IEA International Course on Epidemiologic Methods 2009

Jaipur, India

This is an introductory level course, but the participants will gain the maximum benefit from the course if they already have some experience of epidemiology and have already completed some form of introductory course. It will include lectures, computer-based analyses (using the Stata package), exercises, discussion sessions, and practical experience in the design of a research proposal. The course will be of interest to epidemiologists, public health professionals, statisticians, and clinicians. The course is only available to members of the International Epidemiology Association; non-members will be required to join the IEA before commencing the course.

COURSE DIRECTORS

Professor Neil Pearce (New Zealand)
Professor Rodolfo Saracci (France)
Dr D Prabhakaran (India) 

FACULTY

Professor George Davey Smith (UK) 
Professor Shah Ebrahim (UK)
Professor Lorenzo Richiardi (Italy)
Dr Silvia Franceschi (France) 
Dr Rajeev Gupta (India)
Professor K. Srinath Reddy (India)  

PROGRAMME

Programme includes (may be subject to change):

• Descriptive epidemiology 
• Study design options (cohort, case-control, cross- sectional, intervention studies) 
• Study design issues (confounding, selection bias, information bias, effect modification) 
• Data analysis (stratified analysis, multivariable analysis) 
• Writing and publishing epidemiological research (conducted with the editorial team of the International Journal of Epidemiology)