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STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE A one-day conference organised by the Open University Statistics Group WEDNESDAY 21st MAY 2008 at the OPEN UNIVERSITY, MILTON KEYNES This conference will focus on the statistical methods used in a broad range of public health applications, including syndromic surveillance, outbreak detection, pharmacovigilance, institutional performance, monitoring of interventions. Speakers include Marianne Frisen (Goteborg), Leo Held (Zurich), David Spiegelhalter (Cambridge), Chris Robertson (Strathclyde), Stephen Evans and David Prieto (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Simon Cauchemez (Imperial), Heather Whitaker and Mounia Hocine (Open University). We welcome poster presentations. Full details of the conference, including titles and abstracts, and the registration form, may be obtained from the conference website http://statistics.open.ac.uk/phsurv . The conference fee is 25 pounds, to cover lunch and refreshments. If you require further details, please contact: [log in to unmask] .