Political epidemiology of case-control studies: 1900-1950

Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. 

Location: New York, NY, USA

Will epidemiologic methods and concepts cease to evolve?

Pre-Congress Course of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. 

Location: Edinburgh, UK

Protecting Worker and Community Health:

Are We Prepared for the Next 9/11?

The New York Committee for Ocupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) with support from a group of labor unions, healthcare facilities, environmental organizations and Manhattan Community Board 1 will sponsor an all day conference entitled "Protecting Worker and Community Health: Are We Prepared for the Next 9/11?" 

Steven Markowitz, MD, Co-Director of Queens World Trade Center of Clinical Excellence at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Queens College, will moderate a session entitled, "Documenting the Extent of Harm."

Registration begins at 8 a.m. Cost is $25 per person. For more information, call (212)-227-6440. 

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Commuting mode and inflamatory response.

A case-control study, by Alfredo Morabia, Zhang Fang Fang, Santella Regina, Janine Flory, Wolff Mary, Markowitz Steven. 
23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.

Location: Barcelona, Spain

CBNS PARTICIPATES IN IBM's "THINK" EXHIBIT AT LINCOLN CENTER

On September 23, 2011 the "THINK" Exhibit, as part of IBM's Centennial Celebration, will open its doors at Lincoln Center under the motto "Making the World Work Better." The exhibit reveals the problem-solving steps of SEEING - MAPPING - UNDERSTANDING - BELIEVING - ACTING as an important pathway to address some of today's toughest challenges globally as well as locally.

Through real-life examples and stories, the exhibit explores what it takes to make the world work better. And it reveals the enormous potential of science and technology to improve the way we live and work. One important local issue the exhibit will use to reveal this approach relates to the issue of improving air quality in NYC and the critical role that the New York City Community Air Survey (NYCCAS) plays in this multi-faceted process. CBNS and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) provide the IBM Centennial Exhibit with NYCCAS data and real-time ambient air instruments.  

CONTACT: Dr. Holger M. Eisl heisl@qc.cuny.edu

Health Impact of 9/11: What Do We Know?

Scientific Update of World Trade Center Health Effects

On October 13, 2011 in downtown Manhattan, CBNS of Queens College will co-host a 1 day scientific conference to discuss current knowledge and research about the health effects due to exposures associated with the World Trade Center collapse and clean-up 2001 in New York City. Conference co-sponsors include the Mount Sinai based WTC Data Center, the Fire Department of New York, the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Health World Trade Center Health Registry. Research scientists will present new findings (within past year) on 9/11 health effects; scientific lessons learned; and ongoing and future research activities and needs. Physical and mental health issues of workers and community residents will be addressed.

CONTACT: Jordan Werbe Fuentes jwerbefuentes@qc.cuny.edu at CBNS
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Nazism and Public Health: Are they compatible?

Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable University of the Basque Country, Donista. 

Location: San Sebastian, Spain

Os metodos e conceitos epidemiologicas iran parar de evoluir?

Pre-Congress Course of the Brazilian Epidemiology Association (ABRASCO). 

Location: Sao Paolo, Brazil

The Nazi study on tobacco and lung cancer: Science or propaganda?

Pre-Congress Course of the Brazilian Epidemiology Association (ABRASCO). 

Location: Sao Paolo, Brazil

David Hume and Bradford Hill, so similar and so apart.

The Philosophy of Epidemiology - conceptual issue in epidemiological methodology, population health policy, and the use of scientific evidence in law. 

Location: University of Johannesburg, South Africa