Fall 2011 Newsletter
 |
Stella Aslibekyan University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Student and Post-Doc Committee President's Corner
"As we brainstorm plans for student and post-doc programs that we will be offering at the Minneapolis meeting and beyond, we cannot value your input enough.."
You know it is an exciting year to be an epidemiologist when even Hollywood has jumped on the bandwagon and Contagion, a movie about the personal and public health response to a deadly virus, is breaking box office records! Here at SER-SPC, we like to keep things exciting as well - here is a glimpse of what we are working on in 2011-2012.
We are kicking off this school year with our first annual web meeting, the Epidemiologic Methodology Applications Conference, which will take place on November 5th and is open to all students, postdocs, and trainees. The meeting will begin with a live plenary session featuring a debate featuring two methodology experts - Dr. Malcolm Maclure (UBC) and Dr. Charles Poole (UNC), followed by students' real-time oral presentations on topics ranging from study design to statistical analysis to novel tools of communicating epidemiologic results. (To learn more about the web meeting, go to page 6.) We are currently reviewing many highquality abstracts, and look forward to picking the three winners who will receive travel scholarships to next year's meeting in Minneapolis.
And speaking of web-based features, this year we are also working to expand our presence in social media. You can already find us on Twitter (@SER_SPC) and a Facebook page is in the works; follow us to learn of new events in the epidemiology world, read noteworthy articles, connect with our community, and offer suggestions on how we can best serve our members. We will also use social media tools to keep you posted on the 2012 meeting planning, leadership opportunities with the SER-SPC board, and even more travel scholarships.
As we brainstorm plans for student and post-doc programs that we will be offering at the Minneapolis meeting and beyond, we cannot value your input enough. In a few weeks, we will be sending out our fall survey. This is a great opportunity to suggest topics, workshops, and speakers that would enrich our members' experience at the meeting - not to mention to win a $50 gift card to Amazon.com, which could come in handy when that Contagion DVD (or the next edition of Modern Epidemiology?) comes out.
We look forward to meeting you in Minneapolis!
Sincerely,
Stella Aslibekyan, PhD
2011-2012 SER-SPC President
To subscribe to our list-serv, please visit: http://www.epiresearch.org/students/listserv.html
To learn more about student membership in SER and to join us, please visit: http://www.epiresearch.org/students/