Tenure Track Seminar - Melissa Friesen, Ph.D.

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May 14, 2015 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

NCI Shady Grove

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Topic: Occupational Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies

Speaker: Melissa Friesen, Ph.D., Investigator
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute

Description: To identify occupational risk factors for cancer, high quality exposure assessment is vital. This seminar will describe recent methodologic advancements to retrospectively assess occupational exposures in studies that predominantly rely on subject-reported information and will focus on decision rule- and measurement-based approaches that include novel applications of machine learning and natural language processing methods.