February 2012

Date: Wednesday, February 15 2012
Round Type: Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Monthly Rounds
Round Topic: How to take a sample of Canadians; and how we are doing it in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Department: Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Time: 3:45pm - 5:00pm
Location: HSC - 4E20

Speakers:

• Harry Shannon, Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
• Lauren Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Description: Obtaining a representative sample of Canadians can be tricky.  Ideally, we would take a simple or stratified sample from a list of the population, such as a provincial health registry.  However, privacy concerns limit access to such lists.  One alternative is to use Random Digit Dialing (RDD) to select a sample.

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is selecting 50,000 Canadians aged between 45 and 85 for a 20-year study.  We want the sample to be representative of the eligible Canadian population.  We will discuss options for choosing the sample, including recruitment from participants of the Canadian Community Health Survey on Healthy Aging, provincial health registries, and RDD.  For RDD, we will also examine how the increasing use of cell phones complicates the procedure. We will describe how partial samples using different selection methods can be combined.

Who Should Attend: All welcome

Registration: Not Applicable

Contact Name: Feng Xie
Phone Number: 905-523-7284 ext. 5272

Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Round Type: General Surgery Grand Rounds
Round Topic: Robotic Surgery:  Does Evidence Support Its Use
Department: Surgery
Time: 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Location: 4th Floor Lecture Theatre, Juravinski Cancer Centre-Videoconferenced Rm 4E20 (MUMC)

Speaker: Dr. M. Anvari

Who Should Attend: All Surgeons, Gastroenterology

Contact Name: Debbie Lucibello
Phone Number: 905-521-6060
E-mail: lucibell@mcmaster.ca

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Type: Seminar
Event Title: EMPhasis on health seminar
Department: Nutrition and Metabolism
Time: 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm
Location: MDCL 3024

Speaker: Jonathan Schertzer

Description: Jonathan is currently focussed on linking inflammation to metabolic disease and specific myopathies.

Who Should Attend: Anyone interested in obesity research and health

Sponsoring Agency: CON-SNP @ McMaster

Contact Name: Rebecca Jeffery
Phone Number: 289-260-4738
E-mail: conmac@mcmaster.ca

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Who Can Participate: Faculty, Residents, Staff

Contact Name: Jan Taylor
Phone Number: 905-521-2100 Ext. 76724
E-Mail: jtayl@mcmaster.ca