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Keynote Speaker:
Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control

"Ensuring Relevance for Epidemiology in a Changing World"

Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., became Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in June 2009.  Dr. Frieden has worked to control both communicable and non-communicable diseases in the United States and around the world.  From 1992-1996, he led New York City’s program that rapidly controlled tuberculosis, including reducing cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by 80 percent. He then worked in India for five years where he assisted with national tuberculosis control efforts. The program in India has treated more than 10 million patients and has saved more than one million lives.

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Plenary Sessions:

Wednesday, June 19, 8:00 - 9:40 am

Keynote Address:
Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director, CDC - "Ensuring Relevance for Epidemiology in a Changing World"

President's Address
Sandro Galea, Columbia University

Wednesday, June 19, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Training Epidemiologists: Looking to the Future
Chair: Bernard Harlow, University of Minnesota
Panelists (follow link to read bio):

Dr. Martha Werler, Boston University
Dr. Michelle Williams, Harvard University
Dr. Paul Jacques, Tufts University
Dr. Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Thursday, June 20, 8:00 - 9:30 am

Lilienfeld Student Prize Award Winner Presentation
Kristen Palmsten, Harvard University

Beyond Cells to Society: From Exposome to Genome

Thinking 'above the skin': How the Brave New World of Exposure Assessment will Shape Epidemiology in the Coming Decades
Jim Anthony, Michigan State University

Thinking 'below the skin': Emerging Biologic Science and its Implications for Epidemiology
Danielle Fallin, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Friday, June 21, 8:00 - 9:30 am
Causal Inference: Why Bother?
Chair: Jennifer Ahern, University of California, Berkeley
Follow this link for a full description of this session.
Panelists:

Magdalena Cerda
Maria Glymour
Maya Peterson