6th Annual Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology

This message is from Prasad Gawade.

Information regarding the 2010 Summer Institute in Reproductive and
Perinatal Epidemiology will be available on CIHR's website in January.
Please check the following link regularly for updated information:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/35611.html

Thank you.

Winter vacation plans?

Would you like to share with us your winter vacation plans? Whether you are staying in Amherst, traveling, volunteering, working, or just relaxing somewhere with family and friends, we would love to hear about it! Please email us at epibioportal@gmail.com, and we will post it here. Feel free to send in videos, photos, or a written account. Thanks!

Location for tomorrow's Game Night!

Hi Everyone!

We have finally decided on a place to meet for tomorrow's Game Night. We will be meeting at 9:30pm at the Northampton Brewery. For directions, please *click here*. Nicole will be bringing Bananagram, but please feel free to bring any games you would like to play. I can bring Cranium if anyone is interested. Also, we would like an estimate of how many people will be attending. If you have not contacted us already, please comment on this post and let us know you are coming so we can reserve a table that is big enough.

Thank you and see you tomorrow night :)

Game night!

A group of us will be getting together on December 11th to play games in the evening. The event is open to all of Bio/Epi. Please share here any ideas you may have, games you would like to play, location you would suggest (if you'd prefer off-campus), etc.

GSEB merchandise

The Graduate Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (GSEB) has a new webstore! $1 of each purchase will help fund future GSEB activities. Please visit the webstore by clicking on the image below. Thank you for your support!

The November newsletter is here!

Please visit the Epi Bio Portal webpage to view web version or check the mailroom for a hard copy of the November Epi Bio Portal!

Meditation and Knitting Groups!

1st Annual Bike Ride for Breast Cancer

'Bike Ride for Breast Cancer' is this Sunday, October 25th @11am. We'll be meeting behind Arnold House (parking lot) and riding to Northampton via the Norwottuck Trail (~12 miles). All proceed will be donated in full to the American Cancer Society. I hope you can join us!

Graduate Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (GSEB)

As many of you know, GSEB has been officially registered as a UMass Graduate Student Organization. This gives us the opportunity to host a wide variety of events, including guest speakers, social and academic events, fund raisers, etc. In order to get funding from GSO, we need to plan these events 2 to 3 months ahead of time. Please share with us your ideas and help us organize events. Also, for guest speakers, is there a particular person you would like to invite or are there topics you are interested in? Please comment on this post with your suggestions. Thank you!

Welcome-back Party

The BioEpi Division will be hosting a welcome-back party for students and faculty members on Friday, September 11th at Dr. Chasan-Taber's home, from 5 to 7:30pm. The address and directions will be placed in your mailboxes. If you need a ride, please comment under this post. We look forward to seeing you!

Welcome back to school!

Dear Students, Faculty Members, and Staff,

We hope you have enjoyed your summer and are excited to start the new academic year. This blog has been created in hopes of facilitating the interaction between the members of our community beyond the classroom. New blog entries will be posted regularly, to supplement our monthly newsletter, so please make sure to check back often to find the latest news and event announcements. Please note, all members of the community have access to the commenting feature of this blog. However, if you have an announcement you would like to share in the form of a new blog entry, please email us at epibioportal@gmail.com.

Thank you,
Epi Bio Portal Staff