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Epidemiology in the Age of Uncertainty: Navigating Complexity, Embracing Innovations
The 11th annual New York City Epidemiology Forum (NYCEF) will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Hofstra University's Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center. The event will be co-sponsored by the Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, the Hofstra School of Health Sciences, and the Master of Public Health Graduate Program in the School of Health Sciences. The conference includes oral presentations, posters, and discussion sessions and is expected to lead to new collaborative activities, such as networks with shared resources and joint educational programs.
For the past 11 years, NYCEF has provided a vibrant forum for regular contact and exchanges between epidemiologists working in academic and other institutions in the New York City/tri-state area, with a special focus on junior researchers, including junior faculty, postdocs, fellows, and students. NYCEF fosters increased awareness about research conducted across institutions. It provides opportunities for researchers to present their work, with the overall goals of promoting bilateral or multisite collaborative projects and enhancing career opportunities for junior investigators. For questions and inquiries, please contact the 2025 event coordinator, Laura Ryniker, at lryniker@northwell.edu.
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Keynote Speakers
Michael Dowling - President and CEO of Northwell Health
Rulla Tamimi, ScD - Chief, Division of Epidemiology, Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine
Poster Guidelines
Maximum poster size: 48” x 36”
Poster slots will be numbered.
Please adhere to the set up time and poster slot given in the poster acceptance notification.
Registration
Abstract Submission
NYCEF 2025 Steering Committee
| Sean | Clouston | SUNY Stony Brook Medicine |
| Pam | Factor-Litvak | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
| Linda | Gerber | Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Martine | Hackett | Hofstra School of Health Sciences |
| Elizabeth | Helzner | SUNY Downstate School of Public Health |
| Elizabeth | Kantor | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Farzana | Kapadia | New York University School of Global Public Health |
| Corinne | Kyriacou | Hofstra School of Health Sciences |
| Thomas | Rohan | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Rebecca | Schwartz | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell |
| Stephanie | Shiau | Rutgers School of Public Health |
| Emanuela | Taioli | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Chloe | Teasdale | CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy |
| Magdalena | Cerda | New York University Grossman School of Medicine |
| Gretchen | Van Wye | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
NYCEF 2025 Scientific Committee
| Mahdieh | Danesh Yazdi | SUNY Stony Brook |
| Mengmeng (Margaret) | Du | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Daniel | Hagen | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell |
| Hari | Iyer | Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey |
| Elizabeth | Kelvin | CUNY Graduate School of Public Health |
| Byoungjun | Kim | New York University Grossman School of Medicine |
| Colby | Lewis | Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Courtney | McKnight | New York University School of Global Public Health |
| Christine | Molmenti | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell |
| Christopher | Morrison | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
| Brandi | Peters-Samuelson | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Rehana | Rasul | CUNY Graduate School of Public Health |
| Chanapong | Rojanaworarit | Hofstra School of Health Sciences |
| Janet | Rosenbaum | SUNY Downstate School of Public Health |
| Maaike | Van Gerwen | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Ellen | Wiewel | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
Traveling to the NYCEF Conference at Hofstra University
By Train: Hofstra University will provide a special Bus Shuttle service for NYCEF attendees from the Mineola Station of Long Island Railroad (LIRR) directly to the Mack Student Center in Hempstead, NY, where the NYCEF 2025 events are being held.
The morning NYCEF shuttles will leave the Mineola LIRR station at 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., and the ride is approximately 20 minutes.
The afternoon NYCEF shuttle will leave the Mack Student Center at 4:30 p.m. and go directly to the Mineola LIRR station.
NYCEF attendees will no longer need to fill out a transportation waiver.
Please consult the schedules of the LIRR Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma branches for departure and arrival times (https://www.mta.info/schedules).
By Uber: For those who wish to Uber from the Mineola Train Station, the cost will be approximately $20, and the conference location is the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
Driving Directions: For those who plan to drive, please consult this link: https://www.hofstra.edu/visitors/directions.html
Suggested Hotel Stay
If you’d like to extend your stay, we recommend looking into accommodations at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, NY.
Parking Map and Directions
Directions to Hofstra University can be found on our Visitor's Guide.