Workshop on Applied Epidemiology and Environmental Health

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

CDC Global Communications Center
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta GA, 30329

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 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

Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, ScD | Presenter
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Chris Gennings, PhD | Presenter
Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jennifer Bobb, PhD | Presenter
Associate Biostatistics Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Vishal Midya, MStat, PhD | Presenter
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Facilitators

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

Continuing education information

Continuing education will not be provided for this workshop.

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.