One-Day IJE Sponsored Conference Touches On Many Current Issues In Epidemiology Agreement On The Field’s Purpose Still Elusive Back in 2001 the new editors of the International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE) asked—“Epidemiology: Is it time to call it a day?” That was a direct question and their answer was no. At the recent IJE one day conference 16 years later, the editors launched their conference by asking another more ambiguous question --“ Is (publishing) epidemiology history?”and the answers were expected to be more nuanced, according to Shah Ebrahim, co-editor of the IJE.
He explained why to The Epidemiology Monitor. “This is a consequence of trends in methods of communicating scientific findings, our own experience of editing the IJE, a belief that knowing what went before is fundamental to doing better studies and gaining greater understanding, and the growth of modern epidemiological methods,” he said.
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Presidential Candidates Questioned On Science Topics And Scored On Their Answers Public Health, Climate Change and Vaccination Are Included In Top 20 Science Questions of 2016 Another presidential election is upon us, and just as in 2012, ScienceDebate.org has compiled answers from each candidate on America’s top science, engineering, tech, health & environmental issues1. According to the organization, “These key issues affect voters’ lives as much as the foreign policy, economic policy, and the faith and values statements that candidates traditionally share with journalists on the campaign trail.” Scientific American solicited the opinions of experts in each field covered by the questions to help grade each candidate’s answers2. Two dozen scientists offered - Presidential Candidates continues on page 12 October 2016
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