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Course sequence: Bayesian Disease Mapping with WinBUGS March 2011

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"Andrew B. Lawson" <[log in to unmask]>

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Andrew B. Lawson

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Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:26:28 -0400

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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.

The IBDM two-day course consists of sessions dealing with:

*DAY 1*

·         Basic concepts of Bayesian methods and disease mapping

·         Bayesian computation and MCMC

·         Basic R and WinBUGS use

·         Demonstration of risk estimation and cluster detection using 
WinBUGS

 

*DAY 2*

·         Hands-on with simple WinBUGS models:  Poisson-gamma; 
convolution models for risk estimation

·         Ecological analysis, cluster models and space-time analysis

·         Infectious disease models and veterinary data

* *

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

The course will include theoretical input, but also practical elements 
and participants will be involved hands-on in the use of R and WinBUGS 
in disease mapping applications. Both human and veterinary examples will 
be covered in the course as well as simple infectious disease space-time 
modelling. Examples will range over congenital anomaly birth data, 
influenza in South Carolina, foot-and-mouth disease in the UK and oral 
cancer in Georgia.

The ABDM course consists of :

*DAY 1 Spatial topics*

·         Spatial models and simple variants: convolution, proper CAR, 
full MVN

·         Special application: Case event modelling
      
          Special applications: sparse count data: zip and factorial 
regression

·         Special applications: latent structure (L&C and mixtures)

·         Spatial survival modelling

 

*DAY 2 Measurement Error, Multivariate and Spatio-temporal modelling topics*

 

·         Measurement error, SEMS and Joint modelling. CPO and pseudo 
Bayes factor

·         Multiple disease analysis

·         Basic ST models: Bernardinelli, Knorr-Held, Waller; seasonal 
effects

·         ST Kalman-filtering

·         Clustering in ST data; surveillance and Infectious disease models

* *

This is designed for those who want to cover advanced BDM methods, and 
includes advanced use of WinBUGS. The course will include theoretical 
input, but also practical elements and participants will be involved 
hands-on in the use of R and WinBUGS in disease mapping applications. 
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. A copy of 
the book is included in the course fee for that course only.

 

*Who should attend*

The courses are intended for epidemiologists and public health workers 
who need to analyse geographical disease incidence. In addition, the 
courses 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.

*Why attend*

Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the basic issues, 
methods and techniques used in the analysis of spatial health data using 
a Bayesian approach. They will gain insight into the detailed analysis 
of practical problems in risk estimation and cluster detection. The 
course is presented by a leading researcher in the field of disease 
mapping and spatial epidemiology.

*course fees*

IBDM Two-day Course - $500.00

Two-day course fee includes comprehensive course notes, lunch, 
refreshments and a copy of /Bayesian Disease Mapping: Hierarchical 
Modeling in Spatial Epidemiology,/ Lawson, A. B., (2009), CRC press, New 
York.

ABDM Two-day Course - $500.00

Two-day course fee includes comprehensive course notes, lunch, and 
refreshments.

Joint booking of both courses in the sequence is discounted to  $800


*Attendees must bring a laptop with R and WinBUGS 1.4.3 software 
preloaded*.  Datasets will be provided.  R and WinBUGS software can be 
downloaded from the following websites: http://cran.wustl.edu 
<http://cran.wustl.edu/> and/or www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs 
<http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs>


*VENUE*

The courses will take place on the campus of the Medical University of 
South Carolina, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Room 301, 135 
Cannon Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

*AREA ACCOMODATIONS:*

Charleston Marriott Hotel

170 Lockwood Boulevard

Charleston, SC  29403

(843)723-3000/(800)968-3569

www.marriott.com/chsmc <http://www.marriott.com/chsmc>

 

Comfort Inn

144 Bee Street

Charleston, SC  29401

(843)577-2224
 

Holiday Inn Historic District

125 Calhoun Street

Charleston, SC  29401

(843)805-7900 Phone

http://www.charlestonhotel.com/

 

The Courtyard by Marriott

35 Lockwood Drive

Charleston, SC  29401

(843) 722-7229

Additional information on Charleston and area hotel accommodations may 
be found at www.charlestoncvb.com <http://www.charlestoncvb.com/>.  
Download a campus map at www.musc.edu <http://www.musc.edu/>.
 

*PARKING:*

If you plan to drive to Charleston and to campus, please contact June 
Watson (843-876-1578 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) 
for information on parking. Parking is limited in downtown Charleston. 
Parking is available in the President Street parking garage (corner of 
Cannon/Bee/President Streets) where a daily visitor pass costs $5. The 
garage is about 200 yds from the course venue.



*REGISTRATION INFORMATION*

The 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]

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