idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Our participants will be enabled
o to understand the multidisciplinarity of the problems and their linkages in megacities;
o to learn about epidemiological transitions in megacities;
o to apply commonly used statistical and geostatistical techniques in health nsciences and geography;
o to work more effectively in collaboration with other disciplines for investigating the existing problems in megacities and
o to develop sustainable strategies for the improvement of living conditions of megacity populations.
PROGRAMME
o Megacities: concepts, development, driving forces and prospects
o Megacities and emerging diseases, epidemiological transitions
o Epidemiological methods for urban health
o Climate impact and other environmental stressors in megacities
o Satellite data to assess the urban environment
o Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analyses in megacities
o Statistical, geo-statistical and spatial modelling
o Modelling the health impact of a changing environment
o Urban planning and infrastructure in Megacities
Teaching methods
The course contains introductory lectures, computer classes, individual consultation and two assignments.
Teaching language is English.
LIST OF LECTURERS
o Sabine Baumgart, PhD
University of Dortmund
o Jürgen Kropp
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
o Oliver Gruebner
o Tobia Lakes, PhD
o Patrick Hostert, PhD Humboldt University Berlin
o Daniel Mueller, PhDIAMO, Humboldt University Berlin
o Alexander Kraemer, MD, PhD
o Md. Mobarak Hossain Khan, PhD
o Rafael Mikolajczyk, PhD
o Paulo Pinheiro, PhD University of Bielefeld
and other lecturers to be announced.
Certificate
All participants who successfully complete the
programme will be awarded a certificate issued by
the Department of Geography, Humboldt
University, Berlin and the Department of Public
Health Medicine, the School of Public Health,
University of Bielefeld, to be used for further
qualification in the relevant fields.
Information on participating / attending:
Enrolment is open for
Professionals and researchers from both developed and developing countries with backgrounds in demography, geography, climatology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, public health and other relevant subjects.
Prerequisites
A diploma (Bachelor or Master) in Health, Geography and related subjects with basic knowledge in statistics, Geomatics and 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/summerschoolmc/
CONTACT
Programme Directors
Prof. Dr. Alexander Krämer
Dr. Md. Mobarak Hossain Khan
Department of Public Health Medicine
School of Public Health
Bielefeld University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tobia Lakes
Prof. Dr. Patrick Hostert
Department of Geography
Geomatics Lab
Humboldt University
Berlin, Germany
Coordination (Megacity 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/summerschoolmc/
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:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Biology, Medicine, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
07/16/2009
Sender/author:
Torsten Schaletzke
Department:
Pressestelle
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event28033
You can combine search terms with and, or and/or not, e.g. Philo not logy.
You can use brackets to separate combinations from each other, e.g. (Philo not logy) or (Psycho and logy).
Coherent groups of words will be located as complete phrases if you put them into quotation marks, e.g. “Federal Republic of Germany”.
You can also use the advanced search without entering search terms. It will then follow the criteria you have selected (e.g. country or subject area).
If you have not selected any criteria in a given category, the entire category will be searched (e.g. all subject areas or all countries).
