Society for Epidemiologic Research

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Society for Epidemiologic Research
AbbreviationSER
Formation1968
Founders Abraham Lilienfeld
Milton Terris
Brian MacMahon
Lewis Kuller
Maureen Henderson
John C. Cassel
Type Learned society
Purpose“To keep epidemiologists at the vanguard of scientific developments” [1]
Headquarters Eagle, Idaho
Membership
2,000
President
 Jennifer Ahern
Executive director
Suzanne S. Bevan
Website epiresearch.org

The Society for Epidemiologic Research (abbreviated SER) is a learned society dedicated to epidemiology. It was originally proposed in 1967 by Abraham Lilienfeld, Milton Terris, and Brian MacMahon, and was founded the following year. [2] Their motivation in founding SER was to provide an annual meeting where junior faculty in epidemiology departments and graduate students could present their ongoing research to senior epidemiologists and receive criticism, comments, and encouragement. An additional goal was to promote the exchange of ideas between epidemiologists and statisticians. [3]

Contents

Since 1968, SER has grown and its current membership is approximately 2000 individuals. The mission of SER today is “to keep epidemiologists at the vanguard of scientific developments”. [1]

Leadership

In 2021, Onyebuchi A. Arah was elected as a president of the society; he became president-elect on July 1 of that year. He will serve as President July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023. [4] Jay Kaufman was elected in 2019, and Jennifer Ahern in 2020. Suzanne S. Bevan serves as executive director.[ citation needed ]

Annual meeting

An annual meeting is held by the SER in June of each year. Of particular interest is the idea of consequential epidemiology, or the public health, preventive medicine, intervention, and policy implications of epidemiology, which is further discussed in a 2015 publication by Frumkin. [5]

The annual meeting typically brings together 900 to 1100 attendees. Annual meetings have been held since 1968, and consist of presentations of ongoing research, a keynote address on a topic of current interest, and instructional workshops prior to the conference that began in the 1980s. Ongoing research was initially presented by the means of slides, but in 1997 this was changed to posters. Abstracts presented at SER meetings are annually published in a supplemental issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology . [6] In 2020, SER added a virtual mid-year meeting held in early spring.[ citation needed ]

Publications

Since 1975, the society has sponsored two peer-reviewed journals: the American Journal of Epidemiology and Epidemiologic Reviews . [7] In addition to this, SER also releases digitally the SERplaylist, SERtalks, SERexperts, and SERdigital.

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 Boslaugh S, editor. Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2008.
  2. ↑ Harlow, Bernard L.; Szklo, Moyses (1 June 2017). "Editorial: The 50th Anniversary of the Society for Epidemiologic Research". American Journal of Epidemiology. 185 (11): 988–989. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx120 . PMID   28535260.
  3. ↑ "Society for Epidemiologic Research". American Journal of Epidemiology. 185 (11): 990. 2017-06-01. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx114 . ISSN   0002-9262. PMID   30052745.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Onyebuchi A. Arah Elected President of Society for Epidemiologic Research". News. UCLA Fieldings School of Public Health. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Frumkin H. Work that matters: toward consequential environmental epidemiology. Epidemiology 2015; 26(2): 137-40.
  6. ↑ Oxford University Press. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2017. https://academic.oup.com/aje (accessed May 25, 2017).
  7. ↑ "About Us". Society for Epidemiologic Research. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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