Introduction to Epidemiologic Methods
Introduction to Epidemiologic Methods is a workshop aimed at PhD-students, post docs and researchers in the field. PhD students will be prioritized. The workshop location is Losby Gods hotel.
Workshop schedule
Monday, April 23
9:30 Registration
10:00 Introduction
10:15 Causation and Scientific Inference
11:15 Coffee Break
11:30 Epidemiologic Measures of Occurrence and Effect
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Small Group Discussion
14:00 Plenary Discussion
14:30 Cohort Studies
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Case-control Studies
16:15 Confounding: what it is, and what to do about it
17:00 Adjourn
Tuesday, April 24
9:00 Estimation versus significance testing
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Discussion Paper
11:15 Approaches to Control Confounding
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Sensitivity Analysis
14:15 Confounder Summary Scores
15:00 Adjourn
Workshop schedule may be subject to minor changes.
About the lecturers
Kenneth J. Rothman
Dr. Rothman has more than 30 years professional experience in Epidemiologic research. Dr. Rothman has authored two widely used textbook of epidemiologic methods, Modern Epidemiology and Epidemiology: an Introduction, and is the founding editor of Epidemiology, a leading public health journal. He received the American Public Health Association’s Abraham Lilienfeld Award for 2002, recognizing excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career, is a Fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, and an honorary fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. Dr. Rothman holds the position of Vice President for Epidemiologic Research at RTI Health Solutions, and an adjunct faculty position with the Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, in Stockholm.
Elizabeth E. Hatch
Dr. Hatch’s research interests are focused on prenatal and childhood exposures in relation to long-term health outcomes, especially hormonally-related cancers, reproductive outcomes, and obesity. Dr. Hatch teaches cancer epidemiology and has conducted research on several cancer sites including brain cancer, childhood leukemia, and breast and cervical cancer. Currently, Dr. Hatch is principal investigator of a 5 year NIH-funded grant that is a collaborative study of factors related to reproductive health in Denmark. The study uses internet-based recruitment and follow-up and is evaluating factors related to fertility, miscarriage, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Hatch also has funding from the Oak Foundation to evaluate whether levels of endocrine disrupting chemicals in women in the cohort may be associated with fertility, pregnancy outcomes, and childhood obesity.
Location
The course is located at Losby Gods. Participants are expected to take part in both days and staying at the hotel overnight is mandatory.
Price
5000kr, includes workshop fee, transport to/from Losby Gods, single room, lunch, dinner and breakfast.
Please note that the cancellation deadline is March 23rd, 2012. If you cancel later than March 23rd, 2012 and your place remains vacant, you will be billed 100% cancellation charges.
Registration
The workshop is now fully booked.
Contact information
If you have any questions, please contact Julie Nybakk Kvaal: email j.n.kvaal@medisin.uio.no or call (0047) 23 36 89 83