ANNOUNCING:
DISEASE MAPPING AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
A two-day course with a half day extension
4 - 6 June 2003
Two-day Course
Course Aims and Background
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the area of disease
mapping and risk assessment in applications to Public Health and Epidemiology.
The two-day course consists of sessions dealing with:
* Basic concepts of disease mapping
* Disease cluster assessment
* Risk assessment around health hazards
The course will include theoretical input, but also practical elements and
participants will be involved in a hands on tutorial with the ArcView
mapping package. In addition, a review and demonstration of GIS tools for
disease mapping will be provided (ArcGis and MapInfo). Participants will
take part in a Case Study Scenario and have hands-on experience of a
disease-clustering problem.
The course is being presented by Dr Andrew B. Lawson (Arnold School of
Public Health, University of South Carolina) and Dr Fiona L. R. Williams
(University of Dundee).
Professor Lawson is a World Health Organisation (WHO) advisor on Disease
Mapping and recently organised with the WHO an International workshop on
this topic which has led to an edited volume 'Disease Mapping and Risk
Assessment for Public Health' (available with the course).
Dr Williams has extensive experience within environmental epidemiology, and
in particular, the analysis of putative health hazards. The presenters have
jointly authored an introductory text in the area of the course.
This course, in different forms, has been successfully run previously in
University of Aberdeen, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, the ISCB
annual conference Dundee 1998 and the New Zealand Ministry of Health. This
event has been updated in light of experience and feedback from the
previous sessions.
Who Should Attend?
The course is intended for epidemiologists and public health workers who
need to analyse geographical disease incidence. In addition, the course may
be of interest to statisticians or geographers and planners who deal with
spatial disease data. Some statistical/epidemiological background would be
beneficial but is not essential.
Half-Day Extension (6th June)
This is designed for those who want to cover more advanced mapping methods,
and includes ecological analysis and the use of WinBugs software.
Date: two-day course: 4-5th June 2003; half day extension 6th June 2003
Venue: King's College, Old Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Accommodation is available on campus, in King's Hall
Fee
Two-day Course £545.00 (academic fee £445.00)
Half-day Extension £ 95.00 (academic fee £80)
Fee include comprehensive course notes, lunch, refreshments and a copy of
the Wiley/WHO volume 'Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public
Health' Lawson, A. B., Biggeri, A., Boehning, D., Lesaffre, E., Viel, J-F.
and Bertollini, R. (eds) (1999)
Available also to purchase separately at discounted rates are the books:
Lawson, A. B. (2001) Statistical methods in Spatial Epidemiology, Wiley,
New York £33.00
Lawson, A. B. and Williams, F. L. (2001) Introductory Guide to Disease
Mapping, Wiley, New York £30.00
Further details of the course can be obtained from Nikki Musgrave, Prospect
CPD, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King's College, Aberdeen,
AB24 5UA.
Phone: 01224-272523, fax: 01224-272079, email: [log in to unmask]
For informal technical queries please contact Dr Lawson email:
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You can book online at:
<http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cpd/register>http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cpd/register
Professor Andrew B. Lawson
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208
USA
ph: 803-777-6647
fax:803-777-2524
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web site:http://www.sph.sc.edu/alawson/
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