SER’s 44th Annual Meeting was in conjunction with the Third North American Congress of Epidemiology. The Congress was sponsored by the American College of Epidemiology (ACE), American Public Health Association – Epi Division (APHA), Canadian Society for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). The meeting was held at Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.