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Epidemiological Bulletin
      Vol. 17, No. 4
 December 1996  


SUMMER COURSES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY IN 1997

The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health is sponsoring the Fourteenth Annual Graduate Summer Program in Epidemiology, to be conducted from 17 June to 5 July 1996. The program includes: principles of epidemiology; introduction to biostatistics; methods in epidemiology; intermediate biostatistics; applications of the case-control method; clinical trials: issues and controversies; epidemiologic methods for planning and evaluating health services; cohort studies; methods of health risk assessment; infectious disease epidemiology; nutritional epidemiology; outcomes and effectiveness research; epidemiology of tobacco, alcohol and other drug dependence; epidemiology of AIDS; use of microcomputers in epidemiology; writing and reviewing epidemiologic papers; meta-analysis; epidemiology and public policy; updates in methods for analysing longitudinal data; advanced topics in SAS programming; new paradigms/new approaches to management of epidemiological studies. Proficiency in the English language is required.

Tufts University at Medford, Massachusetts, The New England Epidemiology Institute, and the Post-graduate Medical Institute are sponsoring the Sixteenth Annual New England Epidemiology Summer Program, to be conducted from 10 June to 5 July, 1996. This year The New England Epidemiology Institute will be offering one and two week sessions which will cover the following topics: introduction to epidemiology; conducting epidemiologic research; theory and practice of epidemiology; epidemiologic basis for causal inference; introductory biostatistics; regression and categorical data methods; survival analysis; meta-analysis; clinical research; pharmacoepidemiology; epidemiologic methods for health care utilization research; epidemiology in developing countries; cancer epidemiology; perinatal epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; occupational and enviromental epidemiology; use of biomarkers in epidemiology; scientific writing and ethics and epidemiology. Proficiency in english is essential.

    For more information contact:

    Nancy A. Dreyer,
    Program Director,
    The New England Epidemiology Institute, Dept. PA-PAN,
    One Newton Executive Park,
    Newton Lower Falls, MA 02162-1450.
    Tel. (617) 244-1200;
    Fax (617) 244-9669;
    E-mail: epidemiol@aol.com

The University of Michigan School of Public Health announces the Thirtieth-one International Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology to be conducted from 7 to 26 July, 1996. Three, two and one-week courses will be offered. Three-week courses include: applied epidemiology for health practitioners; fundamentals of epidemiology; fundamentals of biostatistics; and design and analysis of sample survey data. Two-week courses include: basic computer applications in epidemiology and genetic epidemiology.

One-week courses include: basic concepts of clinical epidemiology; clinical trials, design and conducts; clinical trials, analytic methods; introduction to the logistic model; analysis of survival, and follow-up data; introduction to cancer epidemiology; advanced concepts and methods in cancer epidemiology; cancer prevention; occupational epidemiology; enviromental epidemiology and risk assesment; epidemiology of injuries; epidemiologic methods and injury control; epidemiology of violence; epidemiology of aging; epidemiology of mental disorders; update in infectious diseases; emerging infections; sexually transmitted diseases and HIV; nutritional epidmeiology; epidemiologic issues in women's health: controversies and challenges; concepts and methods in reproductive epidemiology; pharmacoepidemiolgy; epidemiology of substance abuse; methods in medical quality assessment; current issues in infection control; advanced computer applications in epidemiology; behavioral modification; epidemiology and health policy; scientific writing; ethics, epidemiology and public health research; epidemiology and the law; and cardiovascular epidemiology. Proficiency in the English Language is needed.

    For further information contact:

    Dr. David Schottenfeld or Jody Gray,
    Administrative Coordinator,
    Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology,
    The University of Michigan, School of Public Health,
    109 S. Observatory Street,
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029.
    Tel. (313) 764-5454;
    Fax (313) 764-3192;
    E-mail: umichgss@sph.umich.edu

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University will hold its Eleventh Annual Summer Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 6 to 31 May and from to 28 June, 1996. General topics will include: principles and methods of epidemiology; epidemiologic research I: study design; statistical inference; pharmacoepidemiology I, II and III; clinical epidemiology; cardiovascular epidemiology; health in developing countries; infectious and parasitic disease epidemiology; multivariate analysis; practical issues in protocol development.

    For more information contact:

    Elinor J. Masson,
    Coordinator, Annual Summer Program,br> Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
    McGill University, Purvis Hall,
    1020 Pine Avenue West, Room 38B,
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A2.
    Tel. (514) 398-3973;
    Fax (514) 398-4503;
    E-mail: elinor@epid.lan.mcgill.ca

The Sixth Summer Session in Intermediate Epidemiology sponsored by the Health Situation Analysis Program, of the Pan American Health Organization, will be conducted from 29 July to 16 August, 1996 at the College of Public Health, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, Florida. The courses being 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 basic training in epidemiology. Courses will be conducted in Spanish, but participants must be able to read English.

    For more information and application:

    Carlos Castillo-Salgado,
    HDA/HDP,
    Pan American Health Organization,
    525 Twenty-third Street, NW,
    Washington, DC 20037.
    Tel. (202) 974-3327;

The Fourteenth International Course in Applied Epidemiology, conferring diploma status recognized by the National Autonomos University of Mexico, will take place from 1 to 26 of July 1996 in Mexico, D.F., under the coordination of the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health of Mexico. The course is designes to develop two broad subject-matter areas: the first includes theoretical and methodological aspects of epidemiological practice and the second, specific subject areas of applied epidemiology, such as epidemiology of communicable diseases and of chronic diseases, enviromental epidemiology and epidemiology of addiction. Other subjects are: basic and intermediate epidemiology; basic and intermediate biostatistics; design of research protocols; introduction to Epi-Info 6.0 for epidemiologic analysis; multivariate analysis in epidemiology; selected topics in clinical epidemiology and injury epidemiology.

    For further information, contact:

    Dirección General de Epidemiología;
    Francisco de P. Miranda núm. 177;
    Col. Lomas de Plateros;
    Tel: 593-36-61.

Registration deadline: 14 June, 1996.

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