Efterårsmøde 2024

Nu kan vi endelig løfte sløret for Efterårsmødets tema: ”Methods to study social inequality in health". I blandt de bekræftede talere er Sam Harper, Else Foverskov m.fl. Efterårsmødet finder sted d. 7. november 2024, kl. 10-18 i Søauditorierne på Aarhus Universitet. I forbindelse med mødet afholdes også generalforsamlingen for 2024. 

I forbindelse med, at vi afholder vores Efterårsmøde, vil der dagen forinden blive afholdt workshoppen "Methods to study social inequality in health Pre-meeting workshop" for early career researchers*. Workshoppen finder sted d. 6 november 2024 på Aarhus Universitet

Programme

Methods to study social inequality in health

Pre-meeting workshop for early career researchers

Date:  Wednesday November 6^th 2024 (The day before the main meeting)

Location: National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 26, 8210 Aarhus V

10:00-10:30    Arrival and small breakfast 

10:30-12.00    Session 1: How to measure socio-economic position using the Danish registers – Insights from the SEP-line project

• Cathrine Fonnesbech Hjorth, Postdoc at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital
• Maja Halgren Olsen, Postdoc at the Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen

12:00-13:00    Lunch

13:00-15:00    Discussion of own research

• Each participant will submit an abstract of their own work, including a specification of 1-3 methodological questions/issues, which they would like to discuss. Time slots of 15-20 minutes will be allocated to each researcher (i.e., we will make groups of 6-8 students each) – the student should present their work, followed by feedback from peers and moderators + discussion of their questions

15:00-15:30 Break

15:30-16:30    Associate Professor Sam Harper, Centre on Population Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University

• Difference-in-Differences for Social Epidemiology

16:30-17:45    Transfer to Skorbar (Incl. time to check in at hotel)

17:45-            Social activity/dinner at Skorbar

Programme

Methods to study social inequality in health

DES Fall meeting 2024

Date:  Thursday November 7^th 2024

Location: Merete Barker Auditorium (The Lakeside Auditorium), Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus C

10:00-10:30    Arrival and small breakfast 

10:30-10:35    Introduction and welcome 

10:35-12.00    Session 1: Causal inference in social epidemiology

• Else Foverskov, Assistant Professor at the Section of Social Medicine. Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
  • The promise of natural experiments in social epidemiology
• Anne Helby Petersen, Assistant Professor at the Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
  
  • Data-driven witchcraft: Can machine learning infer causal models for life-course epidemiology?
• Linda Ejlskov, Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital
  • Sibling designs and claims of causality within social epidemiology. Concerns and empirical investigation

12:00-12:45    Lunch 

12:45-13:45    General assembly

• Incl. announcement of the first two honorary members of DES
  
  • Professor Emerita, Marianne Schroll 
  • Professor Emeritus, Jørn Olsen 

13:45-15:00    Session 2: Economist’s perspectives on social inequality in health

• Torben Heien Nielsen, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Centre for economic behavior and inequality, University of Copenhagen
  
  • Cushioning Adverse Health Events – The Role Families and Social Insurance
• Birthe Larsen, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School
  
  • Why should we be concerned about rising inequality?

15:00-15:30    Coffee break

15:30-16:00    Schroll Prize 2024

16:00-16:45    Session 3

• Sam Harper, Associate Professor at the Centre on Population Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
  • Multilevel Models in Social Epidemiology: Past, Present, and Future

16:45-18:00    Light dinner and mingling