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A webcast of the Minority Affairs Committee's September 15, 2007 Scientific Workshop "Applying Epidemiologic Methods in the Hispanic Community Health Study - Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)" is available on-demand here:
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?4W,M3,4543d964-8aaf-476a-82b0-c0b929d223dd
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOP (workshop agenda)
As part of its mission to increase minority representation in epidemiology and recommend actions to increase epidemiologic research on health concerns of racial/ethnic minority populations, the ACE Minority Affairs Committee dedicated its all-day scientific workshop this year to introduce the multi-site Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). The HCHS/SOL is a multi-site epidemiologic cohort study of approximately 16,000 Latinos of Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican and Central/South American origin which will begin collecting data in Fall 2007. This study is being undertaken by investigators at four centers: San Diego State University, Northwestern University (Chicago), Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx), and the University of Miami. Investigators from each of these four Centers along with representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were keynote speakers at our scientific workshop to share newly released data, insights into methodological approaches and the role of epidemiology and minority epidemiologists in this study.
HCHS/SOL goals include studying the prevalence and development of disease in Hispanics/Latinos, the role of acculturation, and the identification of risk factors that play protective or harmful roles in Hispanics/Latinos, using extensive clinical exams, laboratory tests and interviews. Viewing this Minority Affairs scientific workshop provides an unique opportunity to learn firsthand the epidemiologic science of working with various Latino subpopulations in the United States as discovered from one of the largest NIH-funded studies of Latinos. This scientific workshop is also an opportunity to learn how ancillary studies connected with this large cohort can be proposed by interested investigators. Join us in learning about innovation and sharing of best epidemiologic practices in the design, conduct and analyses of a historic study of the health of Latino subpopulations in the United States.
SPEAKERS
Larissa Avilas-Santa, MD, MPH NIH-NNHLBI Deputy Project Officer for the HCHS/SOL
Lorraine Silsbee, MHS NIH-NHLBI Deputy Project Officer foor the HCHS/SOL
Lloyd E. Chambless, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PI, HCHS Data Cooordinating Center
Martha Daviglus, MD, PhD, Northwestern University
Aida Giachello, PhD Midwest Latino Health Research Center-University of Illinois at Chicago
Brendaly Rodriguez MA, University of Miami
Neil Schneiderman, PhD, University of Miami
Greg Talavera, MD, MPH, San Diego State University
Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jorge Ibarra, MD, MPH Chair, ACE-MAC (Modderator)
Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD Vice-Chair AACE-MAC (Moderator)
Jonathan N. Tobin, PhD ACE-MAC Workshop Planning Committee (Moderator)
ACE-MAC Workshop Planning Committee
Chinua Akukwe, MD, MPH
Yvette Cozier, PhD
Jorge Ibarra, MD, MPH - Chair, ACE-MAC
Vickie Mays, PhD, MSPH
Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD
Victor J. Schoenbach, PhD
Jonathan N. Tobin, PhD
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