help people come closer to understanding the loss and its significance.

“A once-unfathomable number”

always remember that there are faces behind the graphs and numbers. We can’t become blind to why we do this work.”

Scale of Dying Axios focused its report on the scale of the loss suffered. Below is a table adapted from their article.

By this Date

Cumulative Deaths from Covid

Comparison Deaths or population sizes

3/18/20

2,974

Sept 11 deaths

4/2/20

8,000

1900 Galveston hurricane deaths

4/16/20

36,914

US Korean war deaths

4/26/20

58,220

US Vietnam war deaths

6/11/20

116,516

US World War One deaths

9/21/20

199,723

“The fact that so many have died is still appalling”

Population of Salt Lake City

12/13/20

299,035

Population of Greensboro NC

“History should judge us”

1/11/21

383,997

Population of New Orleans

1/16/21

404,400

US World War Two deaths

2/21/21

498,715

Population of Atlanta

9/19/21

675,000

1918 flu pandemic deaths

10/1/21

700,000

HIV/AIDS epidemic deaths

11/2/21

750,000

US Civil War deaths

1/25/22

873,965

Population of San Francisco

May 22

1,000,000

COVID 19 deaths

“An unthinkably grim milestone” “An incomprehensible weight” “A stunning toll” “One million empty chairs around the dinner table. Each an irreplaceable loss.”

“It did not have to be this way” “A once-unthinkable threshold”

“It really should be a moment for us all to reflect on what sort of society we want to have” An Epidemiologist View The challenge of understanding appears to be no easier for epidemiologists whose careers revolve around numbers, especially numbers of cases and deaths. As one epidemiologist Cindy Prins told WebMD, “It’s a hard number for people to comprehend…Those are 1 million loved ones. Every one of these people has a face and a story and people who cared about them and lost them.” And as former CDC Director Bill Foege has often reminded employees, “we should

“An incomprehensible weight”

“It did not have to be this way”

Non-random Dying Media articles have tried to describe the - Million cont'd on page 4

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" This is definitely a huge marker in the way we will think about society moving forward..."

impact by reminding readers of the epidemiology of the disease and how it has affected populations differently.

Among those bearing the greatest toll have been older persons who made up three-fourths of all deaths, including people in nursing or group home settings, people of color who died at higher rates than whites, people whose essential jobs required them to work in person rather than remotely, lowincome and low education persons, and persons living in the South which experienced more deaths than other regions.

In an updated report under the heading of Epidemiology in Scientific American, demographer Nyesha Black told the magazine “We will see the rippling effects of the pandemic on our society and the way it impacts individuals for generations. This is definitely a huge

marker in the way we will think about society moving forward—it will be that anchor event.”

Remembering The magazine also reports on “Marked

by Covid”, a national, grassroots, nonpartisan nonprofit that promotes accountability, recognition, justice, and a pandemic-free future. Made up of survivors and victims, the group’s goals include advocating for a COVID Memorial Day in March. Co-founder Kristin Urquiza told Scientific American “This is a major disrupting event, and it gives us the opportunity to think about how we actually want to rebuild…We’re a country that’s so deeply divided. I believe we can start to see one another as Americans and humans if we can hold space for what we’ve been through in this moment.”

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Using Australia As A Benchmark Democracy, Data Suggests Approximately 90% Of US COVID Deaths Were Preventable "...it gives us the opportunity to think about how we actually want to rebuild..."

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, the effort to arrive at lessons learned about what could have been done differently and what needs to change in the future has begun in earnest with books and articles appearing regularly. The occasion of reaching one million deaths has been a particularly thought-provoking event.

Disturbing Comparison In a revealing and disturbing comparison between the US and Australia prepared by the New York Times, the two countries experienced astonishingly different death outcomes from the pandemic. This is despite

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being comparable demographically and having similar English speaking democracies. Neither have authoritarian governments which can easily implement and enforce compliance on control measures.

The US just recorded 1,000,000 deaths from COVID 19 while Australia has recorded approximately 7,500.

According to the Times, “If the United States had the same Covid death rate as Australia, about 900,000 lives would have been saved.”

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Trust As Critical Several differences between the pandemic responses in Australia and the US are highlighted in the Times report, but the major conclusion is that the two countries have “very different cultures of trust.” Trust can manifest and operate in multiple ways to achieve positive outcomes, but trust in science and institutions and trust in one another are given the most credit for the superior outcomes in Australia.

International Study A recent study in The Lancet of 177 countries has also identified trust in government and between people as potentially key factors modifying the incidence of infections. Based on their results, investigators recommended that “governments should invest in risk communication and community engagement strategies to boost the confidence that individuals have in government guidance in public health crises, especially in settings with historically low levels of government and interpersonal trust.”

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Health care providers coordinated rather than competed for limited supplies of containment materials.

It facilitated people being willing to change their behavior to wear masks and socially distance from others.

It promoted the concept that “its not just about me” It promoted the concept that unity is required in major threats It encouraged rule following as a social norm It sustained compliance with control measures

To read the Times article entitled How Australia Saved Thousands Of Lives While Covid Killed A Million Americans, visit: https://bit.ly/3lCILoB To access the Lancet article, visit: https://bit.ly/3lCILoB ■

How Trust Operated As reported in the Times, some of the important ways in which trust operated to achieve lower death rates in Australia include the following. Many of these features stand in stark contrast to what took place in the US. 

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It facilitated the engagement of politicians and scientists early on in the pandemic It facilitated implementation of control measures much earlier than other countries.

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Top 30 Haikus Selected From Over 300 Submissions Several Entries Receive Honorable Mention Given the large number of outstanding entries, we also selected the top 30. They are listed in no particular order after the first three winning entries. The editor’s favorites are marked with asterisks.

Several colleagues submitted more than one haiku and often earned recognition for more than one entry. Enjoy!

Top 30 We used to be asked Does that have to do with skin Harder questions now  Anna P Without evidence Harmful petulance against Epi’s eloquence  Jessica LC Quell Snow, Koch, and Hill Faux experts and science swell Causation skews nil  Lisa LW SARS CO-V 2 war Science versus politics Populations shrink  Deborah H **Unruly disease Shed light on disparities Normalcy must cease  Serena X “Who needs PHDs?” They cried, tweeting expertise From their warm armchairs.  Emily O **Months of talks later Skeptic dad’s vaccinated A long, slow exhale.  Emily O

Sewage systems, check.

Clean water. Prevention. Check.

Public health? Fake news  Connie W Third call of the day No answer, left voice mail, sigh Lost case in the void  Elizabeth F One stat to rule all, Mandates lock down or parole.

Begone naughty R.  Ernest M Can we please just make Epidemiology Boring again, please?  Maureen D Impressive response Most were saved, some succumbed to Alternative facts  Tom P **Exponential growth Everyone is so surprised Except you, R naught  Paul B We were know-it-alls Before the pandemic hit Humility reigns.  Maureen D

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- Top 30 cont from page 6 Recommend a jab Tell them it will keep them well Receive your pink slip  Theresa B

Pandemic, my bane, If only you were safer, I would have more papers.  Sifang Z

Are we now experts?

As they ignore advice and sense?

Seems we have made it  Sahar S

Have you ever tried Learning ID epi and Yelling on Twitter?  Sifang Z

All class examples are just COVID-related.

What was used before?  Hannah B

Tell me what this is Black, white and read all over Misinformation  Bobbijean G

**Quantifying risks Shouting into a deep void I am Cassandra  Tamara L

**Vaccine hesitance Simplified as Tuskegee Absolves nobody  Lisa F

COVID fills headlines; meanwhile, cancer kills millions…

But still just silence.  Jennifer W

Have a PhD In epi, but not ID I stay in my lane  Candice J

Prior to Covid No-one knew our profession Now, we’re all Covid.  Natascha M

How do you say it?

Epi-dem-i-ol-o-gist Perfect for haiku  Jennifer W

In disguise ‘til now, Epidemiologists Are really rock stars  Beryl K

Now we're relevant, for fighting COVID-19, do we want to win?  Jennifer W

Vax efficacy Infection, sickness, or death?

Try explain outcome  Beryl K

Honorable Mention

**What to name my cats?

Moderna and Pfizer, or Johnson and Johnson?  Sifang Z

Heart disease? Boring!

Cancer? Boring! Strokes? Boring!

Bring back the boring!  Jennifer W

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- Top 30 cont from page 7 My masters degree Gains dust, since family just asks Google for answers  Stephanie B

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Here comes BA.2: Novel COVID variant.

New number, who dis?  Grant H

To mask or not to Mask? There's really no question.

Just wear the damn mask.  Jennifer Y

The virus revealed Epi is not skin research!

Degree affirmed  Meghana S

Who you gonna call?

Epidemiology Ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost!  Natascha M

Oh, when will it end?

You are an epi – tell me!

Now a household name.  Wanda S

Epi on the news.

No glory in prevention.

No-one listening.  Natascha M

Lulled asleep by neglect Awakened by loud sirens Still stupor remains  Lisa F

What we always did Epidemiology Strive in misery  Natascha M

Mountains of data Sitting on shelves unheeded Lead to brown body count  Lisa F

How to be patient And positive when you're a Positive patient?  Sifang Z

Overcredulous Anti-vax now breathlessness Trusted deathlessness  Jessica C

“It depends” on far Far more than what we all wished It depended on  Holly K

Covid shows value Brought by descriptive epi Will funding follow?  Candice J

While we can predict We cannot convince and so We predict the worst  Holly K

As covid goes on Epidemiologists Heroes to villains  Candice J ■

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Named: Anne Rimoin, as chair of the newly established Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. According to UCLA, Dr Rimoin is an internationally recognized expert on emerging infections, global heath, surveillance systems, and vaccinations.

Appointed: Ronald Aubert, as Interim Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Aubert serves currently as interim associate dean for diversity and inclusion at the School of Public Health and faculty director of Brown’s Presidential Scholars Program. He also has faculty appointments in the Department of Health Services, Practice and Policy, and at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Aubert obtained a PhD in epidemiology at the Gillings School of Public Health in 1990 and worked at the Centers for Disease Control in the Epidemic Intelligence Service. He replaces Dean Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, on an interim basis while Jha serves as White House coronavirus response coordinator.

Named: Karen Brust, as hospital epidemiologist at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Dr Brust served previously at Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas where she was an infectious disease clinician and director of infection prevention and control.

Named: Brian King, as FDA’s new Center for Tobacco Products Director, effective July 3, 2022. According to the FDA Director Robeert Califf, “Dr. King brings extensive and impressive expertise in tobacco prevention and control and has broad familiarity with FDA from his more than 10-year tenure at CDC.” Dr King served as the deputy director for research translation at the Office of Smoking and Health at CDC

Notes on People con't from page 9 Do you have news about yourself, a colleague, or a student?

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Appointed: Melinda Pettigrew, as Interim Dean at the Yale School of Public Health, effective July 1, 2022. Dr. Pettigrew is currently deputy dean of the Yale School of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases).

According to Yale, Dr Pettigrew is an internationally recognized infectious disease epidemiologist doing research on the global health threat of antibiotic resistance.

Current Dean Sten Vermund is returning to full time teaching and research on June 30, 2022.

Presenter: Zuo-Feng Zhang, of the 15th annual Saxon Graham Lecture at the University of Buffalo. Dr Zhang lectured on the “Challenges and Opportunities of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology.” Zhang is currently distinguished professor and chair of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology. Interestingly, he suggested in his lecture that when daily mortality from COVID drops to 0.3 per million (99 deaths per day) then we might consider COVID endemic. Recently, US deaths have averaged approximately 300 per day.

Honored: Philip Kass, as honorary diplomate of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society. The status is awarded in recognition of significant contributions to veterinary epidemiology, public health, and One Health. Dr Kass is currently vice provost of Academic Affairs and a professor of analytic epidemiology at the University of California Davis.

Appointed: Heather Britt, as executive director of Wilder Research, the research unit of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation in St Paul Minnesota, effective June 13, 2022. The foundation partners with nonprofits, government agencies and policymakers across the country to develop data-informed policy. Dr Britt is an epidemiologist who recently was senior director of analytics with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Notes on People con't from page 10 Do you have news about yourself, a colleague, or a student?

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Named: Amanda Simanek, as founding director of the Michael Reese Research and Education Foundation Center for Health Equity Research at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. The University is a private graduate school in North Chicago, Illinois. According to Dr. Simanek, a priority for her is ensuring future research projects are responsive to community needs and contribute to more equitable health outcomes among local communities that have been marginalized, disadvantaged, and underserved.

On The Light Side, cont from page 2 having recently jotted down all the historical figures, epidemiological concepts, and biostatistics I needed to have memorized. I was intrigued by this year's theme around COVID-19. …Before going back to school, I worked as both a county- and hospital-level epidemiologist. Back then, many people had no idea what an epidemiologist was and what I did. I recall having many conversations describing my day-to-day work. However, with the pandemic, suddenly everyone was an "epidemiologist". I worry about how this has led to the spread of misinformation from many so-called experts with no training or knowledge of this field.”

Second prize winner, Jessica Lane Carmeli, told the EpiMonitor: "Thank you so very much, this is very exciting and I am honoured!

"I was motivated to submit a haiku to The Epidemiology Monitor contest as I write poetry, fiction, and non-fiction works and revel in any chance to combine my scientific and artistic passions.

The haiku was inspired by the vast embattlements

among epidemiologists, scientists, economists, those in medicine, academia, and the public, surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the insolent and sometimes peevish tones used, juxtaposed against pervasive and strong resonance in discussions. On the one hand there were/are COVID-19 deniers or those who disagree with various mitigation measures that were put in place, without much or any evidence to support their arguments, and public contestations of Epidemiologists and our findings /recommendations. On the other hand there were/are disputes amongst Epidemiologists and other health professionals where the hat of expertise was heavily rotated and debated. How we use our words matters. Do you choose petulance or eloquence? I like to think Epidemiologists choose the latter.

I am a reproductive, maternal, and child health Epidemiologist at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern in Switzerland and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom. Additionally, I am a consultant and writer. " ■

8 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 upcoming year. Thus an online copy exists on our website that is updated regularly.

To view the full year please go to: http://www.epimonitor.net/Events The events that we are aware of for the next two months follow below.

June 2022 June 1-30 https://bit.ly/2WdMtIy Summer Program / Episummer@Columbia / Columbia University / New York, NY June 12-14 http://bit.ly/2RyvIGU Conference / 35th Annual SPER Meeting / Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research / Chicago, IL June 12-17 http://bit.ly/2LARbvo Short Course / Evidence Based Clinical Practice Workshop (Last time offered) / McMaster University / Hamilton, Ontario, Canada June 13-15 https://bit.ly/3DNvDDG Conference / APIC 2022 / Association for Professionals in Infection Control / Indianapolis, IN June 13-18 https://bit.ly/3ysXLeD Short Course / Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases / Infectious Disease Society of America / Moscow, ID June 13 - July 1 http://eepe.org/ Summer Program / 34th Residential Summer Course in Epi / EEPE (European Educational Program in Epidemiology) / Florence, Italy June 13 - July 1 http://bit.ly/2rjd9Mu Summer Program / 38th Summer Institute of Biostat & Epi / Johns Hopkins University / VIRTUAL June 14-17 https://bit.ly/3ypUsEX Workshop / Student Dissertation Workshop / Society for Epidemiologic Research / Chicago, IL June 14-17 https://bit.ly/3ENsMfD Conference / 2022 Annual Conference / Society for Epidemiologic Research / Chicago, IL June 15 - 17 https://bit.ly/33kI65m Short Course / Causal Inference in Epidemiology, Concepts and Methods / University of Bristol / VIRTUAL June 15 - 17 https://bit.ly/3oS4dZm Conference / Conference on Epidemiological Birth Cohort and Longitudinal Studies / University of Oulu / Oulu, Finland Hybrid June 15 - 18 https://bit.ly/3DPSRJx Conference / Preventive Medicine 2022 / American College of Preventive Medicine / Denver, CO June 17 https://bit.ly/3GH8MvK Meeting / 47th Topics in Infection 2022 / Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene / London, England - Hybrid

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Conference / CSTE Annual Conference / Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists / Louisville, KY June 20-21 https://bit.ly/3EOdPK6 Conference / ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC Joint Conference / International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Asia and Western Pacific Chapter & International Society for Exposure Science Asia Chapter / VIRTUAL June 20-22 https://bit.ly/3ES4GAg Conference / BTEC Conference / Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium / Lyon, France June TBA https://bit.ly/2INiyE6 Conference / NAACCR Summer Forum / North American Association of Central Cancer Registries / Boise, ID June TBA http://bit.ly/37u0852 Conference / 8th annual Symposium on Advances in Genomics, Epidemiology and Statistics (SAGES) / University of Pennsylvania - CCEB / Philadelphia, PA

July 2022 July 4-15 https://bit.ly/2Kxw9QD Short Course / Epidemiological Evaluation of Vaccines: Efficacy, Safety and Policy / London School of Hygiene & Tropical Health / London, England July 6-8 http://bit.ly/34mL0Ew Conference / European Dermato-Epi Forum / European Dermato-Epidemiology Network (EDEN) / Rotterdam, The Netherlands July 11-15 https://bit.ly/3GK6I61 Short Course / Genetic Epidemiology / University of Bristol / Bristol, England July 11-22 http://bit.ly/3mOlFtn Summer Program / 8th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics for Big Data (SISBID) / University of Washington / Seattle, WA July 11-27 https://bit.ly/2RWT7iZ Summer Program / 13th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID) / University of Washington / Seattle, WA July 11-29 http://bit.ly/2LSdUmP Summer Program / 8th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics for Clinical & Epidemiological Research (SISCER) / University of Washington / Seattle, WA July 11-29 https://bit.ly/2QnqkHv Summer Program / 56th Summer Session in Epidemiology / University of Michigan / Ann Arbor, MI July 19-22 https://bit.ly/3GC1mtG Conference / NACCHO 360 Conference / NACCHO (National Association of County and City Health Offices) / Atlanta, GA

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Summer Program / 31st International Summer School of Epidemiology at Ulm University / Ulm University /Ulm, Germany July 28-29 http://bit.ly/356q2In Conference / 7th International Conference on Public Health (ICOPH 2022) / Multiple / VIRTUAL

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Asst / Assoc / Full Professor Infectious Disease Epidemiology The Department of Epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is seeking applications for tenure-track faculty positions in the field of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. The Department has a long -standing collaboration with local clinics and the School of Medicine as well as the State Office of Public Health and can provide research opportunities both domestically and internationally.

The qualifications for Assistant Professor include a doctoral degree in epidemiology or MD with epidemiology training, post doctoral experience in studies related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases, demonstrated potential to establish independent research programs, evidence of excellence in teaching, and interest in collaborative research.

Qualifications for Associate/Full Professor candidates include significant contributions to published research, continued external research funding, and professional distinction in teaching, mentoring, and service.

Review of applications will begin as soon as possible and applications will be accepted and reviewed until the position is filled.

Applicants should send a cover letter, complete resume, with at least three letters of reference to: Jiang He, MD, PhD Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2000 Mail Box 8318 New Orleans, LA 70112

E-mail Address: jhe@tulane.edu

All applicants should also apply electronically via the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/87766 TULANE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

K12 Career Development Opportunity The UCSF-Kaiser Permanente Urological Epidemiology Research Career Development Program (UCSFKPNC UroEpi) is seeking a highly qualified, motivated MD, PhD, or comparable doctoral degree in early faculty or final year post-doctoral positions. The UroEpi Program seeks to :   

Recruit individuals committed to becoming an independent clinical researcher in the epidemiology of benign urological conditions at Kaiser.

Develop Scholars’ proficiency in epidemiology, research field methods, research ethics, leadership, manuscript preparation, and grantsmanship.

Individualize each scholar’s career development plan according to his or her background and future career goals.

The awardee will devote at least 50-75% effort to conducting research on non-cancerous urologic conditions and research career development. Other research and clinical activities will be identified to support a 100% position.

For more information, please contact: Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, PhD at Stephen.Vandeneeden@kp.org

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