This is an archive of the program which took place on August 4, 2009.
Translating Epidemiology
Into Sound Public Health Advice
Program Overview:
Are your patients confused by mixed media messages about nutrition and health? Do you struggle with what to say when asked about findings from nutritional epidemiological studies that patients hear about in the national media or on the web? In this program, one of the country’s leading physician-epidemiologists discusses key differences between how the scientific literature and the media communicate nutritional epidemiological data. He also explores how to effectively communicate the risks/benefits of “weak” associations, including what can and cannot be said about association, causation, and risk, and what recommendations (dietary, public health, policy) should and should not be made. (Program Length: 1 hour)
Presenters:
Douglas L. Weed, MD, PhD (Speaker)
Dr. Douglas L. Weed is an independent scientific consultant. He is a physician-epidemiologist with 25 years of experience in epidemiological research and research training. Dr. Weed received his M.D. from the Ohio State University and his M.P.H. and Ph.D. degrees in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. His research focuses on the methods of general causation, cancer causation, systematic reviews, and weight-of-evidence methods. In addition, he has written extensively on the ethics of epidemiology and public health. He holds academic appointments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and at the Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Daubert decision and was a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Judicial Center (Washington, DC). He is the past-chair of the American College of Epidemiology's Ethics and Standards of Practice Committee.
Jane Nelson Worel, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP (Moderator)
Jane Nelson Worel is President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) and the Coordinator of the Cardiovascular Disease in Women Program at Meriter Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, a member of the American Heart Association and serves on the National Physical Activity and Metabolism Council's Obesity Committee.
