What to know
CDC’s third annual environmental epidemiology methods workshop, “Innovative Methods for Analysis of Environmental Mixtures in Epidemiology,” is taking place on August 1, 2024. The workshop will be a hybrid event, with in-person sessions at CDC and remote participation via Zoom.
Aug 1, 2024
9:45 AM - 5:30 PM ET
Description
Overview
CDC's Environmental Health (EH) Nexus is hosting its third annual environmental epidemiology methods workshop, "Innovative Methods for Analysis of Environmental Mixtures in Epidemiology," on August 1, 2024. Subject matter experts will discuss innovative epidemiologic methods and how they can be applied to environmental health research and practice.
Audience
The workshop is designed for epidemiologists, statisticians, biostatisticians, and other environmental health professionals at state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health agencies and environmental health organizations.
Format
The workshop will be a hybrid event with lectures and an interactive roundtable discussion. In-person sessions will be held at the CDC Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA. Remote participation will be available via Zoom.
Registration
Remote participation: If you plan to attend the workshop remotely, please register online at https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_dItf3iIuR3G3SX34xK4Xow.
In-person participation: If you plan to attend the workshop in person, please register by emailing ehnexus@cdc.gov by July 1, 2024.
Registration is free.
Security
In-person workshop participants will be required to complete security checks upon arrival at CDC, including presenting a U.S. passport, state driver's license, or state-issued ID. Temporary badges will be issued to participants.
Non-U.S. citizens are welcome to attend this workshop; however, there are additional security requirements, and participants should contact ehnexus@cdc.gov for assistance
Featuring
Facilitators
Call for abstracts
As part of this year's workshop, we are allowing time during the roundtable discussion for three or four short (10-minute) presentations about ongoing or planned epidemiologic projects that involve analyses of environmental mixtures. After briefly summarizing the project and potential issues, the presenter can ask the speaker panel for suggestions about methods of analyses, possible challenges, and other issues.
If you would like to be considered to present your project, please write a summary abstract (limit 350 words) that includes the following:
- Project goal
- Environmental mixtures of interest
- Outcomes of interest
- Planned methods of analysis
- One or two questions for the panel
Please also include PowerPoint slides that will be used for the presentation.
The abstracts and slides will be ranked based on
- Clarity
- Completeness
- Relevance to epidemiologic studies of environmental mixtures
- Anticipated utility as a vehicle for discussion as part of the workshop
All participants are welcome to submit an abstract for consideration; however, preference will be given to state and local epidemiologists. In-person attendance is preferred for abstract presentations, but there will also be the option to present remotely.
Please submit your abstract and PowerPoint slides to envepiworkshop@cdc.gov by July 3, 2024.
Event materials
Agenda
9:45 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks — Erik Svendsen, PhD Director, CDC Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Overview of Issues in the Analysis of Mixtures — Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, ScD, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
11:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
BREAK
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Weighted Quantile Sum Regression — Chris Gennings, PhD, Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m.
LUNCH
1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m.
Kernel Machine Regression — Jennifer Bobb, PhD, Associate Biostatistics Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
2:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
BREAK
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Other Machine Learning Applications — Vishal Midya, MStat, PhD, Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
BREAK
3:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Roundtables/Q&A — W. Dana Flanders, MD, DSc, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
5:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks — Erik Svendsen, PhD, Director, CDC Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice
Additional information
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact envepiworkshop@cdc.gov.