March 5, 2015
|
REMINDER: STDs in Space?
by William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
Please join us March 12, 2015 from 11:00am – 12:00pm ET for the STD Prevention Science Series when Dr. William C. Miller presents on how maps and related spatial methods can provide insights and guidance for intervention.
Most of us appreciate the simple elegance of maps of STD cases or incidence rates. Maps are a straightforward surveillance tool, helping us to identify areas with the greatest disease burden. But can maps and related spatial methods do more for us? Can these tools provide insights into the underlying epidemiology of STDs and provide guidance for intervention? And are they really so simple, or can we sometimes mislead ourselves?
William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the newly appointed Editor-in-Chief for the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases. He previously served as an Associate Editor for Sexually Transmitted Infections and is Special Editor for Infectious Diseases for EPIDEMIOLOGY. For the past 20 years, Dr. Miller has conducted a wide range of STD and HIV epidemiological, clinical, and prevention research in the U.S. and internationally. His spatial work is done in collaboration with a group of UNC researchers with expertise in spatial statistics and geostatistics. Currently, he leads a study of acute HIV infection and partner services in STD clinics in Malawi and is protocol chair for HPTN 074, a study of HIV treatment as prevention among people who inject drugs
Attending the Presentation
Participants can attend the STD Prevention Science Series in person in Building 8, Conference Room 1 A/B on the Corporate Square CDC Campus in Atlanta or by joining the event online and calling 1-888-469-1544.The conference number is PW1580196 and the participant passcode is 7082410.
For more information visit www.astda.org
Stay in touch with the Division of STD Prevention by following us on Twitter @CDCSTD and on Facebook.
Thank you for your commitment to CDC’s Division of STD Prevention.
|
You are receiving this Special Announcement because you are a stakeholder of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC has requested that you be included in the recipients of this message and therefore there is no unsubscribe option. For questions about this list, please contact CDC NPIN at NPIN-info@cdc.gov.
|