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DISEASE MAPPING AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PUBLICH HEALTH
A two day course with a half day extension

Two Day course

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the area of disease 
mapping and risk assessment in applications to Public Health and Epidemiology.

The two-day course consists of sessions dealing with:

* Basic concepts of disease mapping
* Disease cluster assessment
* Risk assessment around health hazards

The course will include theoretical input, but also practical elements and 
participants will be involved in a hands on tutorial with the DisMapWin and 
MapInfo mapping package. In addition, a review and demonstration of GIS 
tools for disease mapping will be provided (ArcGis and MapInfo). 
Participants will take part in a Case Study Scenario and have hands-on 
experience of a disease clustering problem.

The course is being presented by Dr Andrew B. Lawson (University of 
Aberdeen) and Dr Fiona L. R. Williams (University of Dundee).

Dr Lawson is a World Health Organisation (WHO) advisor on Disease Mapping 
and recently organised with the WHO an International workshop on this topic 
which has led to an edited volume 'Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for 
Public Health' (available with the course).

Dr Williams has extensive experience within environmental epidemiology, and 
in particular, the analysis of putative health hazards. The presenters have 
jointly authored an introductory text in the area of the course.

This course, in different forms, has been successfully run previously in 
University of Aberdeen, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, the ISCB 
annual conference Dundee 1998 and the New Zealand Ministry of Health. This 
event has been updated in light of experience and feedback from the 
previous sessions.

The course is intended for epidemiologists and public health workers who 
need to analyse geographical disease incidence. In addition, the course may 
be of interest to statisticians or geographers and planners who deal with 
spatial disease data. Some statistical/epidemiological background would be 
beneficial but is not essential.

Half Day Extension

This is designed for those who want to cover more advanced mapping methods, 
and includes ecological analysis and the use of WinBugs software.

Date: two-day course: 5-6th June 2002; half day extension 7th June 2002
Venue: King's College, Old Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

Accommodation is available on campus, in King's Hall

Included within the cost of the course is a discounted copy of the 
Wiley/WHO volume 'Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health' 
Lawson, A. B., Biggeri, A.,Boehning, D., Lesaffre, E., Viel, J-F. and 
Bertollini, R. (eds) (1999)

Fee
Cost (including discounted book, refreshments, lunch and course notes): 
£520.00 for the two day course, the additional half day will be charged at 
an additional £95.00. An academic rate is also available.

Available also to purchase separately at discounted rates are the books:
Lawson, A. B. (2001) Statistical methods in Spatial Epidemiology, Wiley, 
New York
Lawson, A. B. and Williams, F. L. (2001) Introductory Guide to Disease 
Mapping, Wiley, New York

Further details of the course can be obtained from Nikki Musgrave, Prospect 
CPD, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King's College, Aberdeen, 
AB24 5UA.
Phone: 01224-272523, fax: 01224-272079, email: [log in to unmask]

For informal technical queries please contact Dr Lawson email: 
[log in to unmask]

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Dr Andrew B. Lawson
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
UK
AB24 3UE

phone: 44-1224-272615
fax: 44-1224-272607
email: [log in to unmask]
web page:
www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/maths/department/staff/pages/lawson_a.html
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