Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
SPA2- San Fernando Valley Area Health Office
5300 Tujunga Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Tel: (818) 487-0063
Fax: (818) 487-0110
spa2@ph.lacounty.gov

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Links

Health Statistics:

Data and Statistics	Source
Decennial Census: Census 2000	U.S. Bureau of the Census
1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing	U.S. Bureau of the Census
World FactBook 2000	U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Los Angeles County Demographic Data	Children's Planning Council
Vital Statistics Data Tables	California Department of Health Services
CDC Wonder	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
FedStats: Federal Statistics by State and County	Over 70 Federal Agencies
HIV/AIDS Statistics	AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA)
Cancer Statistics for Los Angeles County	Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance Program (CSP)
Cancer Statistics for State of California	California Cancer Registry (CCR)
Cancer Statistics for the United States	SEER Program, of the National Cancer Institute

Epidemiology Journals:

Journal Title	Sponsoring Society
American Journal of Epidemiology	Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
Epidemiologic Reviews	Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
Epidemiology	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
International Journal of Epidemiology
European Journal of Epidemiology
Annals of Epidemiology	American College of Epidemiology (ACE)
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Infection Control Epidemiology	Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention	American Association for Cancer Research (AARC)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record	World Health Organization (WHO)
CA - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians	American Cancer Society (ACS)
Cancer Causes and Control

Biostatistics Journals:

Journal Title	Sponsoring Society
Biometrics	The International Biometric Society (TIBS)
Biometrika
Journal of the American Statistical Association	American Statistical Association (ASA)
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)	Royal Statistical Society
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology)	Royal Statistical Society
Statistical Methods in Medical Research
Statistics in Medicine

Statistical Software:

Statistical Software Program	Company
Epi Info	Epidemiology Program Office, CDC
The SAS System	SAS Institute, Inc.
SPSS	SPSS Inc
Systat	SPSS Inc
Stata	Stata Corporation
SUDAAN	Research Triangle Institute RTI
StatXact	Cytel Software Corporation
LogXact	Cytel Software Corporation
Egret	Cytel Software Corporation
EasyStat

Professional Associations:

Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
American College of Epidemiology (ACE)
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
International Epidemiological Association (IEA)
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB)
Epidemiology Research Institute (ERI)
American Public Health Association: Epidemiology Section
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)

Professional Meetings:

Meeting Title	Sponsor(s)
When Science Meets Policy, September 11-14, 2004	American College of Epidemiology
Public Health and the Environment, November 6-10, 2004	American Public Health Association; Epidemiology Section
Epidemiology without Borders, June 27-30, 2005	Society for Epidemiologic Research
ACE annual meeting, Sept. 17 - 20, 2005	American College of Epidemiology (ACE)
ISEE annual meeting, August 19 - 23, 2000	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
SER-CSEB joint annual meeting, June 28 - 30, 2005	Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB)
APHA annual meeting, Nov. 12 - 16, 2000	American Public Health Association (APHA)
CSTE annual conference, June 5 - 9, 2005	Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
ASPH conference, June 2 - 4, 2003	Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)

Career Opportunities:

Job Listing(s)	Sponsoring Organization
Epidemiologist	Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Epidemiology Analyst	Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Epidemiology Job Announcements	WWW Virtual Library: Epidemiology; maintained by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Statistics Job Announcements	WWW Virtual Library: Statistics; maintained by University of Florida Department of Statistics
Public Health Employment Connection	ASPHEmployment Council; maintained by Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
APHA CareerMart	American Public Health Association (APHA)
America's Job Bank	United States Department of Labor (DOL)
Career Opportunities	United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Medscape Job Center	www.medscape.com
Health Care Job Store	www.healthcarejobstore.com
Health Care Job Store: Epidemiologist Jobs	www.epidemiologistjobs.com
Health Care Job Store: Biostatistician Jobs	www.biostatisticianjobs.com

Virtual Libraries:

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Epidemiology
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Biostatistics
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Public Health
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Medicine
The WWW Virtual Library Index