Conferences and Workshops

Duke DataScience Offers 6 Learning Opportunities Beginning January 23, 2020

These sessions offer the opportunity to dive deeper into topics and target diverse units at Duke: from those that desire a broad understanding of what is possible with data science, and those who wish to use data-science tools (software) without a need for deep understanding of underlying methodology, to those who desire a rigorous technical proficiency of the details and methodology of data science.  Anyone in the Duke community is welcome to join, there is no fee to attend, and no prior experience is necessary.

Martin Luther King Commemorative Events

Over the next few days, people across the nation will engage in numerous celebrations to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a visionary leader of the civil rights movement who transformed the social justice landscape through his commitment to service, community and nonviolence. In a 1966 speech that Dr. King gave to the Second National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Chicago, he said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”  Promoting the awareness of health care disparities, addressing current challenges, exploring solutions, and our role in eliminating them are essential to Duke Health’s mission and align with Dr. King’s vision.

Magda Cerda, Population Health, NYU to speak on Simulating the Bounds on Plausibility: Using agent-based models to estimate the impact of high-risk and population-based approaches to reduce firearm violence

Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH MPH, is the Director of the NYU Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, and Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health. In this talk, Dr. Cerdá will present findings from a study where she and colleagues used agent-based models to simulate the potential impact of expanding firearms denial criteria (an approach focused on high-risk groups) and increasing the price of firearms (an approach aimed at the whole population, regardless of risk) on rates of firearm violence. The talk will include a discussion of the implications of high-risk versus population-based approaches to prevention of leading public health problems such as firearm violence.

DUPRI's William Pan, Associate Professor of Global Environmental Health, speaks at CPC's Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on October 4, 2019

On Friday, October 4, DUPRI's  William Pan will present “Dying for Gold: Health, Environmental, and Social impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining” as part of the Carolina Population Series 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series.

North Carolina Summit on Child Health - June 7, 2019

The NC Summit on Child Health will bring together child health researchers and state policy leaders to build partnerships and identify analytic priorities that can inform policies that impact child health and well-being, and to design a data-driven road map for improving child health in NC. Featured speakers will include Dr. Mandy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Patrick Conway, President and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina.

DUPRI Co-Sponsors NC Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC) Data Workshop, April 25, 2019

The  North Carolina Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC), which maintains state datasets that encompass criminal justice, child safety, fraud and compliance, healthcare, longitudinal and performance data, and enterprise data will host a workshop, co-sponsored by the Duke University Population Research Institute (DUPRI) on Thursday April 25, 2019 to describe GDAC data, how researchers can request data and how data is hared across state agencies. 

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