Call for Abstracts
Abstract submission is
now closed.
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by early
February.
Info-Fusion: Utilization of Multi-Source Data
12th Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods
April 7–8, 2009
Statisticians, social and behavioral scientists, epidemiologists, economists, policy analysts, and other health researchers are invited to participate in the Twelfth Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods to be held in Decatur, Georgia (Atlanta metropolitan area). The Symposium is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention* (CDC) and the American Statistical Association (ASA). The theme of the 2009 Symposium is "Info-Fusion: Utilization of Multi-Source Data." In conjunction with the Symposium, short courses will be offered on April 6, 2009 and announced at a later date.
Submission of abstracts is encouraged for contributed sessions of oral and poster presentations related to any of the following Symposium topic areas:
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Application of analytic techniques to multiple data sources
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Best practices in information fusion and biosurveillance
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Statistical issues in bioterrorism and environmental tracking
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Public health threat surveillance, monitoring, and assessment
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Public health preparedness, emergency or disaster response
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Spatial-temporal analysis of multiple information sources
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Applications of health risk analysis, risk modeling, and decision science
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Model assessment in large linked or networked data bases
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Cutting edge analytics applied to public health data
Abstracts will be considered for either oral or poster presentation and must be submitted no later than December 15, 2008. The Symposium program will be determined by the end of January, after which authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection. For more information, please contact:
Drew Baughman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE (MS C–25)
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 639-8198
DBaughman@cdc.gov
* Includes Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
