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A BI-MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER OF CASTOR HIGHLIGHTS, EVENTS & MORE
 
ISSUE I VOLUME X       March 31, 2023          U54 CA229974
Register Today!  Additional information about the symposium and registration can be found here
CAsToR has over 80 investigators; to date we have published over 100 publications in many leading public health journals, discussing findings ranging from Sociodemographic Patterns of Tobacco Use to the Dynamics of Smoking and E-cigarettes Use Prevalence

Below are links to recent publications. 
Please access the CAsToR Website for a more complete listing. 
Announcement: New version of WMSM software released
 CAsToR Investigator, Dr. Andrew Brouwer developed a weighted multistate transition model, which estimates underlying transition rates between tobacco use states from longitudinal data on individuals, incorporating complex survey design that requires use of sample weights. The model was further specified to estimate the effect of sociodemographic variables on the rates of these transitions. This code was designed for use with data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, but can be used with other data sets. This resource includes example code and a tutorial; the example focuses on more technical details while the tutorial is a more friendly introduction to using the model.
WMSM Version 1.2 includes two important improvements to the WMSM function, adding
1) the ability to apply covariates to only specific transitions and
2) the ability to estimate a hazard ratio for continuous covariates.
Download WMSM analysis R-code and tutorials here
Review the application of the WMSM in the publications listed below:
 
JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR 
           
Chris Cadham, MPH and doctoral candidate, shares how his work in computational modeling led him to his current work in tobacco control, which focuses on evaluating cessation interventions and understanding the effects of regulations on flavored tobacco products. 
View Chris Cadham's Featured Video Here
Congratulations, Dr. Delvon Mattingly!!!

Dr. Mattingly successfully defended his dissertation, on
February 25, 2023
Access the March CAsToR DAD Beaver Bulletin to read about the newly derived variables available for use in our DAD harmonized datasets.  

Read more in the Beaver Bulletin March issue here
Request for Applications
CAsToR is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for a short course on tobacco simulation modeling (EPID 730) to be offered during the University of Michigan Summer Session in Epidemiology (SSE) Program in 2023. The deadline to apply for funding is April 14th
Access additional information on the Request for Application for Scholarships here
Access University of Michigan Summer Session in Epidemiology Here for Additional Information
Michigan Public Health Master of Science Degree in Computational Epidemiology and Systems Modeling

In this program, students are trained to become highly skilled epidemiologists who can understand and analyze public health problems with mathematical and statistical models. 

Epidemiological models and simulation-based analyses are increasingly used to inform public health policy and practice. Notably, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, government agencies, policy-makers and others have used epidemiological models to help inform decision-making and slow the spread of the virus.
More Info on this New M.S. Degree from the University of Michigan
Please access the CAsToR Website for additional information on any of the items highlighted in our announcements.
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