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09/07/2009 - 09/11/2009 | Bielefeld

International Summer School 2009: Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Modern Surveillance, Mathematical Modelling, International Dimensions

In 2009 the International Summer School Programme combines the well-established course on infectious disease epidemiology (IDE) with two new courses, one on Megacities (website: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/ag2/summerschoolmc/ ) and one on Multilevel Modelling for Public Health and Health services Research (MLM) (website: http://iph-partnership.org ), to improve the knowledge about statistical and epidemiological methods for controlling the predominant health problems of the 21st century.
Among the determinants of both infectious and noninfectious diseases are population growth, mobility, urbanization, poverty, climate change and insufficient health care systems, which will deteriorate further with the financial crisis in many parts of the world. Both courses will teach specific statistical methods in order to detect, and adequately respond to global and
local health problems.
This course will provide a deep understanding of the special IDE concepts and methods. The participants will be enabled to manage an outbreak, to correctly
create and interpret surveillance data, and to perform simple mathematical modelling for the spread of IDEs as well as to use basic health economic evaluations.
In addition they will know how to apply the learned concepts and methods to actual global public health challenges (e.g. tuberculosis, dengue).

Teaching methods
The course contains introductory lectures, computer
classes, individual consultation and two assignments.
Teaching language is English.

LIST OF LECTURERS
Prof. Dr. Alexander Krämer
Dr. Rafael Mikolajczyk
Dr. Manas Akmatov
Tanja Wörmann
Department of Public Health Medicine
School of Public Health
Bielefeld University, Germany

Dr. Mirjam Kretzschmar
Utrecht Centre for Infection Dynamics UMCU,
and Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM,
The Netherlands

Dr. Maarten Postma
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Dr. Luise Prüfer-Krämer
Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Bielefeld,
Germany

and other lecturers from European and American
institutions to be announced.

PROGRAMME
o Modern epidemiological methods for infectious diseases
o Outbreak investigation and surveillance
o Mathematical modelling
o Health economical evaluations
o Vaccinations
o (Re)-emerging infections: tuberculosis, measles,norovirus
o Antibiotic resistance and nosocomial infections
o STIs including HIV/AIDS, HPV infection, viral hepatitis
o Tropical diseases: dengue, chikungunya as a challenge in densely populated urban areas

Certificate
All participants who successfully complete the
programme will be awarded a certificate issued by
the School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, to
be used for further qualification in infectious diseases,
epidemiology or public health. In addition a certificate
for 3 ECTS points can be issued.
The IDE programme is certified by the Ärztekammer
Westfalen-Lippe for continuing education.

Information on participating / attending:
Enrolment is open for
o Professionals in health departments, other health agencies and industry, and allied health professionals like physicians, microbiologists and epidemiologists
o Public Health experts and Public Health students including PhD and MSC students.

Prerequisites
A diploma (Bachelor or Master) in health related sciences or M.D., and basic knowledge in epidemiology.

Tuition
The tuition of enrolment for the International Summer School is 520/290 Euro. Postgraduate or doctoral students pay the lower price. The tuition includes
instruction, course materials, and the use of computer centre facilities.

Application
The number of participants is restricted to 30 persons.
You are encouraged to bindingly apply as soon as possible including payment of registration fee.

Application form and further information:
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/ag2/summerschoolide/

CONTACT
Programme Directors
Prof. Dr. Alexander Krämer
Professor and Head
Department of Public Health Medicine
School of Public Health
Bielefeld University, Germany

Dr. Mirjam Kretzschmar
Utrecht Centre for Infection Dynamics, UMCU,
and Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM,
The Netherlands

Coordination (IDE Course)
Mrs. Regine Myska
Phone: + 49 (0) 521 106 6889
Fax: + 49 (0) 521 106 2968
E-mail: regine.myska@uni-bielefeld.de
Website: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/
ag2/summerschoolid

Date:

09/07/2009 08:30 - 09/11/2009 16:00

Event venue:

Bielefeld University
School of Public Health
P.O. Box 10 01 31, Universitätsstr. 25
33501 Bielefeld
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, Students

Email address:

regine.myska@uni-bielefeld.de

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Biology, Medicine, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Social studies

Types of events:

Entry:

07/16/2009

Sender/author:

Torsten Schaletzke

Department:

Pressestelle

Universität Bielefeld

Event is free:

no

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event28032

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