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 determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evide ...

and biostatistics research in Canada; encourage the use of epidemiologic data in formulating

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; 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.

President

Mark Oremus, PhD, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo.

Past 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–Present Mark Oremus

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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