The HDFCCC Biostatistics and Population Research Core presents a workshop:

Population Research Resources and Expertise

The workshop aims to equip participants with practical knowledge on accessing and utilizing cancer registry data, EHR data, and neighborhood data for cancer research and health studies. It will showcase the value of these data sources in understanding cancer trends, risk factors, and health disparities. 

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Workshop Agenda:

(1) Introduction

(2) Cancer Registry (Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD, MPH; Meg McKinley, MPH)

• Overview of registry
• Publicly available data resources (e.g., GBACR, CCR, CA health maps, SEER Explorer, SEER*Stat)
• How to request data 

(3) Electronic Health Record data (Mindy DeRouen, PhD, MPH)

• Resources
• Data harmonization
• Translation/interventions

(4) Application of registry data and EHR data to understand risk factors for lung cancer among Asian American female never smokers (Iona Cheng, PhD, MPH)

(5) Neighborhood data (Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD, MPH; Debby Oh, PhD)

• General overview of neighborhood data
• Health Atlas and other resources
• Examples of studies

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Open to the UCSF community. Register to attend.