DCEG STAFF ATTEND THE SOCIETY FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH MEETING

The Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) held its 42nd annual meeting in Anaheim, California in June. The title and theme of this year’s meeting was Epidemiologists as Vectors for Transmitting Health. Many DCEG researchers participated in the event by chairing sessions, giving presentations, or displaying posters of their latest research.

Louise A. Brinton, Ph.D., Chief of the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch (HREB), chaired the session "Predictors of breast cancer recurrence and survival" and presented the poster "Male breast cancer in the Veterans Administration hospitalization database." D. Michal Freedman, Ph.D., M.P.H., Radiation Epidemiology Branch, spoke on "Sunlight, hormone replacement status, and colorectal cancer risk in post-menopausal women." Edgar Simard, M.P.H., Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, gave a presentation on "Spectrum of cancer risk late after AIDS in the United States." He was also selected as the president-elect of the SER Student Caucus, which fosters the academic and professional development of student participants.

Other presentations included posters by Michael C. R. Alavanja, Dr.P.H., Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, "Pesticide exposure and the risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in the Agricultural Health Study," and Michael B. Cook, Ph.D. (HREB), "A systematic review and meta-analysis of perinatal variables in relation to the risk of testicular cancer."