MODERN DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
1-3 June 2010
University of St Andrews
Course convenor:
Bendix Carstensen, Senior Statistician, Steno Diabetes Center & Department of
Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
This course is hosted by the Scottish Health Informatics Programme (SHIP). It will
provide an overview of modern demographic methods in epidemiology. The course will
use the freely available computer package R, and will contain a short introduction for
those unfamiliar with the package. Topics to be covered include:
Rates, survival function
Multistate models, competing risks
Lexis diagrams and multiple timescales
Cox-modelling of rates
Poisson modelling of rates
Modelling multiple time scales
Multiple time scales and multistate models
Reporting rates and probabilities from models
To register please complete the on-line registration form at:
https://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?
compid=1&catid=14&modid=2&prodid=113&deptid=28
The fee is £90, which includes registration, lunches and coffees/teas.
Registration will close on Friday 7th May 2010.
Total places for the Training Course are limited to 32, so please book early.
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