DES Fall meeting 2024

DES Fall meeting 2024: Methods to study social inequality in health

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. Tilmeldingen vil blive åbnet i løbet af juli.

Now we can finally unveil the theme of the Fall Meeting: "Methods to study social inequality in health". Among confirmed speakers are Sam Harper, Else Foverskov and others. The Fall Meeting will take place on 7th November 2024, at 10-18 in Søauditorierne at Aarhus University. The annual general assembly for 2024 will also take place at the Fall meeting.Registration will be opened during July.

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

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Prices:

• Main day (DES members): 150kr
• Main day (non-members): 500kr

Deadline for registration for the fall meeting: November 4^th (Please note: Seats are limited)

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In conjunction with our Fall meeting we are pleased to announce a pre-meeting workshop specifically designed for early career researchers*. The "Methods to Study Social Inequality in Health Pre-meeting Workshop" will be held the day before the Fall meeting on 6th November 2024 at Aarhus University.

*early career researchers include students, research assistants, PhD students, postdocs, assistant professors and other researchers at an equivalent level.

Prices:

• Workshop (DES members): 300kr
• Workshop (non-members): 500kr

Deadline for registration for pre-meeting workshop: Wednesday Oct. 9^th. (Please note: limited seats for pre-meeting workshop: 25 early career researchers.)

Deadline for sending abstracts to us: Wednesday Oct 23^rd (by e-mail)

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Questions? Please contact dansk.epidemiologisk.selskab@outlook.dk

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