Fall 2010 Newsletter
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What you will find in this issue:
President's Corner
Student and Post Doc President's Corner
SER
Membership
SER Elections
43rd Annual SER Meeting
SER-SC President's
Corner - Edgar Simard
Student and Postdoc Committee (SER-SPC)
Greetings from the newly re-named SER-Student and Postdoc Committee (SER-SPC). We changed our name to be more inclusive, acknowledging our many postdoctoral members. While our name may have changed, our membership criteria have not: we welcome all students (at any level), trainees, and postdoc-toral researchers to join us. Please encourage your colleagues to visit our website for additional information or contact a member of the SER-SPC executive board.
The annual meeting in Seattle was a huge success, thanks to the SER program staff and the excellent planning and teamwork demonstrated by the SER-SPC leadership. I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to the outgoing board members: Miranda Lucia Ritterman Weintraub, Kellee White, Elizabeth Brownell, and Vanessa Stevens. Our evaluation of student and postdoc activities in Seattle revealed an overall very high level of satisfaction among participants. We use these data to continually improve our programs to better meet the wants and needs of our members. We welcome your comments and advice, and invite you to become more involved with the SER-SPC by joining a committee and/or participating in our planning conference calls.
We are developing a dynamic agenda of activities to be held at the Congress of Epidemiology in Montreal (June 21-24, 2011). In addition to SER, the other groups sponsoring the Congress are: the American College of Epidemiology (ACE), the APHA Epidemiology Section, and the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB). In collaboration with the student and postdoc groups from these societies, we will offer a cross-cutting program focused on helping early career epidemiologists make important decisions such as choosing a career path (whether it be academic, government, industry, or other-wise), and successfully competing for research funds. In addition, we will again provide ample opportunities for professional and social networking between epidemiologists at all career stages. Please visit the Congress website (www.epicongress2011.org) to learn about the discounted housing options, volunteer opportunities, as well as information on travel scholarships and awards.
In addition to planning for the Congress of Epidemiology, logistics are underway for a web meeting focused on the application of an epidemiologic method. We will solicit abstracts from SER-SPC members later this fall. We recently tested a web meeting appli-cation which we hope to share with you sometime in the near future. We have also increased our presence on the Internet: please follow us on Twitter @SER_SPC. Soon, the SER website will also have a "members only" job board available. We are exploring the utility of other social media to increase networking opportunities between SER-SPC members. If you have any feedback or ideas on this, please contact us.
Finally, I am excited to announce the 2010-2011 SER-SPC Executive Board to you. Follow this link to view the entire Student Post-Doc Executive Committee.
Regards,
Edgar Simard