Annual Meeting

Students and Post-Docs

Room Sharing in Minneapolis:

Once again, SER will offer a room share board for anyone interested in sharing lodgings in Minneapolis. To view information about the meeting hotel, the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, click here. To view instructions and submit a room share request, please follow this link. NOTE: SER does not assume any resposibility for matching up potential room shares.

Follow this link to view instructions and submit a room share request.

Breakfast with the Experts (by ticket only)
Studies show that eating breakfast is essential to good health-- and ours is served with a hearty side of epidemiologic methods! Join us for informal round-table discussions with the top methodology experts. These sessions are free to meeting participants. However, advanced ticketing is required. Tickets will be available Wednesday, June 27 at the registration desk, beginning at 5:00 pm and will be given on an first come, first-served basis.

Thursday, June 28, 7:00 - 8:00 am:

  • Barbara Abrams (Berkeley)
  • Lisa Bodnar (Pittsburgh)
  • Magdalena Cerda (Columbia)
  • Miguel Hernan (Harvard)
  • David Savitz (Brown)
  • Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen (Harvard)

Friday, June 29, 7:30 - 8:30 am:

  • Aaron Folsom (Minnesota)
  • Chanelle Howe (Harvard)
  • Rich MacLehose (Minnesota)
  • Tyler Vanderweele (Harvard)
  • Daniel Westreich (Duke)

Guided Poster Tours (by ticket only).
What makes a poster effective? Is the classic blue background/ yellow font combination the way to go? Should a poster have a reference section? Using actual SER posters as examples, our guides will lead discussions on what makes poster presentations persuasive, eye-catching, and enjoyable. These sessions are free to meeting participants. However, advanced ticketing is required and a limited number of tickets are available for each tour guide. Tickets will be available Wednesday, June 27 at the registration desk, beginning at 5:00 pm and will be given on an first come, first-served basis.

Thursday, June 28, 5:30pm- 6:30pm

  • Maria Glymour, Harvard School of Public Health
  • Enrique Schisterman, NIEHS
  • Noel Weiss, University of Washington
  • Lauren Wise

Friday, June 29, 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm

  • Christy Porucznik, University of Utah
  • Roland Thorpe, Johns Hopkins School of Public Halth
  • Ruby Nguyen
  • Polly Newcomb

Noontime Session: Friday, June 29, 12:15 - 1:15 pm

Life of Postdocs and Junior Faculty
Join our panel of postdocs and early-career investigators for a candid question-and-answer session on how to land your dream fellowship and then a faculty position, balance academic work and life, work in a different country, and many other aspects of life on the "other side" of the PhD degree.

Chair: Rena Jones (SUNY), SER-SPC President-Elect

Panelists:

  • Stella Aslibekyan (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  • Kerry Keyes (Columbia)
  • Jenny Lund (Aarhus University, Denmark)
  • Whitney Robinson (UNC); Chair: Rena Jones (SUNY)

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