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SER President Message

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Happy November! I hope that you are enjoying the official arrival of fall with its spectacular colors and (pumpkin) spices.  I also want to acknowledge our colleagues for whom the fall has been more challenging, particularly those impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.  You are in our thoughts during this difficult time. Planning for the upcoming mid-year and annual meetings is in full swing and the Board and I could not be more excited!  We asked for your “expertise, ideas and research” and you delivered by submitting a record number of proposals for pre-conference workshops, breakfast and lunchtime sessions, symposia, and professional development sessions.  We are confident that both meetings will offer a quality assortment of programming for all attendees. Now we turn to you again, this time inviting you to share your research expertise and time.  The Mid-Year Meeting – which is entirely virtual – is scheduled for February 10-14, 2025.  The call for abstracts for presentation during the Mid-Year meeting will close on Friday November 15th at 10:00am EST with notifications sent out by January 8, 2025.   Abstract submissions for presentation during the Annual Meeting – scheduled for June 10-13, 2025 in Boston, MA – will open on […]

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SER Member Insight: Eduardo L. Franco, MPH, DrPH, PhD (Hon)

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Where is your academic home base?  I have been a faculty member at McGill University since 1990. Given my focus on cancer epidemiology, I have primary and joint appointments in the Department of Oncology and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health. My interest in cancers associated with human papillomavirus infection has also rewarded me with cross-appointments in ObGyn, Dentistry, and Pathology. McGill is in Montreal, Canada. It is an Ivy-League caliber university. My American colleagues say McGill is the Harvard of the North—Montrealers like to say that Harvard is the McGill of the South. Montreal is one of the nicest cosmopolitan cities you can visit. Canadian in spirit, yet decidedly French at heart, Montreal boasts a cosmopolitan flare that is internationally renowned. Montreal is well known for its quality of life, safe streets, friendly atmosphere, gourmet restaurants, and sidewalk cafes. It hosted major epidemiology events, including the International Epidemiological Association’s World Congress of Epidemiology in 2002 and the 2010 North America Epidemiology Congress. What sparked your decision to become an epidemiologist? I was trained as a microbiologist but always liked epidemiology because it allows me to observe health risks from a population perspective. When I had the opportunity […]

SPC President Message

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Dearest gentle readers trainees, This is in fact Texas! By the time you read this, we’ll be getting ready for the SER Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. There’s quite a lot to include in my final message as SPC president, so let’s begin. First, I want to thank the Education co-chairs Estela and Lisha for all of their work planning SPC journal clubs and inviting some great speakers. The May Journal club was led by Dr. Dawid Gondek discussing lifecourse theories characterizing associations between maternal depression and offspring depression. If you missed it, make sure to check out the recording here (https://epiresearch.org/serpresents/) . Next, on to the Annual Meeting. Just like last year, we will be using the Whova app. If you haven’t yet, be sure to download it on your phones. It is a great way to socialize and stay organized. Whova will include the conference schedule, messaging interface, how-to resources, job postings and much more. In addition to being available on the app, we will also have different board members staffing the SPC table in Moontower hall during the poster sessions and breaks. Please stop by to chat, ask about how to get involved with SPC, ask for […]

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