Canadian Society For Epidemiology And Biostatistics
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The Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB), or Société Canadienne d'épidémiologie et de biostatistique (SCEB), was founded in 1990 to promote
epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...
and
biostatistics Biostatistics (also known as biometry) is a branch of statistics that applies statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experimen ...
research in Canada; encourage the use of epidemiologic data in formulating
public health policy Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society".World Health Organization''Health Policy'' accessed 22 March 2011(archived 5 February 2011) According ...
; increase the level of epidemiology and biostatistics funding available through federal, provincial, and private sources; facilitate communications among epidemiologists and biostatisticians; and assist faculty or schools of medicine and public health to improve training in epidemiology and biostatistics.


Presidents

* 1991-1993 Nancy Kreiger * 1993-1995 Jean Joly * 1995-1997 Roy West * 1997-1999 Nancy Mayo * 1999-2001 Jack Siemiatycki * 2001-2003 Rick Gallagher * 2003-2007 Yang Mao * 2007–2011 Colin Soskolne * 2011–2013 Susan Jaglal * 2013–2016 Thy Dinh * 2016–2018 Mark Oremus * 2018–2020 Laura Rosella * 2020–2022 Mark Ferro * 2022–2024 Eduardo Franco * 2024–2026 Hilary Brown


Collaborators and affiliates

CSEB bridges both the research and practice aspects of epidemiology and biostatistics through close collaboration with other groups such as the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Health Canada, the Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO), the Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association (SEA), the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC), and the International Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology (IJPC-SE).


References

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