The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a great blog post about zombies and emergency preparedness. Honest to goodness! Check it!! Well played, CDC :).
On a more serious note, this June, Montreal hosts the 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology. “The Congress aims to showcase and promote the diversity of study, practice and policy within epidemiology as a whole, and has no theme other than epidemiology. This meeting is held only once every five years and provides an unique opportunity to interact with a diverse group of epidemiologists from 25 professional societies….(continued)”
This Congress also celebrates the contributions of epidemiologists and epidemiologists in training.
One of several award winners…copied from the website:
Maria Argos, MPH, PhD
Columbia University“Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water, and All-Cause and Chronic-Disease Mortalities in Bangladesh (HEALS): a Prospective Cohort Study”
(Published in Lancet 2010; 376: 252–58)
