Imperial College London
Faculty of Medicine
Division of Primary Care and Population Health Sciences
Disease Mapping Using GeoBUGS
1 October 2004
This course is designed to be of interest to researchers in areas such as epidemiology, medical geography and environmental science, together with public health specialists, regulators and other health-care professionals with an interest in understanding and applying advanced quantitative methods to the analysis of geographical variations in disease and other outcomes. The course is intended as an applied introduction to Bayesian methods in this field, and includes a large practical component with time for hands-on data analysis. The course assumes a good grasp of basic statistics, including linear and generalised linear regression analysis, but previous experience of Bayesian methods is not essential.
Summary of course content:
Aims of disease mapping studies and limitations of standard methods of analysis
Introduction to Bayesian inference
Bayesian approaches to small-area disease mapping (including hierarchical models with independent and spatially dependent random effects)
Overview of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) computational methods
Analysis of geo-referenced disease and exposure data using the WinBUGS/GeoBUGS software.
Course Instructors: Professor Sylvia Richardson, Dr Nicky Best, Imperial College London
Course Organiser: Dr Nicky Best
Course Fee (inc. catering): £275 (industry) £175 (academic, inc non-profit organisations) £125 (Imperial Staff and students)
Further details from:
Wolfson Conference Centre
Imperial College School of Medicine
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0NN
Tel: +44 (0)20 8383 3117/3227/3245
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