The 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology (17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, AK)

Saturday, 16 August 2014

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8:00 AM-5:00 PM


ANCILLARY MEETING: University of Arctic Workshop on CBPR - Community Based Participatory Research: Principles and Practice in the North (U Arctic)

Sunday, 17 August 2014

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1:00 PM-3:00 PM


Cruickshank Lecture – Anthony J. McMichael, MBBS, PhD

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


Early Career Epidemiologist Track: Authors Panel

Autism: Free Papers

Cancer: Free Papers

Influenza: Free Papers

Innovative Strategies with Hard-to-Reach Populations. Sponsored by the Society for Epidemiologic Research.

International Adaptation to Climate Change

Nutrition and Diet, 1: Free Papers

Occupational Health: Free Papers

Suicide in the Arctic: Free papers

6:00 PM-8:00 PM


Sunday Poster Session

Welcome Reception, Featuring Pamyua

Monday, 18 August 2014

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7:30 AM-8:30 AM


ANCILLARY MEETING: WCE Scientific Program Committee

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Plenary Session: Circumpolar Health

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Alcohol Epidemiology: Free Papers

Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Free Papers

Child Health: Free Papers

Epidemiology and Public Health: A joint Approach to Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Epigenetic Epidemiology

Mental Health and Suicide in Circumpolar Region

Pharmacoepidemiology: Free Papers

Responding to Climate Change: Governance Perspectives and Enhancing the Use of Science

Viral Hepatitis: Free Papers

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


ANCILLARY MEETING: Circumpolar Health Lunch Meeting

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Plenary Session: Climate Change and Health

3:00 PM-4:30 PM


Monday Poster Session

4:30 PM-6:00 PM


A World Council on Epidemiology and Causation

Circumpolar Surveillance of Tuberculosis: Free Papers

Climate Change: Impacts and Opportunities in the Northwest Arctic, Alaska

Epidemiology of Aging: Free Papers

HIV/AIDS: Free Papers

Hot Topic: No Global Health without Mental Health

Measuring Intervention Coverage in Low Income Countries: A Frontier for Epidemiology

Oral Health, Ethics and Equity, 1: Free Papers

Smoking, 1: Free Papers

6:00 PM-8:00 PM


IEA Business Meeting

Tuesday, 19 August 2014

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Plenary Session: Health Disparities, Ethics of Human Rights, and Social Justice

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Advances In Family Planning Measurement

Disease Surveillance: Free Papers

Early Career Epidemiologist Track: Teaching Epidemiology

Ethics in Epidemiologic Research (data sharing revisited)

Life-course Epidemiology: Free Papers

Nutrition and Diet, 2: Free Papers

Risky Behaviors: Free Papers

Social Epidemiology, 1: Free Papers

Water Security, Sanitation and Health in the Arctic

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Ancillary Meeting: Public Health Agency of Canada, The Challenges of Emerging Public Health Issues

1:00 PM-5:00 PM


ANCILLARY MEETING: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brazil) - Social Inequalities & Chronic Disease in Upper-Middle Income Counties

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


African Regional Meeting

Eastern Mediterranean Regional Meeting

European Epidemiologic Federation: Politics, Policies and Inequities

North and Latin America Regional Meeting

South Asia Regional Meeting

Western Pacific Regional Meeting

3:00 PM-4:30 PM


Tuesday Poster Session

4:30 PM-6:00 PM


Plenary Session: Infectious Disease

6:00 PM-7:00 PM


ANCILLARY MEETING: IEA European Federation - IAE-EEF Board Meeting

6:00 PM-8:00 PM


ANCILLARY MEETING: American Society of Circumpolar Health Meet & Greet Reception

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Plenary Session: Hot Topics in Epidemiology: Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Horizons in Cancer Epidemiology

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: Free Papers

Ethics and Equity in Maternal and Child Health: Free Papers

Hot Topic: Progress in Polio Eradication

Mental Health: Free Papers

Methods and Techniques in Epidemiology - Model Issues: Free Papers

Public Engagement and Translation

Women's Health: Free Papers

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Plenary Session: Innovations in Epidemiologic Methods: Epidemiologic Theory and Causation

3:00 PM-4:30 PM


Wednesday Poster Session

4:30 PM-6:00 PM


Cancer Risk: Free Papers

Circumpolar Health - Injury: Free Papers

Circumpolar Infectious Diseases: Free Papers

Climate Change and Environmental Health: Free Papers

Early Career Epidemiologist Track: Grant Writing

Hot Topic: Gauging the effects of civil conflicts on health and mental health

Issues in Measuring Health Disparities

Life-course Epidemiology, 2: Free Papers

Problems and Paradoxes in Perinatal Epidemiology

6:30 PM-10:00 PM


20th WCE Banquet & Congress Party

Thursday, 21 August 2014

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Free Papers

Methods and Techniques in Epidemiology, 2: Free Papers

Polio: Free Papers

Smoking, 2: Free Papers

The new edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology

Women's Health, 2: Free Papers

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Emergence of Haemophilus Influenza Type A In Arctic Indigenous Populations

Conflict-of-Interest: an IEA-sponsored Session on Evidence, Issues and Integrity- New Insights and Best Practices for Epidemiology

Countdown to 2015: Improving the assessment of coverage and equity in low and middle-income countries.

Hypertension: Free Papers

Maternal and Child Health, 2: Free Papers

Oral Health, 2: Free Papers

Overweight and Obesity: Free Papers

Social Epidemiology, 2: Free Papers

Youth, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse Studies: Free Papers

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


Richard Doll Lecture