Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
University of Waterloo
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

---

This workshop is open to interested participants at no cost. Dr. Kevin Dodd's travel is supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (#151547).

--> See the agenda and instructions for remote participation below

--> Find out about the speakers and organizers

--> View suggested resources for getting started

---

AGENDA
 
9:00-1:00 p.m. EDT, Davis Centre, room 1304
--> Join the live video stream. The morning presentations will be video-recorded and archived online.

9:00     Introduction to the workshop and considerations for analyzing dietary intake data - Sharon Kirkpatrick, University of Waterloo (slides)
 
9:30     Estimation of distributions of usual intake: motivation and theory - Kevin Dodd, National Cancer Institute (slides)
 
10:20   Break
 
10:30   Estimation of distributions of usual intake, continued - Kevin Dodd, National Cancer Institute
 
11:15   Q&A
 
11:35   Early experience applying the National Cancer Institute (NCI) method to the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) – Nutrition - Karelyn Davis and Cunye Qiao, Health Canada {slides and flowchart}
 
12:20   Reflections from Kevin Dodd on the application of the NCI method to the CCHS data
 
12:30   Q&A

(Lunch provided for in-person participants)
 
1:45-4:30 p.m. EDT, Lyle Hallman South, room 1621

1:45     Walkthrough of the NCI method code and sample output
 
2:45     Tailoring the NCI method code to specific applications using CCHS

3:45     Hands-on practice/Q&A
 
4:30     Wrap-up

---