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—from Epidemiological Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 4, December 2000—

Summer Courses in Epidemiology in 2001

The Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health of McGill University will hold its 16th Annual Summer Programme in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from May 7 to June 29, 2001.

The courses are intended for health professionals (physicians, nurses, psychologists, social scientists) or professionals in related fields (e.g. industrial hygienists, environmental specialists, urban planners, engineers) wishing to gain familiarity with the principles of epidemiology and biostatistics, and for graduate students from McGill, and from Quebec, Canadian or US universities, or from universities elsewhere seeking to accelerate course work in a summer term.

Academic credits are available to graduate students, residents and fellows from McGill and other universities. Physicians with a license from Canada and USA can register for Continuing Medical Education (CME) units, fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) and by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) of the USA. In addition, physicians coming from outside Canada or USA, as well as health and other professionals can obtain a professional interest certificate.

The May session (May 7 - June 1) includes courses in: Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 credits); Statistical Inference I (2 credits); Epidemiology of Cancer (1 credit); Topics on International Health (1 credit); Psychosocial Factors Affecting Medical Conditions (1 credit); Practicum in Public Health: Observatoire métropolitain sur les inégalités sociales et la santé (OMISs) (Course offered in collaboration with the Direction de Santé publique de Montréal-Centre) (1 credit) and a focus on Clinical Trials: Clinical Trials: From Regulation to Practice (2 credits) and Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis (1 credit)

The June session (June 4-29) includes courses in: Practical Aspects of Protocol Development (3 credits); Analysis of Multivariable Data (3 credits); Statistical Inference II (2 credits); Environmental Risk Assessments for Epidemiologists (1 credit) and a focus on Pharmacoepidemiology through a series of four consecutive one-week courses: Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology (2 credits); Intermediate Pharmacoepidemiology (2 credits); Advanced Pharmacoepidemiology (2 credits) and Pharmacoeconomics (2 credits).

For more information, contact: Summer Coordinator, 2001 Summer Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Room 38-B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A2, Tel: (514) 398-3973, Fax: (514) 398-4503, email: summer@epid.lan.mcgill.ca

The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health will hold its 2001 Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from June 18 to July 6, 2001. A total of 29 courses will be offered, ranging in length from one week-end to three weeks:

Three-week courses: Principles of Epidemiology, Methods in Epidemiology - B, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Applications of the Case-Control Method, Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials, Design and Analytical Methods in Cohort Studies, Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis Control, Genetic Epidemiology (2 weeks), Statistical Computing in Public Health, Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I, Statistical Reasoning in Public Health II, Data Analysis Workshop (2 weeks)

One-week courses: Regression Analysis, Survival Analysis, Introduction to the SAS Statistical Package, Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy, Epidemiology in Evidence-Based Decision Making, Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, Epidemiologic Applications of GIS, Epidemiologic Methods for Planning and Evaluating Health Services, Epidemiology and Public Policy, Molecular Biology for Epidemiology, New Perspectives on Management of Epidemiologic Studies, Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Reproductive Epidemiology, Teaching Epidemiology, Tobacco Control: National and International Approaches, Bioterrorism: Public Health Aspects

Week-end course: Clinical Research: An Introduction to Design and Analysis

For further information, contact: Ayesha Khan, Program Coordinator, Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins university, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Tel: (410) 955-7158, Fax: (410) 955-0863, email: akhan@jhsph.edu, website: www.jhsph.edu/Departments/Epi/summer.html.

The University of Michigan School of Public Health announces its 36th Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology to be held from July 8 to 27, 2001. One and three week courses will be offered, including topics such as: Fundamentals of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Cancer, Injuries, Clinical Trials, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacoepidemiology, Computer Applications, Epidemiologic Measures, Logistic Model, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Behavioral Change, Law, Health Economics, Biomarkers and Epidemiology, Social Epidemiology, Longitudinal Studies, PC-Sudaan, Global Health, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, and Genetics.

CME Credit is available.

For application and information contact: Jody Gray, Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, The University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 109 Observatory St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA, Telephone: (734) 764-5454, Fax: (734) 764-3192, Email: umichgss@umich.edu, Website: www.sph.umich.edu/epid/GSS

The Eleventh Summer Session in Intermediate Epidemiology, sponsored by the Special Program for Health Analysis of the Pan American Health Organization, will take place from July 16 to August 3, 2001 at the College of Public Health of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Courses offered are: intermediate methods in epidemiology, statistics applied to epidemiology and the use of software packages, and the use of epidemiology in the programming and evaluation of health services.

Students are required to have approved training in epidemiology. Courses will be conducted in Spanish, but participants must be able to read English. Applications must be received before May 7, 2001.

For more information and application, contact: Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Chief, Special Program for Health Analysis (SHA), Pan American Health Organization, 525 Twenty-third Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: (202) 974-3327, Fax: (202) 974-3674. email: sha@paho.org

The eighteenth International Course in Applied Epidemiology, conferring diploma status recognized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, will take place in July 2001 in Mexico, D.F., under the coordination of the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health of Mexico. Courses, divided into two levels (basic and intermediate), are designed to provide training in two broad areas: theoretical and methodological aspects of epidemiological practice, and specific subjects of applied epidemiology. They include, among others: basic and intermediate epidemiology, basic and intermediate biostatistics, epidemiological surveillance, Epi-Info 6.04, management of Health Services, design of research protocols, infectious disease epidemiology, social and cultural factors in epidemiological research and more.

Applications must be received by June 2001.

For further information, please contact: Dirección General de Epidemiología, Francisco P. Miranda No. 177, Col. Unidad Lomas de Plateros, Delegación Obregón, C.P. 01480, México, D.F., Mexico. Tel: 55 93 36 61, Fax: 56 51 62 86

The Biostatistics Program of the Ohio State University will hold its Summer Program in Applied Statistical Methods from 17 to 29 June, 2001. Weekly courses include: Applied Logistic Regression, Analysis of Experimental Data, Analysis of Correlated Data, Bayesian Methods in Medical Research, Design of Clinical Trials, Analysis of Clinical Trials Data, Applied Survival Analysis, Epidemiologic Methods, Statistical Considerations for Confirmatory Clinical Trials with Regulatory Objectives, Monte Carlo/Bootstrapping, Analysis of Sample Survey Data, Advanced Topics in Sampling. Two one-day courses, Applied Regression Analysis and How to Report Statistics in Biomedical Sciences, will also be offered.

For more information, please contact the Biostatistics Summer Program, The Ohio State University, M200 Starling Loving Hall, 320 W. 10th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1240. Tel: (614) 293-6899, Fax: (614) 293-6902.

 

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