Department of Epidemiology

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The Epidemiology Department is happy to announce the 157th Cutter Lecture on Preventative Medicine will take place on May 1, 2013.

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Recent Events

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Dr. William Eaton, PhD, Professor and Chair of Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was named the 2012 Harvard Award Lecture in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The annual Harvard Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics was established in 1994 to recognize outstanding achievement and lifelong commitment to the fields of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Each year the award is given to an individual whose lifelong career contributions have significantly advanced the fields of Psychiatric Epidemiology and/or Biostatistics. This award is made possible by the generous gift of Dr. Ming Tsuang and Ms. Snow Tsuang.

Previous awardees have included Benjamin Passamanick, Morton Kramer, Alexander Leighton, Joseph Fleiss, Samuel Guze, Samuel Greenhouse, Lee Robins, Helena Kraemer, Norman Sartorius, Robert Gibbons, Bruce Dohrenwend, Christine Waternaux, Leon Eisenberg, Tom TenHave, Naomi Breslau, Nan Laird, Jane Murphy, and Phil Lavori.

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HSPH was well represented at the Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) on Tuesday June 26, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Myriam Afeiche (Postdoc, Dept. of Nutrition, HSPH), Michelle Williams (Epi Department Chair, HSPH), Deirdre Tobias (Postdoc, Dept. of Nutrition, HSPH), Germaine Buck Louis (Director of the Division of Epidemiology, NICHD), Audrey Gaskins (PhD candidate, Dept. of Nutrition, HSPH).

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The Department of Epidemiology hosted a luncheon in honor of Dr. Ming Tsuang, Behavioral Genomics Endowed Chair and University Professor, University of California; Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Center for Behavioral Genomics, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego on Friday June 22, 2012.

Top Row: Dr. Susan Santangelo, Dr. Deborah Blacker, Dr. Ron Kessler, Dr. Garrett Fitzmaurice, Dr. Jordan Smoller, Dr. Steve Gilman, Dr. Chung-Cheng Hsieh
Bottom Row: Dr. Steve Buka, Dr. Nan Laird, Dr. Ming Tsuang, Dr. Jane Murphy, Dr. Michelle Williams, Dr. Mauricio Tohen