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Gastroenteritis and Extreme Weather Events in Elderly (GEWEL) Co-investigator Meeting

The GEWEL co-investigator meeting will be held on May 19th 2006 in Room 272 Jaharis Building (150 Harrison Ave., Boston MA 02111 (View Map).

Agenda can be viewed and downloaded here in Word or PDF document.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:15 am
Introduction

10:15 - 11:00 am
GASTROENTERITIS AND EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS IN ELDERLY
Elena Naumova

11:00 - 11:20 am
EXPOSURE TO STORM AND
INFECTIOUS GASTROENTERITIS
AMONG ELDERLY IN THE US
Kenneth Chui

11:20 - 11:40 pm
CLIMATE AND WATER INDICATORS FOR GASTROENTERIC INFECTIONS IN THE US ELDERLY
Jyotsna Jagai

11:40 - 12:00 pm
Q & A

12:00 - 12:30 pm
Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 pm
Discussion:

• How valid are the hospitalization records in expressing incidence rates in GI infections?
  
• What are the confounders that we should address in this study?

1:30 - 2:30 pm
Proposal for "ATLAS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE U.S. ELDERLY"

2:30 - 3:00 pm
Effect of results on policy making.
Closing remarks