Presented By: School of Public Health
Alfred S. Evans Panel Discussion Event
"The Burden of Chronic Diseases in the 21st Century"
The School of Public Health Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology invites you to join us as we celebrate 50 Years of Education Excellence for Public Health Professionals this July 2015!
Please join us on Wednesday, July 22 from 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. for the Alfred S. Evans Panel Discussion Event, "The Burden of Chronic Diseases in the 21st Century". The panel includes Drs. David Schottenfeld, Ana Diez Roux, Frank Hu, and Michael Thun.
This event will take place at the School of Public Health, Building II (SPH II), Auditorium M1020. A reception will immediately follow in SPH I, in the Community Room (1680).
Please RSVP at http://goo.gl/forms/QYQuZvq5aL
Bio's
David Schottenfeld, M.D., M.Sc. - After completing professional training in internal medicine, medical oncology, epidemiology and preventive medicine, Dr. Schottenfeld pursued an academic career in cancer epidemiology and preventive oncology. During the period 1963-1986, Dr.Schottenfeld directed research and training programs in cancer epidemiology, and cancer prevention and control, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University Medical College. In 1980, he received an Academic Career Award in Preventive Oncology from the National Cancer Institute (1980-1985). In 1975, he provided leadership in the founding of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, serving initially as Secretary-Treasurer and then as President. The Society presented to Dr. Schottenfeld in 1992, the Distinguished Achievement Award. In 1987, Dr. Schottenfeld was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science "in recognition of pioneering studies of the environmental causes of cancer". Dr. Schottenfeld has been designated as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine and American College of Epidemiology.
In 1986, Dr. Schottenfeld was appointed Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and John G. Searle Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. In addition he was appointed as Associate Director in Cancer Epidemiology, Causation and Prevention for the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1987, Dr. Schottenfeld became the Director of the Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, which previously had been administered at the University of Minnesota. This prestigious graduate training program continues to be offered at the University Michigan. In 2009, the Department of Epidemiology instituted an annual lecture honoring Dr. Schottenfeld,and established an endowed student scholarship fund in his name. In May, 2012 Dr. Schottenfeld was honored to receive the Visiting Scholar Award by the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute.
In 1998, Dr. Schottenfeld was elected President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and in 2002 received the Abraham M. Lilienfeld Award from the American College of Epidemiology for "outstanding achievement in research, teaching and national leadership in epidemiology". Dr. Schottenfeld received the John Snow Award from the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association in November,2007. The award recognizes "excellence in epidemiologic research and contributions of enduring value to the improvement of human health or substantial reduction in the burden of disease." In September 2010, Dr.Schottenfeld was selected to receive the Harvard University School of Public Health Alumni Award of Merit. The award is the highest honor the School bestows on its alumni in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of public health. In April, 2011, Dr. Schottenfeld was elected by the American College of Physicians to receive the James D. Bruce Memorial Award, for distinguished contributions in Preventive Medicine.
Ana Diez Roux, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. - Dr. Diez Roux is Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology and Dean of the Drexel University School of Public Health. Originally trained as a pediatrician in her native Buenos Aires, she completed public health training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Before joining Drexel University, she served on the faculties of Columbia University and the University of Michigan, where she was Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Dr. Diez Roux is internationally known for her research on the social determinants of population health and the study of how neighborhoods affect health. Her work on neighborhood health effects has been highly influential in the policy debate on population health and its determinants. Her research areas include social epidemiology and health disparities, environmental health effects, urban health, psychosocial factors in health, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, and the use of multilevel methods. Recent areas of work include social environment-gene interactions and the use of complex systems approaches in population health. She has led large NIH and foundation funded research and training programs in the United States and in collaboration with various institutions in Latin America and has been Principal Investigator of grants totaling over 30 million US dollars. She has been a member of the MacArthur Network on Socioeconomic Factors and Health and was Co-Director of the Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health. She has been an active mentor of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.
Dr. Diez Roux has served on numerous editorial boards, review panels and advisory committees including most recently the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) of the National Center for Health Statistics, the Committee on Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment of the International Council for Science (ISCUS) and the Editorial Board of the Annual Review of Public Health.
She was awarded the Wade Hampton Frost Award for her contributions to public health by the American Public Health Association. She is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009.
Dr. Diez Roux received an MD from the University of Buenos Aires, a master’s degree in public health and doctorate in health policy and management from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Frank Hu, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. - Dr. Hu is Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Hu is Co-director of the Program in Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention at Harvard. He also serves as Director of Boston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (BNORC) Epidemiology and Genetics Core. Dr. Hu received his MD from Tongji Medical College in China and a PhD in Epidemiology from University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Hu’s research is mainly focused on nutritional and lifestyle epidemiology and prevention of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease as well as gene-environment interactions. Dr. Hu has published >800 original papers (H-index 178) and reviews and a textbook on Obesity Epidemiology (Oxford University Press 2008). He is the recipient of the Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology by American Diabetes Association in 2010. Dr. Hu has served on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease, the AHA/ACC Obesity Guideline Expert Panel, and the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA/HHS. Dr. Hu is serving on the editorial board of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Diabetes Care, and Clinical Chemistry.
Michael Thun, M.D., M.S. - Dr. Thun former Vice President Emeritus of epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer Society.
During his tenure at the Society, Dr. Thun oversaw the analyses of the American Cancer Society’s large cohort studies, including Cancer Prevention Study 2. That work, along with the work of the late Dr. Jeanne Calle, has informed much of the understanding of cancer prevention. In the past decade, nine studies co-authored by Dr. Thun and Dr. Calle have been cited more than 1,000 times in subsequent studies. Dr. Thun’s work has produced groundbreaking data on many issues, with the most innovative contributions concerning aspirin as an anti-cancer agent, the adverse effects of obesity, and the evolving risks of smoking in the United States and worldwide. During his 23 years at the Society, he authored or co-authored over 400 peer reviewed scientific publications on a broad range of topics, including ten publications in the New England Journal of Medicine and over 40 studies in other high impact journals (JAMA, Lancet, Nature, Nature Genetics etc.)
Dr. Thun is a Vietnam veteran who received his BA degree from Harvard College in 1970, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1975, and an MS in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1983. Dr. Thun has worked for 30 years in epidemiology and disease prevention, first as a Medical Officer at the New Jersey State Health Department investigating toxic exposures (1978-80), then as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and staff scientist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (1980-1988).
He became Director of Analytic Epidemiology for the American Cancer Society in 1989, and in 1998 became Vice President of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research. He currently serves as Vice President, Emeritus of Surveillance and Epidemiology Research. He has served on numerous advisory groups for the Institute of Medicine, World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, National Research Council, National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is an adjunct professor at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health and the Winship Cancer Center. In 2010, he received the American Association of Cancer Research-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention for his contributions over 30 years.
Please join us on Wednesday, July 22 from 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. for the Alfred S. Evans Panel Discussion Event, "The Burden of Chronic Diseases in the 21st Century". The panel includes Drs. David Schottenfeld, Ana Diez Roux, Frank Hu, and Michael Thun.
This event will take place at the School of Public Health, Building II (SPH II), Auditorium M1020. A reception will immediately follow in SPH I, in the Community Room (1680).
Please RSVP at http://goo.gl/forms/QYQuZvq5aL
Bio's
David Schottenfeld, M.D., M.Sc. - After completing professional training in internal medicine, medical oncology, epidemiology and preventive medicine, Dr. Schottenfeld pursued an academic career in cancer epidemiology and preventive oncology. During the period 1963-1986, Dr.Schottenfeld directed research and training programs in cancer epidemiology, and cancer prevention and control, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University Medical College. In 1980, he received an Academic Career Award in Preventive Oncology from the National Cancer Institute (1980-1985). In 1975, he provided leadership in the founding of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, serving initially as Secretary-Treasurer and then as President. The Society presented to Dr. Schottenfeld in 1992, the Distinguished Achievement Award. In 1987, Dr. Schottenfeld was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science "in recognition of pioneering studies of the environmental causes of cancer". Dr. Schottenfeld has been designated as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine and American College of Epidemiology.
In 1986, Dr. Schottenfeld was appointed Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and John G. Searle Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. In addition he was appointed as Associate Director in Cancer Epidemiology, Causation and Prevention for the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1987, Dr. Schottenfeld became the Director of the Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, which previously had been administered at the University of Minnesota. This prestigious graduate training program continues to be offered at the University Michigan. In 2009, the Department of Epidemiology instituted an annual lecture honoring Dr. Schottenfeld,and established an endowed student scholarship fund in his name. In May, 2012 Dr. Schottenfeld was honored to receive the Visiting Scholar Award by the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute.
In 1998, Dr. Schottenfeld was elected President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and in 2002 received the Abraham M. Lilienfeld Award from the American College of Epidemiology for "outstanding achievement in research, teaching and national leadership in epidemiology". Dr. Schottenfeld received the John Snow Award from the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association in November,2007. The award recognizes "excellence in epidemiologic research and contributions of enduring value to the improvement of human health or substantial reduction in the burden of disease." In September 2010, Dr.Schottenfeld was selected to receive the Harvard University School of Public Health Alumni Award of Merit. The award is the highest honor the School bestows on its alumni in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of public health. In April, 2011, Dr. Schottenfeld was elected by the American College of Physicians to receive the James D. Bruce Memorial Award, for distinguished contributions in Preventive Medicine.
Ana Diez Roux, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. - Dr. Diez Roux is Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology and Dean of the Drexel University School of Public Health. Originally trained as a pediatrician in her native Buenos Aires, she completed public health training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Before joining Drexel University, she served on the faculties of Columbia University and the University of Michigan, where she was Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Dr. Diez Roux is internationally known for her research on the social determinants of population health and the study of how neighborhoods affect health. Her work on neighborhood health effects has been highly influential in the policy debate on population health and its determinants. Her research areas include social epidemiology and health disparities, environmental health effects, urban health, psychosocial factors in health, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, and the use of multilevel methods. Recent areas of work include social environment-gene interactions and the use of complex systems approaches in population health. She has led large NIH and foundation funded research and training programs in the United States and in collaboration with various institutions in Latin America and has been Principal Investigator of grants totaling over 30 million US dollars. She has been a member of the MacArthur Network on Socioeconomic Factors and Health and was Co-Director of the Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health. She has been an active mentor of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.
Dr. Diez Roux has served on numerous editorial boards, review panels and advisory committees including most recently the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) of the National Center for Health Statistics, the Committee on Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment of the International Council for Science (ISCUS) and the Editorial Board of the Annual Review of Public Health.
She was awarded the Wade Hampton Frost Award for her contributions to public health by the American Public Health Association. She is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009.
Dr. Diez Roux received an MD from the University of Buenos Aires, a master’s degree in public health and doctorate in health policy and management from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Frank Hu, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. - Dr. Hu is Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Hu is Co-director of the Program in Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention at Harvard. He also serves as Director of Boston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (BNORC) Epidemiology and Genetics Core. Dr. Hu received his MD from Tongji Medical College in China and a PhD in Epidemiology from University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Hu’s research is mainly focused on nutritional and lifestyle epidemiology and prevention of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease as well as gene-environment interactions. Dr. Hu has published >800 original papers (H-index 178) and reviews and a textbook on Obesity Epidemiology (Oxford University Press 2008). He is the recipient of the Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology by American Diabetes Association in 2010. Dr. Hu has served on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease, the AHA/ACC Obesity Guideline Expert Panel, and the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA/HHS. Dr. Hu is serving on the editorial board of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Diabetes Care, and Clinical Chemistry.
Michael Thun, M.D., M.S. - Dr. Thun former Vice President Emeritus of epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer Society.
During his tenure at the Society, Dr. Thun oversaw the analyses of the American Cancer Society’s large cohort studies, including Cancer Prevention Study 2. That work, along with the work of the late Dr. Jeanne Calle, has informed much of the understanding of cancer prevention. In the past decade, nine studies co-authored by Dr. Thun and Dr. Calle have been cited more than 1,000 times in subsequent studies. Dr. Thun’s work has produced groundbreaking data on many issues, with the most innovative contributions concerning aspirin as an anti-cancer agent, the adverse effects of obesity, and the evolving risks of smoking in the United States and worldwide. During his 23 years at the Society, he authored or co-authored over 400 peer reviewed scientific publications on a broad range of topics, including ten publications in the New England Journal of Medicine and over 40 studies in other high impact journals (JAMA, Lancet, Nature, Nature Genetics etc.)
Dr. Thun is a Vietnam veteran who received his BA degree from Harvard College in 1970, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1975, and an MS in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1983. Dr. Thun has worked for 30 years in epidemiology and disease prevention, first as a Medical Officer at the New Jersey State Health Department investigating toxic exposures (1978-80), then as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and staff scientist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (1980-1988).
He became Director of Analytic Epidemiology for the American Cancer Society in 1989, and in 1998 became Vice President of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research. He currently serves as Vice President, Emeritus of Surveillance and Epidemiology Research. He has served on numerous advisory groups for the Institute of Medicine, World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, National Research Council, National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is an adjunct professor at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health and the Winship Cancer Center. In 2010, he received the American Association of Cancer Research-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention for his contributions over 30 years.
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