Room 209

Emily and Tom will lead the discussion on Consequentialist Epidemiology on July 5th, from 12-1pm on the following articles: 

Sandro Galea; An Argument for a Consequentialist Epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 178 (8): 1185-1191. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt172

https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/178/8/1185/84205/An-Argument-for-a-Consequentialist-Epidemiology

Nick Cataldo and Jerry Idigo will present the following articles for discussion:

1.    Levesque LE, Hanley JA, Kezouh A, Suissa S. Problem of immortal time bias in cohort studies: example using statins for preventing progression of diabetes. BMJ 2010; 340: b5087. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20228141

Tom Swain and Emily McKinley will lead the discussion on the following articles:

Greenland, S., Senn, S. J., Rothman, K. J., Carlin, J. B., Poole, C., Goodman, S. N., & Altman, D. G. (2016). Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations. Eur J Epidemiol, 31(4), 337-350. doi:10.1007/s10654-016-0149-3

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877414/

Favel Mondesir and Ninad Chaudhary will lead the discussion on Pase et al. Sugar and Artificially Sweetened beverages, and the Risks of Incident stroke and Dementia.  Stroke 2017; 48: (Published online ahead of print version)  http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2017/04/20/STROKEAHA.116.016027

Amrita Mukherjee and Gargya Malla will lead the discussion on the following articles:

1. Hernán et al. Causal knowledge as a prerequisite for confounding evaluation: an application to birth defects epidemiology.  Am J Epidemiology 2002; 155:176-84.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19806059 

2. VanderWeele, TJ.  On the distinction between interaction and effect modification.  Epidemiology 2009; 20: 863-871.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11790682

The following paper will be presented by Cynthia Ye and John Donnelly, with Dr. Craig Wilson aiding discussion:

Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!), 

Dr Ana Marie Henao-Restrepo MD, Anton Camacho, Ira Longini, et al.  Lancet 2017; 389:505-18.

Matt Mefford and Favel Mondesir will present the article titled, "Laboratory-based and office-based risk scores and charts to predict 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in 182 countries: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts and health surveys"

Link to the article: https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/playContent/1-s2.0-S2213858717300153?returnurl=null&referrer=null&scrollTo=%23sec1