Dear colleague,

The second edition of the International course on Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases will take place from April 15-19, 2013 in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

The deadline for registration for this course is nearing: February 13, 2013.  Please register through our website: www.M2E2.nl

The Maastricht Molecular Epidemiology Expertise group (M2E2) offers you a challenging five days course (15-19 April 2013) to grasp the essentials of molecular epidemiology. The course brings together the different fields of expertise involved in molecular epidemiological research in a comprehensive and integrated manner. Participants will be confronted with issues such as study design, challenges of incorporating omics data in population studies, statistical analysis of complex data, and interpretation of findings in the context of public health. Focus lies especially on methodological issues, with a variety of disease settings as illustration.

The audience targeted is PhD students and postdoctoral fellows from epidemiology, biology, medicine, statistics, and related fields, as well as those working in public health, who want to become acquainted with this expanding research area.

For more information and the course program see our website (www.M2E2.nl) and enclosed flyer. Please feel free to spread this information in your network.

On behalf of the course faculty,

Ilja C.W. Arts, PhD and Matty P. Weijenberg, PhD
Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands