News
October 3, 2011
- As a subcontractor to Abt Associates, EI won a seat on an IDIQ contract for CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion entitled “Safety and Healthcare Epidemiology Prevention Research Development (SHEPERD).” The vehicle will fund research to facilitate development of innovative strategies for detection and prevention of hospital acquired infections.
September 13-16, 2011
- Multiple EI scientists attend the 23rd International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Annual Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
- EI President and Founder, Dr. Shira Kramer, co-chairs a symposium and interactive discussion of the newly-revised draft ISEE ethics guidelines.
- EI Director Mrs. Stephanie Moller Hikel presents a talk entitled "Increased risk of childhood leukemia in communities impacted by hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale."
July 6, 2011
- EI President Dr. Shira Kramer co-authors a chapter with Dr. Colin L. Soskolne entitled "Canada's Sydney Tar Ponds: Conflicting Interests Resulting in a Case of Suppression Bias and Social Injustices?" in the 2011 book "Globalisation and Ecological Integrity in Science and International Law", edited by Westra, Bosselmann and Soskolne.
June 21-24, 2011
- Multiple EI scientists attend the 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology (NACE) in Montreal, Quebec.
- EI President and Founder, Dr. Shira Kramer, presents a talk entitled "Refusing to look and failing to find: Case studies in the systematic strategy to hide occupational and environmental exposure risks" as part of the symposium "Epidemiologists as expert witnesses: Exposing the influence of biased epidemiological assessments in tort actions and consequences for public health."
- EI Director Mrs. Stephanie Moller Hikel presents a poster entitled "Previously unreported risks of birth defects and childhood neoplasms in a cohort of semiconductor workers."
- EI scientist Mr. David Hinds presents a poster entitled "Paroxetine and cardiac birth defects: a causal role."
June 17, 2011
- EI is one of four prime contractors recently awarded an IDIQ contract with CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) entitled "Technical Support for Epidemiologic and Exposure Assessment Studies" in support of the NIOSH Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies.
- The aims of this contract are to provide technical support in activities related to conducting epidemiologic and exposure assessment studies, including feasibility studies, and the development and maintenance of occupational health surveillance systems.
March 4, 2011
- EI attends the Johns Hopkins 27th Annual Public Health Career Fair with over 400 people in attendance. EI interviews over 50 candidates for its Research Associate, Epidemiologist I and Senior Scientist positions.
February 14, 2011
- EI becomes a subcontractor to Total Solutions on the CDC-Wide CIMS IDIQ contract in the 8a Management Consulting domain. The major service areas funded through this domain include: business analysis; performance management; process improvement; business process reengineering; decision support and analytics; program vulnerability and risk assessment; continuity of operations planning; project and program management; strategic planning; organizational study and design; transformation and change management; human capital and workforce analysis; training; and communications.
February 2, 2011
- EI begins participation in WOSB federal contracting program
October 4, 2010
- EI moves forward as the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will begin implementation of its women-owned small business (WOSB) contracting program in early 2011. You can find more SBA news here: http://www.sba.gov/news/monthly/index.html
September 21, 2010
- As a subcontractor to Abt Associates, EI has won a seat on an IDIQ contract at the National Cancer Institute entitled “Surveillance Support Services for NCI.” This funding vehicle will aim to monitor and explain patterns in the national cancer burden, including trends in cancer incidence, mortality, survival, risk factors, and the delivery of preventive and therapeutic health services.
September 15, 2010
- Dr. April Zambelli-Weiner and Ms. Stephanie Moller Hikel's recently accepted letter entitled "Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis Revisited" is published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. You can view the letter here: http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/38/7/NP1
August 5, 2010
- EI is well-positioned due to the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) recently proposed rule that expands federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses (WOSB). You can find more SBA news here: http://www.sba.gov/news/monthly/index.html
June 21, 2010
- Dr. Erin Dreyling joins the EI staff as Senior Director with experience in the areas of food safety, environmental health, risk assessment, and public health analytics.
March 29, 2010
- Dr. April Zambelli-Weiner and Ms. Stephanie Moller provide statistical and epidemiological support to Dr. Samer Hasan and colleagues in preparation of a recently accepted letter, in press at the American Journal of Sports Medicineentitled "Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis Revisited."
March 5, 2010
- EI attends the Johns Hopkins 26th Annual Public Health Career Fair with over 400 people in attendance. EI interviews approximately 50 candidates for multiple open positions.
August 25-29, 2009
- Dr. Shira Kramer co-chairs ethics sessions at International Society for Environmental Epidemiology in Dublin, Ireland.
June 11, 2009
- Dr. Shira Kramer speaks at the House Triangle on Capitol Hill at a press conference supporting proposed legislation banning the open pit burning of solid and liquid wastes on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. The legislation, HR 2419, prohibits burn pits on new bases that military officials know will exist for more than six months. It also calls for tracking all troops exposed to the black plumes that come from the pits. Dr. Kramer discusses the numerous adverse health effects associated with many of the by-products of open waste burning, and advocates for the soldiers and contractors exposed to these 'burn pits.' Since this press conference, the key provisions of HR 2419 are incorporated in the National Defense Authorization Act.
October 14, 2008
- Dr. April Zambelli-Weiner presents at the 20th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology in Pasadena, California. Her presentation was entitled: 'A Persistent Worldwide Environmental Hazard: Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP) Sites. Association of an FMGP Site with Childhood Neuroblastoma.'
June 25, 2008
- Ms. Stephanie Moller attends 41st Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Meeting in Chicago, IL and presents a poster entitled 'Excess Cancer Risk Among a Population Exposed to Environmental Carcinogens.'
June 1, 2008
- EI partners with Booz Allen Hamilton to provide CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) to examine the relationship between older adult falls and Activities of Daily Living, physical activity, pre-existing medical conditions, housing factors, and medication use.
May 5, 2008
- EI hires Suzanne Eastham as the Director for Federal Government Programs. Ms. Eastham comes to EI with more than ten years of public health experience working with large, Federal contractors. She will focus on ensuring client satisfaction and operational excellence within EI.
August 23, 2007
- EI and Booz Allen Hamilton awarded contract at the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) to provide scientific and research support services to the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
August 2-4, 2007
- EI exhibited at the South Carolina Trial Lawyer's Association (SCTLA) annual convention in Hilton Head Island, SC.
August, 2007
- EI manuscript entitled, "The Role of Epidemiology in the Law: A Toxic Tort Litigation Case" has been accepted for publication in Law, Probability and Risk. Dr. Shira Kramer and Dr. April Zambelli-Weiner are authors on this paper, along with Dr. Francesca Dominici, Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
July 14-18, 2007
- EI was a Silver Sponsor for the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Annual Convention in Chicago including the Section Connection on July 17th.
June 8, 2007
- EI abstract entitled, "Elevated Rates of Neuroblastoma Associated with Exposure to Coal Tar from a Former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) Site" has been selected for presentation as a poster at the 2007 meeting of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE), which will be held September 15-18, 2007, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
April 17, 2007
- EI abstract entitled, "Elevated Incidence of Neuroblastoma in a Community Exposed to Carcinogens from a Munitions Factory" is accepted for presentation at the 40th Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Meeting, to be held June 19-22, 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts.
April 1, 2007
- EI abstract entitled "Association between hazardous waste from a munitions factory and neuroblastoma" is accepted for presentation at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) in Boston, Massachusetts to be held on June 18-19, 2007.