1. Terms of Reference, Membership and Report ISCB35 Vienna 2014: AGM Wed 27 Aug ISCB Sub-Committee Epidemiology

2. 2 InformationTerms of Reference Members Epidemiology iscb- epidemiology@googlegro ups.com 1) Advise the Scientific Programme Committee of the annual ISCB meetings, if needed, on relevant topics in epidemiology for establishing invited sessions and choosing invited speakers. (2) Establish connections with Epidemiological Societies and organise mutual sessions, courses or workshops at our conferences or elsewhere. (3) Generate awareness and discussions in the Society of guidelines for conducting, analysing and reporting epidemiological studies.. Chair: 1. Marie Reilly (S) Secretary: 2. Saskia le Cessie (NL) Members: 3. Christina Bamia (GR) 4. Harbajan Chadha-Boreham (SW) 5. Adriano Decarli (IT) 6. Geir Egil Eide (NO) 7. Catherine Klersey (IT) 8. Elaine Pascoe (AU) 9. Catherine Quantin (F) 10. Tim Ramsay (CA) 11. Willi Sauerbrei (GER) 12. Ewout Steyerberg (NL) 13. Vana Sypsa (GR) 14. Jeremy Taylor (US) 15. Agus Salim (AU))

3. Membership: The subcommittee now has 15 members, after two stepping down (Michal Abrahamowicz (CA) and Stephen Walter (CA), and one new member joining (Agus Salim (AU). This is the maximum stated in the constitution, but the Excom has agreed that up to 20 is reasonable, due to the growing membership of ISCB. 3

4. A new mission statement was formulated at last year's meeting: "Improve methods used by epidemiological research“ For discussion: adding this to the Terms of Reference above

5. Mini symposium at ISCB 2013(Munich) on developing guidelines for the design and analysis of observational studies was very well attended (140) Initiative has been named "STRATOS" and a revised paper has been submitted to Stats in Med. Georg Heinz proposed to schedule a 90-minute special STRATOS session during ISCB 2014.

6. Michal Abrahamowicz wrote to ask for support for a Drug Safety & Effectiveness Network (DSEN) grant involving 40 faculty members from 14 Canadian universities and Collaborators from 7 other countries. Letters expressing strong support provided by Marie R and Willi S, as chair of the Epidemiologu Committeee and STRATOS respectively.