ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DISEASE CLUSTERS AND ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
JOINTLY HOSTED BY THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY AND THE SMALL AREA HEALTH
STATISTICS UNIT, DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, UK
16 - 17 December 1999
at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX
followed on 18 December by a Bayesian software workshop at Imperial College
DAY ONE: CLUSTER DETECTION: PHILOSOPHY, METHODOLOGY, AND APPLICATION
Speakers: Julian Besag (USA), Geoffrey Jacquez (USA), Martin Kulldorf (USA),
Raymond Neutra (USA)
Discussants: John Bithell (UK), Jack Cuzick (UK), Alan Gelfand (USA), Andrew
Lawson (UK),
Kenneth Rothman (USA)
DAY TWO: ECOLOGICAL STUDIES: PHILOSOPHY, METHODOLOGY, AND APPLICATION
Speakers: Nicola Best (UK), Hal Morganstern (USA), Sylvia Richardson
(France), Jon Wakefield (UK)
Discussants: Freda Alexander (UK), Ian Diamond (UK), Peter Diggle (UK), Paul
Elliott (UK),
Anthony Staines (Ireland).
Contributed papers will be considered for either oral or poster
presentation. Authors should submit an abstract to arrive by July 31st
1999. The abstract must include: title, authors affiliation and address for
correspondence. Proceedings will be published in the Journal of the Royal
Statistical Society Series A, following usual peer review.
REGISTRATION FEES: Conference attendance costs £120.00, including
refreshments, lunch, and a conference buffet dinner. The Bayesian software
workshop costs £30.00, including refreshments and lunch.
CHEQUES IN UK STERLING ONLY, are payable to 'Imperial College School of
Medicine'. Further information from Ms Anne O'Farrell to whom abstracts
and registration cheques should be sent: Department of Epidemiology and
Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, Norfolk Place, London
W2 1PG, UK (Phone: +44 (0) 171 594 3318; Fax: +44 (0) 171 402 2150; email:
[log in to unmask]).
This conference is supported by the EU BIOMED programme (PL96-3488) and by
the ESRC (H519255036).
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