“Paradigms to Pragmatism: Epidemiology and Biostatistics for the Changing World” Preliminary Program

2015 CSEB Conference June 1-4, 2015

Hilton Meadowvale Hotel • 6750 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON Monday, June 1, 2015 (Pre-Conference Day)

9:00am – 12:00pm BEST PRACTICES IN GRANT PREPARATION Presented by Eduardo Franco, McGill University

9:00am – 12:00pm TOWARDS CORE COMPETENCIES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY FRAMEWORK IN CANADA Presented by Susan Bondy, University of ; Thy Dinh, Conference Board of Canada

11:00am – 6:30pm PRE-REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE

1:00pm – 4:00pm CONTINUING EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL AND APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY: A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP (Invitation only)

1:00pm – 4:00pm BEST PRACTICES IN PUBLISHING EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH Presented by Eduardo Franco, Editor-in-Chief, Preventive Medicine

1:00pm – 4:00pm LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS USING MIXED MODELS + PROC GLIMMIX Presented by Lorne Rothman *Sponsored by SAS (Available for students ONLY)

4:30pm – 6:30pm WELCOME RECEPTION

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 (Conference Day 1)

7:30am – 8:30am NETWORKING BREAKFAST

7:30am – 8:30am STUDENT CAREERS WORKSHOP (& BREAKFAST)

8:30am – 8:35am OPENING REMARKS Presented by Paul Arora & Susan Jaglal, Conference Chairs, 2015 CSEB Conference

8:35am – 8:45am WELCOME REMARKS Presented by Dr. Howard Hu, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

8:45am – 9:45am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – A HISTORY OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Presented by Alfredo Morabia, Columbia University

9:45am – 11:00am CONCURRENT SESSIONS A

11:00am – 12:00pm SUB-PLENARY SESSIONS

SP.1 HORIZONS IN BIOSTATISTICS Could imperfect adjudication of causes of death have affected the results of a trial of prostate screening? A statistical investigation. Presented by Stephen Walter, McMaster University

Targeted inference: aligning statistical tools with epidemiologic goals. Presented by Robert Platt, McGill University

SP.2 VIOLENCE PREVENTION Presented by Peter Donnolly, Public Health

SP.3 PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO EBOLA Presented by Ross Upshur & David Fismam, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

12:00pm – 1:00pm NETWORKING LUNCH

12:00pm – 1:00pm LUNCH WORKSHOP Working at the Nexus of Research and Policy: The International Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology (IJPC-SE) Presented by Mark Oremus, University of Waterloo; Colin Soskolne,

1:00pm – 2:15pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS B

2:15pm – 2:30pm TRANSITION

2:30pm – 3:45pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS C

3:45pm – 4:00pm TRANSITION

2 4:00pm – 5:00pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – THE PROSTATE, LUNG, COLORECTAL AND OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING TRIAL: PAST INSIGHTS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES Presented by Mark Purdue, Ontario Health Study

5:00pm – 5:15pm CLOSING REMARKS Presented by Laura Rosella, Chair, Local Organizing Committee, 2015 CSEB Conference

6:30pm – 9:30pm ORGANIZED SOCIAL ACTIVITY Dinner at The Living Arts Centre (Presentation by Samantha Nutt)

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 (Conference Day 2)

7:15am – 8:30am CSEB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (breakfast available)

7:15am – 8:30am NETWORKING BREAKFAST

8:30am – 8:45am WELCOME REMARKS Presented by Paul Arora & Susan Jaglal, Conference Chairs, 2015 CSEB Conference

8:30am – 9:30am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – BASIC SCIENCE OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH: METHODS AND TOOLS Presented by Sholom Wacholder, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA

9:30am – 11:00am CONCURRENT SESSIONS D

11:00am – 12:00pm SUB-PLENARY SESSIONS

SP.4 CANADIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR TOMORROW PROJECT Presented by Mark Purdue, Ontario Health Study

SP.5 THE QUANTIFICATION OF CANCER BURDEN IN CANADA Presented by Darren Brenner, Alberta Health

SP.6 GLOBAL & INDIGENOUS HEALTH Presented by Jeff Reading, University of Victoria; Madhukar Pai, McGill University

12:00pm – 1:00pm NETWORKING LUNCH

12:00pm – 1:00pm MENTORSHIP LUNCH & LEARN SESSION(S) FOR STUDENTS

12:00pm – 2:15pm CSEB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

1:00pm – 2:15pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS E

2:15pm – 2:30pm TRANSITION

2:30pm – 3:45pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS F

3:45pm – 4:00pm TRANSITION

4:00pm – 5:00pm PRESENTATION OF AWARDS & PRIZES ƒƒ CSEB Distinguished Service Award ƒƒ New Investigator Award ƒƒ Lifetime achievement Award ƒƒ Geoffrey R. Howe Award

5:00pm – 5:15pm CLOSING REMARKS Presented by Eduardo Franco, Scientific Chair, 2015 CSEB Conference

Thursday, June 4, 2015 (Conference Day 3)

7:30am – 8:30am NETWORKING BREAKFAST

8:30am – 9:45am CONCURRENT SESSIONS G

9:45am – 10:15am COFFEE BREAK

10:15am – 11:30am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Presenter by Nancy Kreiger, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

11:30am – 12:00pm CLOSING REMARKS & CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT Presented by Thy Dinh, President, Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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