SPC President’s Message

Hello again fellow SPCers!

Spring is here!! Sure that may mean taking and/or grading midterms for some, and perhaps your sleep cycle was thrown out of wack by an abrupt springing forward of the clocks, but for many of us it also means emerging from winter hibernation, flowers, and daylight past 5pm – I’ll take that trade. And of course, Spring is an exciting time for SER members as well. Many of you tuned in past month for our Spring SERdigital, which featured Dr. Ana Diez Roux and Dr. Mya L. Roberson speaking on, “Health disparities research in epidemiology: present and future directions”. Both speakers were absolutely fantastic, so a huge thank you to both of them, as well as a big thanks to our SPC education co-chairs, Jen Mongiovi and Andreas Teferra, for organizing! We are also really excited for our next SERjournal club which we are co-sponsoring with the SPER Student Committee, where Dr. Ashley Hill will discuss her article, “Chlamydia trachomatis is associated with medically indicated preterm birth and preeclampsia in young pregnant women”. That will take place on April 20th at noon, so make sure you register for that here. I can’t talk about exciting things happening this spring without mentioning the official launch of the SER-SPC Peer Review Partnership Program in conjunction with the American Journal of Epidemiology and Epidemiology. This program provides a great opportunity for trainees to get involved in the peer review process with either journal; you can check out the page here for more information and to sign up for the program. Lastly, Spring of course means that the SER annual meeting is right around the corner. Early registration ends May 13th, so if you haven’t’ done so already, now is the time to lock in that early registration discount! We recognize that for many SPC members, SER2022 may in fact be their first in-person SER experience, so we on the SPC board are hard at work to make sure it’ll be a memorable one. And so, with that, let’s all try to enjoy the spring weather, buckle down and finish the semester, and I hope to see many of you in June!

John R. Pamplin II
SER SPC President