In response to current interest in electronic communication, the Epidemiology Section has established a WWW home page linked to the ASA homepage Sections list at http://www.amstat.org/ sections. In addition, Zhiwei Liu at the University of Utah School of Medicine (c-lz@jeeves.math. utah.edu) has graciously volunteered to be our section Webmaster. Check out our Web page for section information and events!

Suggest (Lead!) a roundtable or invited session!
Planning for the 1997 JSM has already begun! Program Chair-Elect David Williamson is looking for good ideas and volunteers for roundtable and invited sessions at the JSM. Volunteer to lead a session today!

Run for office!
Members of the section who would like to serve or who would like to nominate officers should contact Chair Susan Ackermann or Past Chair Alvaro Muñoz.

Join or Suggest a Committee!
The section has currently formed a subcommittee on Minority Health (Chaired by Gladys Reynolds) which is open to all section members. If you have an idea for forming a committee, contact Chair Susan Ackermann.

Write an article!
Have an interesting topic on statistics in epidemiology? Contact Newsletter Editor Stephen Gange or Publications Officer Lance Waller to volunteer to write a Newsletter article!

The Epidemiology Section Executive/Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 6 at 6:00pm in Chicago. All are welcome to attend to attend and participate!

The section officers have decided to publish proceedings for papers presented at the 1996 JSM in Chicago. Future publication, however, depends on the interest of section members in submitting papers and purchasing proceeding issues. This will be a topic at the Epidemiology Section Business Meeting on Tuesday August 6 at 6:00pm.

Show your support for the section by sending your invited or contributed paper for publication and purchasing a copy of the proceedings! If you have suggestions for how the proceedings can be improved, contact Publications Officer Lance Waller or come to the section Business Meeting in Chicago!

Invited Sessions
• Statistical Issues in Minority Health (M 2:00)
• Geographic Information Systems: New Approaches to Disease Surveillence and Analysis (Tu 10:30)
• Missing Data in Epidemiology (Th 8:30)

Contributed Sessions

• Statistical Methods for Missing Data (M 8:30)
• Applications of Statistical Models in Epidemiology (T 8:30)
• Measurement Error in Epidemiology (T 2:00)
• Statistical Methods for Observational Studies (W 10:30)
• Modelling and Tracking Epidemics (W 2:00)

Poster Session (T 12:00)