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a few places remain: Bayesian Biostatistics: Special Topics (BBST: 2 day course) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK **July 7th - 8th 2016** *Course content* BBST course: This two day course is intended for those who already are acquainted with basic concepts of Bayesian Biostatistics and software use, but require to add to this basis with a focus on special topics. The topics covered will include Bayesian longitudinal and survival analysis; meta analysis; bioassay; regression and GLMs including measurement error, and variable selection; image processing; and disease mapping In addition, both WinBUGS/OpenBUGS and INLA will be demonstrated. *The speaker* Professor Andrew B. Lawson (Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina) has extensive experience in running Bayesian Biostatistical short courses. He is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association and a WHO advisor on disease mapping. He has also co-authored a recent general text on Bayesian Biostatistics and the BBST course covers material in the second half of that book. The book: Lesaffre, E. and Lawson, A. B. (2012) Bayesian Biostatistics, Wiley, London is included in the registration fee for the BBST course. *REGISTRATION INFORMATION* Detailed information and registration form is available from http://www.crfr.ac.uk/bayesian-courses/ You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.