1st Annual Applied Epidemiology and Environmental Health Workshop

What to know

August 2–3, 2022 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP), hosted a virtual workshop on applied epidemiology and environmental health. This exciting workshop brought together environmental epidemiologists from state and local health departments, academia, and CDC to discuss applied and innovative epidemiologic methods and how they can be used in environmental health research and practice.

EH Nexus Workshop on Applied Epidemiology and Environmental Health August 2-3, 2022

Audience

The workshop is designed for epidemiologists, statisticians, and other environmental health professionals at state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health agencies and environmental health organizations.

Disclaimer‎

The content and conclusions in these presentations are those of the authors and presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Agenda

Moderator

W. Dana Flanders, MD, DSc, MPH (Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)

Presentations

Academic, State, and Local Partnerships for Primary Data after Disasters: CASPER and BeyondJennifer Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH (Professor and Founding Director, Program in Epidemiology, Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware)

Cancer Cluster Investigations: Review of the Past and Proposals for the FutureMichael Goodman, MD, MPH (Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)

Using Group-Level Variables in EpidemiologyScott Bartell, PhD (Professor, University of California, Irvine)

Incorporating Spatial Correlation in Public Health StudiesLance Waller, PhD (Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)

Session one

Academic, State, and Local Partnerships for Primary Data after Disasters: CASPER and Beyond

  • Jennifer Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH

Session two

Cancer Cluster Investigations: Review of the Past and Proposals for the Future

  • Michael Goodman, MD, MPH

Session three

Using Group-Level Variables in Epidemiology

  • Scott Bartell, PhD

Session four

Incorporating Spatial Correlation in Public Health Studies

  • Lance Waller, PhD