We invite abstract submissions for the 2nd Annual Western States Modeling Symposium, to be held virtually on September 12–14, 2023. The symposium is a venue for public health
modelers, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and other data scientists who work in Western States (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, OR, NV, WA) to share modeling projects and insights relevant to
applied public health. This year, we are inviting talks on public health modeling of infectious diseases (respiratory viruses, vectorborne diseases, enteric diseases, sexually transmitted
infections, etc.) as well as opioid overdoses, climate impacts, and economic trade-offs, among other potential topics. Academics working in collaboration with public health departments are
welcome to submit.
Presentations will be assigned as either:
– A 12-minute presentation (with 3 minutes for questions)
– A 5-minute lighting talk
Submission deadline is June 30, 2023. Submitters will be notified of results by July 31, 2023 and the program finalized by August 18, 2023.
Abstract submission via Google form is preferred.
If you are unable to submit via the form please email your abstract to modeling@cdph.ca.gov. Abstracts should at minimum include presentation title, list of authors (with affiliations listed in
parentheses after each author or groups of authors), a one-paragraph abstract (without section headers, limited to 2000 characters), contact information for the presenting author, preference for lightning talk or full presentation, as well as any scheduling conflicts we should know about.
