Interactive sessions: World Congress of Epidemiology 2024

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Dear Colleagues,

We are thrilled to share additional news on the interactive sessions awaiting you at WCE2024.

These sessions are designed to invigorate discussions, ignite fresh insights, and foster enduring connections among attendees.

Multi-speaker Symposium: Pharmacoepidemiology: New Insights and Continuing Challenges
This symposium will explore innovations and data sources that are shaping the field of pharmacoepidemiology, offering insights into recent breakthroughs and enduring challenges.

Multi-speaker Symposium: The Role of Epidemiology in Building Responses to Violence
This session will provide critical insights into the roles that epidemiology can play in enhancing public health responses to violence. Speakers will include Zinzi Bailey (University of Minnesota), Rodrigo Guerrero (Institute for Peace Promotion and Injury/Violence Prevention) and Rachel Jewkes (South African Medical Research Council) .

Multi-speaker Symposium: Old risk factors in the new era: tobacco, alcohol and physical activity
This symposium on timeless health hazards in modern contexts. Scholars, Lekan Ayo-Yusuf (University of Pretoria), Shifalika Goenka (Centre for Chronic Disease Control) and Katherine Keyes (Columbia University) explore evolving perceptions, impacts on public health, and innovative interventions. Discussions address changing societal attitudes, emerging research, and strategies for mitigating associated risks in today’s dynamic health landscape.

These sessions are just a few of the diverse offerings at WCE2024, with many more engaging discussions and workshops to be announced soon. Keep an eye on our conference website for updates on the full program.

We look forward to your presence at what promises to be a conference of innovation, collaboration, and discovery. Take the opportunity to be part of the World Congress of Epidemiology 2024 by submitting your abstracts and registering today, early bird registration closes 26th April 2024.

We look forward to welcoming you to our conference.

Preventing, predicting, preparing for, and responding to epidemics and pandemics

Session type: Multi-speaker symposium
Session will be a reflection of the roles and responsibilities of epidemiologists during the course of the pandemic, as well as lessons learnt will be important for management of future pandemics.

Meet the editors

Session type: Panel discussion
Session will involve engagement of Editors of epidemiology journals on how they promote inclusive publishing on their platforms and how far have they gone to include the rest of the world in their publications.

Old risk factors in the new era: tobacco, alcohol and physical activity

Session type: Multi-speaker symposium
Session will delve into the evolving landscape of traditional risk factors amid contemporary health challenges. The aim is to explore how the dynamics of tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and physical activity have transformed in the modern era, considering technological, societal, and cultural shifts.

Shafalika Goenka
(Public Health Foundation of India, India)

Katherine Keyes
(Columbia University, USA)

Lekan Ayo Yusuf
(University of Pretoria, SA)

Is it risky for epidemiologists to be advocates?

Session type: Debate
In the current climate, epidemiologists risk becoming non-neutral actors hampering their ability to do science as well as making them considered to be less reliable to the public.

Kalpana Balakrishnan
(Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, India)

Neal Pearce
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK)

The role of epidemiology in building responses to violence

Session type: Multi-speaker symposium
Violence has been given insufficient attention and priority in the arena of public health policy, partnerships and interventions. Session will explore what role can and will epidemiology play in improving responses to violence?

Zinzi Bailey
(University of Minnesota, USA)

Rodrigo Guerrero-Velasco
(Violence Research Center of Universidad del Valle, Columbia)

Rachel Jewkes
(South African Medical Research Council, SA)

Ethics and epidemiology: conflicts of interest in research and service

Session type: Panel discussion
This session aims to dissect the complexities surrounding conflicts of interest in both research and public health practice, emphasising the critical need for transparency, integrity, and ethical decision-making.

Racial and ethnic classifications in epidemiology: global perspectives

Session type: Multi-speaker symposium
Session will explore the continued predominance of certain types of studies which influence global practice despite the lack of racial, ethnic and geographic diversity is a major weakness in epidemiology.

Critical reflections on epidemiology and its future

Session type: Panel discussion
Session will explore where is epidemiology headed, particularly given what field has been through in recent times? Is the field still fit for purpose? With all the new emerging threats, important to establish whether field is ready.

Teaching epidemiology: global perspectives

Session type: Panel discussion
Understanding how epidemiology is taught in different parts of the world is essential. Session will unpack why is epidemiology taught differently? Is it historical? Implications of these differences?

Na He
(Fudan University, China)

Katherine Keyes
(Columbia University, USA)

Noah Kiwanuka
(Makerere University, Uganda)

Miquel Porta
(Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Spain)

Pharmacoepidemiology: new insights and continuing challenges

Session type: Multi-speaker symposium
This session aims to explore recent advancements in studying the utilization and effects of medications on populations, addressing methodological innovations, and novel data sources.

Are traditional cohorts outdated?

Session type: Panel discussion
Session will explore the landscape of traditional cohort studies, touching on their continued relevance in the contemporary research landscape. What are the limitations of traditional cohorts, challenges in data collection, evolving research questions, and potential advancements in study designs.

Karen Canfell
(The Daffodil Centre, Cancer Council NSW/University of Sydney, Australia)

Mauricio Lima Barreto
(Center of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health, Brazil)

Naja Hulvej Rod
(University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Yuan Lin
(Nanjing Medical University, China)

Have DAGs fulfilled their promise?

Session type: Debate
Critical reflection on why despite their importance in the Methods community, DAGs are not widely included in publications. Session will provide perspective on their utility in future research

Peter Tennant
(University of Leeds, UK)

Margarita Moreno-Betancur
(University of Melbourne, Australia)

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