Announcing a Two-Day Course Sequence:


Introduction to Bayesian Disease Mapping (IBDM)
Advanced Bayesian Disease Mapping  (ABDM)

**The first offering of both Introductory and Advanced BDM courses in 
MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA**

March 14 - 15th , and 17th -18th 2011
Historic Charleston, South Carolina


*Course content*

These courses are designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to 
the area of Bayesian disease mapping in applications to Public Health 
and Epidemiology:  The IBDM course will run on March 14th – 15th and the 
ABDM course will run on March 17th – 18th 2011.
 
Both spatial and spatio-temporal analyses will be considered.  Examples 
will range over childhood asthma data from Georgia, influenza in South 
Carolina, foot-and-mouth disease in the UK and Ohio respiratory cancer.

*The speaker*

Professor Andrew B. Lawson (Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, 
College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina) is a World 
Health Organization (WHO) advisor on Disease Mapping and organized with 
the WHO an International workshop on this topic which has led to an 
edited volume “Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health”. 
He has published a number of books focused on disease mapping and 
spatial epidemiology. In particular, a new volume entitled *Bayesian 
Disease Mapping* will be a course text for the IBDM course. 


*REGISTRATION INFORMATION*

Detailed information and registration form is available from

http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/dbe/BDM/bdmfiles/Combined%20courses-March%202011.pdf
 


Phone registration to:

Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology

(843) 876-1578

 

Fax registration form to:

Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology

(843) 792-6000

 
Booking Enquiries can be made by
 E-mail to June Watson at [log in to unmask]