During the 2010 annual conference, the Epidemiology Section Membership Committee sponsored an opinion poll querying “Who is the Mother of Epidemiology”?  Booth visitors were asked to read the brief biographies of each nominee (i.e., Alice Hamilton, Florence Nightingale, and Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon) and to cast their vote. Results were announced at the Epidemiology Section social, and as previously reported in the winter 2011 newsletter, the winner was Alice Hamilton with 42% of the votes.  The poll was a fun mechanism to encourage engagement and interaction at the booth.

In preparation for the 2011 annual conference, the Membership Committee would like to solicit your ideas for the next opinion poll question to be posed at the upcoming conference in Washington, DC.  Please submit your creative and epidemiology-related ideas to Lauren Zapata at Lzapata@cdc.gov. 

Thank you for your interest and participation.