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Our Mission

The mission of the Society for Epidemiologic Research is to advance the science and practice of epidemiology by fostering innovation, collaboration, and education. We strive to keep epidemiologists at the forefront of scientific developments, equipping them with the tools, knowledge, and networks needed to address emerging public health challenges. Through conferences, research dissemination, and professional development opportunities, SER promotes excellence, diversity, and integrity in epidemiologic research to improve population health worldwide.

Fostering Innovation

Driving forward epidemiologic discovery through inclusive collaboration and bold ideas.

Collaboration

Building bridges across disciplines to accelerate epidemiologic impact.

Education

Empowering the next generation of epidemiologists through accessible, rigorous, and forward-thinking learning.

Resources

Connecting members to tools, data, and opportunities that strengthen epidemiologic practice and impact.

Our History Tracing the Roots of Epidemiologic Excellence

In 1967 three epidemiology department chairs, Drs. Abraham Lilienfeld (the Johns Hopkins University), Milton Terris (New York Medical College) and Brian MacMahon (Harvard University), proposed a new society. Their goals were to create a venue for their graduate students to present their research findings and exchange ideas with senior researchers and to establish a meeting at which epidemiologists studying chronic diseases, infectious diseases and mental health could come together. The first meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research took place in May 1968 in Washington DC.

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Meeting Locations & Leadership

2026
Phoenix, Arizona
🏛️ Officers: Wendy Nembhard (President), Yvette Cozier (Past President), Brian Whitcomb (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Bryan James, Monique Brown, Brenda Heaton, Peter Tennant, Milena Gianfrancesco
⭐ SPC President: Anthony Nixon
2025
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Yvette Cozier (President), William Miller (Past President), Wendy Nembhard (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Laura Balzer, Bryan James, Monique Brown, Brenda Heaton, Peter Tennant
⭐ SPC President: Alvin Thomas
2024
Austin, Texas
🏛️ Officers: William Miller (President), Onyi Arah (Past President), Yvette Cozier (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Laura Balzer, Bryan James, Monique Brown, Brenda Heaton, Peter Tennant
⭐ SPC President: Nedghie Adrien

All Past Meetings
2023
Portland, Oregon
🏛️ Officers: Onyi Arah (President), Jennifer Ahern (Past President), Yvette Cozier (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Anjum Hajat, Anna Pollack, Jessie Edwards, Sunni Mumford, Laura Balzer
⭐ SPC President: Sharia Ahmed
2022
Chicago, Illinois
🏛️ Officers: Jennifer Ahern (President), Jay Kaufman (Past President), Onyi Arah (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Matthew Fox, Anna Pollack, Anjum Hajat, Jessie Edwards, Sunni Mumford
⭐ SPC President: John Pamplin
2021
Virtual Meeting
🏛️ Officers: Jay Kaufman (President), Martha Werler (Past President), Jennifer Ahern (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Magdalena Cerda, Katherine Keyes, Matthew Fox, Anna Pollack, Anjum Hajat
⭐ SPC President: Catherine Lerro
2020
Virtual Meeting
🏛️ Officers: Martha Werler (President), Enrique Schisterman (Past President), Jay Kaufman (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Magdalena Cerda, Katherine Keyes, Matthew Fox, Anna Pollack, Anjum Hajat
⭐ SPC President: Dana Pasquale
2019
Minneapolis, Minnesota
🏛️ Officers: Enrique Schisterman (President), Andrew Olshan (Past President), Martha Werler (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Daniel Westreich, Whitney Robinson, Magdalena Cerda, Katherine Keyes, Matthew Fox
⭐ SPC President: Yeyi Zhu
2018
Baltimore, Maryland
🏛️ Officers: Andrew Olshan (President),Bernard Harlow (Past President), Enrique Schisterman (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Pam Factor Litvak, Daniel Westreich, Whitney Robinson, Magdalena Cerda, Katherine Keyes
⭐ SPC President: Lindsay Poole
2017
Seattle, Washington
🏛️ Officers: Bernard Harlow (President), Diane Lauderdale (Past President), Andrew Olshan (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Magdalena Cerda, Pam Factor Litvak, Daniel Westreich, Jennifer Weuve
⭐ SPC President: David Fink
2016
Miami, Florida (Congress)
🏛️ Officers: Diane Lauderdale (President), Timothy L. Lash (Past President), Bernard Harlow (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Lisa Bodnar, Sean Cleary, Pam Factor Litvak, Jennifer Weuve
⭐ SPC President: Jennifer Stuart
2015
Denver, Colorado
🏛️ Officers: Timothy L. Lash (President), Germane Buck Louis (Past President), Diane Lauderdale (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Lisa Bodnar, Sean Cleary, Pam Factor Litvak, Jennifer Weuve
⭐ SPC President: Craig Meyer
2014
Seattle, Washington
🏛️ Officers: Germane Buck Louis (President), Sandro Galea (Past President), Timothy L. Lash (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Maria Glymour, Lauren Wise, Lisa Bodnar, Sean Cleary
⭐ SPC President: Abdul El-Sayed
2013
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Sandro Galea (President), Polly Marchbanks (Past President), Germane Buck Louis (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Julie Buring, Stephen Cole, Maria Glymour, Lauren Wise
⭐ SPC President: Rena Jones
2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota
🏛️ Officers: Polly Marchbanks (President), Mary Haan (Past President), Sandro Galea (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Bernard Harlow, Julie Buring, Stephen Cole, Maria Glymour
⭐ SPC President: Stella Aslibekyan
2011
Montreal, Canada (Congress)
🏛️ Officers: Mary Haan (President), Arthur Reingold (Past President), Brian Polly Marchbanks (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Andy Olshan, Bernard Harlow, Julie Buring, Stephen Cole
⭐ SPC President: Edgar Simard
2010
Seattle, Washington
🏛️ Officers: Arthur Reingold (President), Malcolm Maclure (Past President), Mary Haan (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Leslie Bernstein, Ann Geiger, Jay Kaufman, Andy Olshan
⭐ SPC President: Arijit Nandi
2009
Anaheim, California
🏛️ Officers: Malcolm Maclure (President), Sherman James (Past President), Arthur Reingold (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Sandro Galea, Leslie Bernstein, Ann Geiger, Jay Kaufman
⭐ SPC President: Vanessa Moore
2008
Chicago, Illinois
🏛️ Officers: Sherman James (President), Michael Bracken (Past President), Malcolm Maclure (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Mary Haan, Noel Weiss, Sandro Galea, Leslie Bernstein
⭐ SPC President: Danielle Iuliano
2007
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Michael Bracken (President), Irva Hertz-Picciotto (Past President), Sherman James (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Donna Spiegelman, Mary Haan, Noel Weiss, Sandro Galea
⭐ SPC President: Sara Simonsen
2006
Seattle, Washington (Congress)
🏛️ Officers: Irva Hertz-Picciotto (President), Maureen Hatch (Past President), Michael Bracken (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Julie Buring, Donna Spiegelman, Mary Haan, Noel Weiss
⭐ SPC President: Sara Simonsen
2005
Toronto, Canada
🏛️ Officers: Maureen Hatch (President), George Kaplan (Past President), Irva Hertz-Picciotto (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Colleen Boyle, Patricia O’Campo, Julie Buring, Donna Spiegelman
⭐ SPC President: Sonia Singh
2004
Salt Lake City, Utah
🏛️ Officers: George Kaplan (President), Tom Koepsell (Past President), Maureen Hatch (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Patricia O’Campo, Charles Poole, Colleen Boyle, Julie Buring
⭐ SPC President: Indiana Strombom
2003
Atlanta, Georgia
🏛️ Officers: Tom Koepsell (President), Lisa Berkman (Past President), George Kaplan (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Sander Greenland, Charles Poole, Colleen Boyle, Patricia O’Campo
2002
Palm Desert, California
🏛️ Officers: Lisa Berkman (President), David Savitz (Past President), Tom Koepsell (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Elizabeth Holly, Muin Joseph Khoury, Sander Greenland, Charles Poole

2001
Toronto, Canada (Congress)
🏛️ Officers: David Savitz (President), Julie Buring (Past President), Lisa Berkman (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Gary Friedman, Elizabeth Holly, Muin Joseph Khoury, Sander Greenland

2000
Seattle, Washington
🏛️ Officers: Julie Buring (President), David Schottenfeld (Past President), David Savitz (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Trudy Berkowitz, Gary Friedman, Elizabeth Holly, Muin Joseph Khoury
1999
Baltimore, Maryland
🏛️ Officers: David Schottenfeld (President), Allen Wilcox (Past President), Julie Buring (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Polly Marchbanks, Douglas Weed, Trudy Berkowitz, Gary Friedman

1998
Chicago, Illinois
🏛️ Officers: Allen Wilcox (President), Leslie Bernstein(Past President), David Schottenfeld (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Stephen Walter, Polly Marchbanks, Douglas Weed, Trudy Berkowitz

1997
Edmonton, Canada
🏛️ Officers: Leslie Bernstein (President), Lewis Kuller (Past President), Allen Wilcox (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: David Savitz, Stephen Walter, Polly Marchbanks, Douglas Weed
1996
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Lewis Kuller (President), Diana Pettiti (Past President), Leslie Bernstein (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Susan Sacks, David Savitz, Stephen Walter

1995
Snowbird, Utah
🏛️ Officers: Diana Pettiti (President), Ward Cates (Past President), Lewis Kuller (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Maureen Hatch, Susan Sacks, David Savitz

1994
Miami, Florida
🏛️ Officers: Ward Cates (President), Lynn Rosenberg (Past President), Diana Pettiti (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Allen Wilcox, Maureen Hatch, Susan Sacks
1993
Keystone, Colorado
🏛️ Officers: Lynn Rosenberg (President), Charles H. Hennekens (Past President), Ward Cates (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Harris Pastides, Allen Wilcox, Maureen Hatch

1992
Minneapolis, Minnesota
🏛️ Officers: Charles H. Hennekens (President), Louise Brinton (Past President), Lynn Rosenberg (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: John Potter, Harris Pastides, Allen Wilcox

1991
Buffalo, New York
🏛️ Officers: Louis Brinton (President), Jonathan Samet (Past President), Charles H. Hennekens (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: John Potter, Harris Pastides
1990
Snowbird, Utah
🏛️ Officers: Jonathan Samet (President), Moyses Szklo (Past President), Louise Brinton (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Lynn Rosenberg, Diana Petitti, John Potter

1989
Birmingham, Alabama
🏛️ Officers: Moyses Szklo (President), Carol J.R. Hogue (Past President), Jonathan Samet (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Richard Hamman, John Potter, Diana Petitti

1988
Vancouver, Canada
🏛️ Officers: Carol J.R. Hogue (President), Saxon Graham (Past President), Moyses Szklo (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Lisa Berkman, Richard Hamman, Diana Petitti
1987
Amherst, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Saxon Graham (President), Patricia Buffler (Past President), Carol J.R. Hogue (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Lisa Berkman, Robert Wallace, Richard Hamman

1986
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
🏛️ Officers: Patricia Buffler (President), Kenneth Rothman (Past President), Saxon Graham (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Lisa Berkman, Suzanne Haynes, Robert Wallace

1985
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
🏛️ Officers: Kenneth Rothman (President), Elizabeth Barrett-Connor (Past President), Patricia Buffler (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Robert Wallace, Suzanne Haynes
1984
Houston, Texas
🏛️ Officers: Elizabeth Barrett-Connor (President), Paul Stolley (Past President), Kenneth Rothman (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Suzanne Haynes, Willard Cates, Robert Wallace

1983
Winnipeg, Canada
🏛️ Officers: Paul Stolley (President), Jennifer Kelsey (Past President), Elizabeth Barrett-Connor (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large:
1982
Cincinnati, Ohio
🏛️ Officers: Jennifer Kelsey (President), David Rush (Past President), Paul Stolley (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large:
1981
Snowbird, Utah
🏛️ Officers: David Rush (President), Leon Gordis (Past President), Jennifer Kelsey (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large:
1980
Minneapolis, Minnesota
🏛️ Officers: Leon Gordis (President), James Gale (Past President), David Rush (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Stephen D. Walter
1979
New Haven, Connecticut
🏛️ Officers: James Gale (President), Roger Detels (Past President), Leon Gordis (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Stephen D. Walter, Susan T. Sacks
1978
Phoenix, Arizona
🏛️ Officers: Roger Detels (President), Dwight Janerich (Past President), James Gale (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Stephen D. Walter, Susan T. Sacks, Robert W. Morgan

1977
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Dwight Janerich (President), Barbara Hulka (Past President), Roger Detels (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Reuel Stallones, Susan Sacks, Robert Morgan

1976
Austin, Texas
🏛️ Officers: Barbara Hulka (President), James Maynard (Past President), Dwight Janerich (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: Reuel Stallones
1975
Phoenix, Arizona
🏛️ Officers: James Maynard (President), Peter Bennett (Past President), Barbara Hulka (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: J. Mark Elwood, Peter Greenwald, Reuel Stallones

1974
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Peter Bennett (President), Darwin Labarthe (Past President), James Maynard (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large:
1973
Austin, Texas
🏛️ Officers: Darwin Labarthe (President), Palmer Beasley (Past President), Peter Bennett (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large:
1972
Phoenix, Arizona
🏛️ Officers: Palmer Beasley (President), Manning Feinleib (Past President), Darwin Labarthe (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large:
1971
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Manning Feinleib (President), Herman Alfred Tyroler (Past President), Palmer Beasley (President-Elect)
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1970
Austin, Texas
🏛️ Officers: Herman Alfred Tyroler (President), Maureen Henderson (Past President), Manning Feinleib (President-Elect)
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1969
Phoenix, Arizona
🏛️ Officers: Maureen Henderson (President), Milton Terris (Past President), Herman Alfred Tyroler (President-Elect)
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1968
Boston, Massachusetts
🏛️ Officers: Milton Terris (President), Maureen Henderson (President-Elect)
🌐 Members at Large: