Call for Abstracts
Info-Fusion: Utilization of Multi-Source Data
Twelfth Biennial CDC Symposium on Statistical Methods
April 7-8, 2009
Statisticians, social and behavioral scientists, epidemiologists, economists, policy analysts, and
other health researchers are invited to participate in the Twelfth Biennial Symposium on Sta-
tistical Methods to be held in Decatur, Georgia (Atlanta metropolitan area). The Symposium is
sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention* (CDC) and the American Statisti-
cal Association (ASA). The theme of the 2009 Symposium is “Info-Fusion: Utilization of Multi-
Source Data.” In conjunction with the Symposium, short courses will be offered on April 6, 2009
and announced at a later date.
Submission of abstracts is encouraged for contributed sessions of oral and poster presentations
related to any of the following Symposium topic areas:
• Application of analytic techniques to multiple data sources
• Best practices in information fusion and biosurveillance
• Statistical issues in bioterrorism and environmental tracking
• Public health threat surveillance, monitoring, and assessment
• Public health preparedness, emergency or disaster response
• Spatial-temporal analysis of multiple information sources
• Applications of health risk analysis, risk modeling, and decision science
• Model assessment in large linked or networked data bases
• Cutting edge analytics applied to public health data
To submit an abstract, go to: http://www.amstat.org/meetings/cdcatsdr
Abstracts will be considered for either oral or poster presentation and must be submitted no
later than December 15, 2008. The Symposium program will be determined by the end of Janu-
ary, after which authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection. For more information, please
contact:
Drew Baughman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE (MS C-25)
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 639-8198
*Includes Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
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