Preliminary Program

Society for Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology
15th Annual Meeting


Palm Desert, California
  
June 17-18, 2002
 

June 17, 2002


5:00-9:00 p.m.

 
Registration & Cocktail Reception
 

  6:00-7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion – Training the Next Generation of Reproductive, Perinatal & Pediatric Epidemiologists
    Panelists:  Germaine Buck (NICHD), Christine Parks (MCH),
Nigel Paneth (MSU), David Savitz (UNC), Steven Kaufman (NICHD)
 
  7:00-9:00 p.m. Poster Session A   
    Race/Ethnicity
Fetal Growth & Birth Size
Birth Defects
Twin & Generational Health
Preterm Delivery
Fetal, Neonatal & Infant Mortality
Child Health
 


June 18, 2002


8:00 - 8:15


Welcome
Germaine M. Buck, President
 
 

8:15-10:15

Plenary Session I
 
    Pregnancy Related Exposures & Outcomes
    (Each presenter has 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion)
 
    Student Prize PaperDanelle Lobdell, PhD
    (Presenter has 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion)
 
 

10:15-10:45 

Biobreak
 
  10:45-12:00 Plenary Session II
    Methods
(Each presenter has 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion)
 
  12:00-1:00 Poster Session B & Lunch
   

Assisted Reproductive Technologies              
Lifestyle & Reproductive Health
Gravid Health Status
Maternal Morbidity & Mortality
 

  1:00-1:45 Poster Discussion
    Study Design & Sampling Methods
Analysis Methods
    Each discussant will have approximately two posters to discuss.
Discussants:  Drs. Jennifer Parker, Robert Platt,
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, and Cande Ananth
 
 

2:00-2:45 

Keynote Address

    Dr. Jon E. Tyson
“Epidemiology & Ethics in the Care of the Extremely Premature Infant”
 
  2:45-3:30  Plenary Session III
    Pregnancy & Environmental Influences
(Each presenter will have 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes for discussion)
 
  3:30-4:00  Biobreak
  4:00-4:45  Plenary Session IV
    Twinning
(Each presenter will have 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes for discussion)
 
 

5:00-6:00 

Business Meeting
Welcome – Dr. Pierre Beukens
Journal – Drs. John & Michelle Kiely
Secretary – Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz
Finance – Dr. Cande Ananth
Bylaws - amendments
 


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