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December 1996 |
SUMMER COURSES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, 1997
The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health is sponsoring the Fifteenth Annual Graduate Summer Program in Epidemiology, to be conducted from 16 June to 4 July 1997. The program includes: principles of epidemiology; introduction to biostatistics; methods in epidemiology; intermediate biostatistics; applications of the case-control method; epidemiologic methods for planning and evaluating health services; epidemiologic basis for tuberculosis control; design and conduct of clinical trials; cohort studies; methods of health risk assessment; infectious disease epidemiology; nutritional epidemiology; outcomes and effectiveness research; epidemiology of AIDS; molecular biology: a primer for epidemiologists; epidemiology of emerging infections; use of microcomputers in epidemiology; advanced topics in SAS programming; meta-analysis; epidemiology and public policy; statistical methods for longitudinal data; new paradigms/new approaches to management of epidemiological studies. Proficiency in the English language is required.
Further information is available from: Helen Walters, Program Coordinator, Graduate Summer Program in Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205. Tel. (410) 955-7158; Fax (410) 955-0863; E-mail: HWALTERS@PHNET.SPH.JHU.EDU
The University of Michigan School of Public Health announces the Thirtieth-two International Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology to be conducted from 6 to 25 July, 1997. Three, two and one-week courses will be offered. Three-week courses include: applied epidemiology for health practitioners; fundamentals of epidemiology; and fundamentals of biostatistics. Two-week courses include: basic computer applications in epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; and Methods in Medical Quality Assessment.
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 mental disorders; update in infectious diseases; emerging infections; sexually transmitted diseases and HIV; nutritional epidemiology; epidemiologic issues in women's health: controversies and challenges; pharmacoepidemiolgy; scientific writing; advanced computer applications in epidemiology; behavioral modification; ethics, epidemiology and public health research; introduction to genetics in Public Health; epidemiology and the law; cardiovascular epidemiology; and Meta-Analysis: A synthesis of Medical Literature. 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 Universitywill hold its Twelveth Annual Summer Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 5 May to 27 June, 1997. General topics will include: principles and methods of epidemiology; statistical inference; clinical epidemiology; multivariate analysis; practical issues in protocol development.
For more information contact: Summer Program Coordinator, Joint Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Room 38B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A2. Tel. (514) 398-3973; Fax (514) 398-4503; E-mail: summer@epid.lan.mcgill.ca
The Seventh Summer Session in Intermediate Epidemiology sponsored by the Health Situation Analysis Program, of the Pan American Health Organization, will be conducted from 7 to 25 July, 1997 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, SHA, Pan American Health Organization, 525 Twenty-third Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel. (202) 974-3327; Fax (202) 974-3674.
The Fifteenth International Course in Applied Epidemiology, conferring diploma status recognized by the National Autonomos University of Mexico, will take place from 30 June to 25 July, 1997 in Mexico, D.F., under the coordination of the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health of Mexico.
Main courses include 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; health services administration; mortality measurement; epidemiology and nutrition and epidemiology of injuries. Other courses offered are environmental and occupational emergencies; sociology and anthropology in epidemiological studies; research methods in gastrointestinal diseases; clinical epidemiology; epidemiological methods and chronic diseases and epidemiology of infectious diseases.
For further information, contact: Dirección General de Epidemiología; Francisco de P. Miranda núm. 177; Col. Unidad Lomas de Plateros; Tel: 593-36-61. México, D.F.
