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<div class=""><u class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">Please note</b> that this message is intended only for attendees of the 2016 Society for Epidemiologic Research/Epidemiology Congress of The Americas Conference that will be held in Miami (June 21-24,
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<div class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Teaching and Training in Systems Science Methods within Schools/Colleges of Public Health<font color="#ff2600" class="">*</font></span></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b class=""><span class="">Where: </span></b><span class="">Orchid D, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Miami <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b class=""><span class="">Date: </span></b><span class=""><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" class="">Wednesday,
June 22, 2016</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b class=""><span class="">Time: </span></b><span class=""><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" class="">12:00-1:15pm</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b class=""><span class="">Background:</span></b><span class=""> Systems science methods (e.g., agent-based models, microsimulation, and system dynamics) are increasingly
being applied in the study of chronic diseases and social determinants of health. There is an increasing demand by faculty at Schools/Colleges of Public Health for graduate students, postdocs, and research scientists who are trained or willing to learn systems
science methods. Despite this, such students are in short supply and mainly arriving in Schools/Colleges of Public Health from non-health backgrounds (e.g. computer science, geography, economics). Therefore, a strategy is needed among current faculty, who
use systems science methods in their research, to remedy this situation. Such a strategy should aim to teach and train the next generation of systems science researchers in epidemiology and public health.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b class=""><span class="">Format:</span></b><span class=""> Informal meeting to share and discuss experiences of teaching and training systems science methods to epidemiology
and public health students. Those intending to attend may provide specific discussion questions to the meeting contact person ahead of time.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b class=""><span class="">Outcomes: </span></b><font class="">A collaborative manuscript on the current state of teaching and training programs for systems science methods
for epidemiology and public health students. Also, the manuscript may follow-up on earlier recommendations on incorporating systems science thinking and methods in epidemiology. Other suggestions are most welcome! We would try to submit it to AJE or Epidemiology,
to name a few.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Please RSVP to Ayaz Hyder (<a href="mailto:hyder.22@osu.edu" class="">hyder.22@osu.edu</a>)</span></b></p>
<div class=""><font color="#ff2600" class="">*This session is not organized by SER or The Congress. The conference organizers have kindly facilitated a meeting room for this attendee-organized session.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font size="2" face="Futura" class="">Ayaz Hyder, PhD<br class="">
<font color="#666666" class=""><i class="">Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences</i></font></font></div>
<div class=""><font size="2" face="Futura" class=""><font color="#666666" class=""><i class="">Affiliated Faculty, Translational Data Analytics<br class="">
</i></font><font color="#b31700" class="">College of Public Health, The Ohio State University</font><br class="">
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<div class=""><font size="2" face="Futura" class="">614-247-4936 | <a href="http://cph.osu.edu/people/ahyder" class="">http://cph.osu.edu/people/ahyder</a> | </font><a href="http://u.osu.edu/hyder.22/" class=""><font face="Futura" class="">Research blog</font></a></div>
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