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EpidStrategies scientists attend ICPE

Scientists from EpidStrategies, a Division of ToxStrategies, presented at the 35th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE). The August 2019 meeting, held in Philadelphia, had a theme of “Using Real World Data and Designs to Optimize Decisions.” EpidStrategies scientists collaborated to create five posters that showcased recent work on Klebsiella pneumoniae, algorithms to identify specific heart-failure patients, meta-analyses related to metastatic colorectal cancer, and rare-disease epidemiology using the Danish databases.

The authors and poster titles are listed below, and copies of posters are available on request.

Dr. Sarah Cohen and Naimisha Movva
Development of Computable Phenotypes to Identify Heart Failure Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Dr. Jon Fryzek and Lauren Bylsma
Rare Disease Epidemiology: A Danish Population-Based Program

Naimisha Movva and Dr. Jon Fryzek
Hospitalizations due to Klebsiella pneumoniae Pneumonia in the United States

Lauren Bylsma and Dr. Jon Fryzek
The Incidence of Infusion Reactions Associated with Monoclonal Antibody Drugs Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Systematic Literature Review and MetaSp-analysis

Lauren Bylsma and Dr. Jon Fryzek
Prevalence of Kras, Nras, and Braf Gene Mutations in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) Patients: A Systematic Literature Review
This poster had the honor of being selected for a Spotlight Session for the Special Interest Group (SIG) Molecular Epi, Biomarkers, and Pharmocogenetics