Call for Candidates for 2019-2020 IPDLN Director
We are seeking applications from individuals interested in running for election as the new Director of the IPDLN for calendar years 2019 and 2020. The Director must be a member of the IPDLN and their home institution should preferably be an institutional member of the IPDLN. The Director and their home institution will take responsibility for the planning and execution of the 2020 IPDLN Conference, and he/she also chairs the IPDLN Executive Committee.
2018 IPDLN Conference - Registration now open
The 2018 IPDLN Conference will be held at the Banff Centre, located in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The conference will take place September 12-14, with a pre-conference day September 11.
With our theme, Linking Data - Improving Lives, we have created a forum for the presentation and discussion of research and innovation in the area of Linked Population Data Science and Policy Impact. The overall themes build on previous work done by IPDLN as well as relevant emerging health data linkage areas such as such as data and linkage quality, data linkage methodology, pan-jurisdictional and cross-sectoral data linkage, emerging data types, privacy, regulation and governance, data analytics, and data linkage for policy development.
Thank you to our 2018 IPDLN Conference sponsors!
Call for Abstracts - 2018 IPDLN Conference
Submission of abstracts, oral, poster, rapid fire and creative presentations are welcome. IPDLN is also inviting proposals for International Collaborative Sessions – a formal item in the concurrent program – to facilitate discussion around issues and topics in the area of linked population data science and policy impact. The submission deadline is March 1, 2018.
All successful abstracts will be published in the International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS), the official publisher for the 2018 IPDLN Conference.
About the Network
Every two years, directorship of the Network moves sites. The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and the O’Brien Institute for Public Health have assumed co-directorship for 2017-2018.
Interim Executive Team 2017-18
- William A. Ghali – Co-Director (Canada)
- Michael Schull – Co-Director (Canada)
- David V. Ford – Member (UK)
- Kimberlyn McGrail – Member (Canada)
- James Semmens – Member (Australia)
What is data linkage?
Secondary use of linked administrative data is often referred to as ‘data linkage,’ ‘record linkage,’ or ‘linked data.’ This is typically population based longitudinal data that has originally been collected for another purpose. Linkage may take place across data sets in a single domain (i.e. health) or across domains (i.e. health, education, environment, early childhood, etc.)
Why is it important?
Data linkage is an invaluable tool for population health research. It provides a completely unbiased picture of the entire population, is cost-effective relative to other data collection mechanisms, and enables studies to be done that could not otherwise be performed.
The Network role
The International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN) facilitates communication between centres that specialize in data linkage and users of the linked data. The producers and users alike are committed to the systematic application of data linkage to produce community benefit in the population and health-related domains.
Over 30 participants from Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand attended the 2008 inaugural meeting of the IPDLN (then known as the IHDLN), held in London, UK and hosted by the Research and Development Directorate of the National Health Service. The IPDLN now boasts over 400 members.