Environmental Epidemiology and Population Health Research Group http://environepi.ca Expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics and exposure assessment Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:16:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.9 18th CRCHUM Student Congress http://environepi.ca/18th-crchum-student-congress/ Mon, 09 May 2016 19:38:10 +0000 http://environepi.ca/?p=682 Over 200 people attended the 18th CHUM Research Centre Student Congress, which took place May 4th.

This event offered the opportunity for students to present their research results and exchange with researchers, research professionals and internationally renowned clinicians in health population and in the biomedical sciences.

A total of 12 master’s students, doctoral and postdoctoral offered oral presentations and 130 students presented a poster.

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Mengting XU and Nadège Zanré, two of our students, presented three posters.

Many members of our team visited the congress and encouraged Mengting Xu and Nadège ZANRÉ in their efforts to share epidemiologic research in risks, prevention and health promotion with a view to improving the health of the population.

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]]> Participation and prizes at the 11th Annual Symposium of the Student Association in Public Health at Université de Montréal (AÉÉSPUM) http://environepi.ca/again-and-again/ Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:49:52 +0000 http://environepi.ca/?p=660 Three members of Dr. Jack Siemiatycki’s team participated in organizing and presenting their work at the 11th Annual Symposium of the Student Association in Public Health at the Université de Montréal (AÉÉSPUM), February 9th, 2016. Mr. Romain Pasquet and Ms. Mengting Xu were part of the organizing team for the event. Ms. Shilpa Karumanchi gave an excellent presentation in this symposium and epidemiology was well represented. She was selected for an oral presentation and won the Jury Prize for her 3 minutes oral presentation.
Shilpa Karumanchi and Pierre Fournier, Doyen ESPUM

Ms. Shilpa Karumanchi and Mr. Pierre Fournier, Dean at ÉSPUM

 

Ms. Shilpa Karumanchi presentation:

A presentation of 3 minutes entitled: “Evaluation of risk of lung cancer in relation to residential exposure to ultrafine particles and nitrogen dioxide: Contribution to public health”.  She received the Jury Prize for her presentation.

The Student symposium theme was:

« IMPACTS DE LA SANTÉ PUBLIQUE: DE LA RECHERCHE À L’INTERVENTION ».

Some members of the organizing committee:

Comité organisateurRomain Pasquet, Stella, Adelina, Sandra, Mengting Xu et Amélie

To view AÉÉSPUM’s 2016 program:  Click here.

 

]]> Participation and prizes at the 10th Annual Symposium of the Student Association in Public Health at Université de Montréal (AÉÉSPUM) http://environepi.ca/colloque-etudiant-en-sante-publique-de-luniversite-de-montreal/ Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:16:38 +0000 http://environepi.ca/?p=385 Three members of  Dr. Jack Siemiatycki’s team participated and presented their work at the 10th Annual Symposium of the Student Association in Public Health at the Université de Montréal (AÉÉSPUM), February 18. Mr. Romain Pasquet, Ms. Hartley Dutczak  and Ms.Mengting Xu  all gave excellent presentations in this symposium and epidemiology was well represented. All of them were selected for oral presentations, rather than displayed posters. To top it all, Ms. Xu  won the Jury Prize for her presentation and Ms. Dutczak won the Audience Prize for her presentation of 3 minutes.

Ms. Hartley Dutczak presentations:

1) A presentation of 9 minutes entitled “Exposure to Stressful Life Events and Lung Cancer Risk”
2) A presentation of 3 minutes entitled “What are the factors that predict smoking initiation among adolescents results of a systematic review? She received the Audience Prize for her presentation.

Ms. Mengting Xu presentation:

1) A 9-minute presentation entitled “Trends and characteristics of response rates in case-control studies of cancer “. She won the Jury Prize.

Mr. Romain Pas presentation:

1) A 3 minute presentation entitled “The association between occupational exposure to metals and brain cancer”.

To view AÉÉSPUM’s program: http://colloqueaeespum.wix.com/2014 The Student symposium theme was « Innovation in public health: opportunities, challenges and perspectives ».

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