—from Epidemiological Bulletin , Vol. 25 No. 4, December 2004—

Summer Courses in Epidemiology, 2005

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health - XXIII Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Place: Baltimore, MD, USA
Dates: 20 June to 8 July 2005

The courses offered are:
Three-week courses
- Principles of Epidemiology
- Intermediate Epidemiology
- Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I
- Statistical Reasoning in Public Health II
- Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis Control
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Two-week courses
- Regression Analysis in Public Health Research
- Regression Analysis in Public Health Research Laboratory

One-week courses
- Introduction to the SAS Statistical Package
- Conducting Epidemiological Research
- Molecular Biology for Genetic Epidemiology
- Genetic Epidemiology in Populations
- Family Based Genetic Epidemiology
- Gene Expression Data Analysis
- New Perspectives on Management of Epidemiologic Studies
- Data Analysis Workshop I
- Data Analysis Workshop II
- Epidemiology in Evidence-Based Decisions
- Ethics Issues in Human Subjects Research in Developing Countries
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Epidemiologic Applications of GIS
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Survival Analysis
- Causal Inference from Epidemiologic Data
- Epidemiologic Methods for Planning and Evaluating Health Services
- Public Health and Human Rights: Methods and Approaches
- Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
- Applications of the Case-Control Method
- Multilevel Models
- Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials
- Methods and Applications of Cohort Studies
- Social Epidemiology
- Tobacco Control: National and International Approaches

Weekend course
- Clinical Research: An Introduction to Design and Analysis

For more information, please contact: Ayesha Khan, Program Coordinator, Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
tel: (410) 955.7158 / fax: (410) 955.0898.
email: akhan@jhsph.edu
website: www.jhsph.edu/summerepi


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University of Michigan School of Public Health - XL Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology
Place: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Dates: 10 to 29 July 2005

The courses offered are:
One and three-week courses:
- Fundamentals of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Public Health Practice
- Cancer
- Clinical Trials
- Epidemiologic Measures
- Logistic Model
- Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
- Behavioral Change, Social Epidemiology
- Longitudinal Studies
- Sample Survey Data Analysis in SAS & SPSS
- SUDAAN
- Global Health
- Genetics
- Bioterrorism
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Nutritional Epidemiology and Geographic Information Systems
- Aging
- Meta-Analysis
- Health Policy
- Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology
- Research Ethics.

Special Weekend Courses:
- Introduction to Genetics in Epidemiology.

CME Credit Available

For more information, please contact: Jody Gray, Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, The University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 Observatory St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
tel: (734) 764.5454 / fax: (734) 764.3192
email: umichgss@umich.edu
website: www.sph.umich.edu/epid/GSS

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National Institute of Health Public of Mexico - 10º. Program for Updating in Public Health and Epidemiology
Place: Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
Dates: August 1-26, 2005

Will be offered different courses in the following areas:
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Environmental Health
- Health Systems
- Biostatistics
- Infectious Diseases

For more information contact: Teresa Téllez Allende, Coordinadora Ejecutiva, Programa de Actualización en Salud Pública y Epidemiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad 655, Col. Sta. María Ahuacatitlan, C.P. 62508, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
tel: +52(777).3293.010 y 3293.000 Exts. 3116, 3117 y 3119 / fax: +52(777).3293.080 y 3111.148
email: verano@insp.mx
website: http://www.insp.mx/verano/

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Epidemiology General Directorate of the Secretariat of Health of Mexico - XXII A Diploma Course in Applied Epidemiology
Place: México City, D.F., México
Dates: July 4-29, 2005

The courses and workshops include:
- Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Methodology of research
- Introduction to the designs of epidemiological studies
- Case-Control Study
- Cross-sectional Studies
- Studies of outbreaks
- Evidence-based Decision-making
- Management in public health

Applications must be received before June 17, 2005. For further information, please contact: Dra. Arminda Torrscano Granillo, Coordinadora operativa, Dirección General de Epidemiología, Francisco P. Miranda No. 177, Col. Unidad Lomas de Plateros, Delegación A. Obregón, C.P. 01480, México, D.F., México.
tel: +52(55).5593.3661 / fax: +52(55).5651.6286
email: internacionaldge@dgepi.gob.mx
website: http://www.dgepi.salud.gob.mx

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