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EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME IN EPIDEMIOLOGY A

s the first European summer school in epidemiology the Florence course has been attended since 1988 by over sixteen hundred students. The EEPE is sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association, the WHO Centre for Environment and Health and the Italian Association of Epidemiology. Epidemiologists, public health professionals, statisticians as well as clinicians with a special interest in epidemiology have appreciated the opportunity of combining an intensive learning of epidemiological subjects with the unique attraction for cultural and artistic enjoyment offered by Florence and Tuscany.

: The courses are taught in English and are held in residential form in the “Studium” centre on the hills

This year a course of more advanced level, «Design and statistical analysis of genetic epidemiology studies» is run in the week preceding the start - on June 22 - of the three week main course.

design and statistical analysis of epidemiological data. In the third week six special modules, ranging from cancer epidemiology and clinical epidemiology to the impact of changes of global climatic environment and to topics of current relevance for health (students can choose which modules to follow). The morning and afternoon sessions include lectures, computer based analyses (using the “Stata” package), exercises and discussion sessions. To follow profitably this course students are expected to possess some knowledge of epidemiological and statistical methods at introductory level.

We gratefully acknowledge the continuous support and collaboration over the years of the Health Authorities and the Regional Health Agency of the Tuscany Region and the financial support by the Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin. We are looking forward to welcome the participants to the 2009 EEPE courses.

close to Florence.

: The one week course on “Design and statistical analysis of genetic epidemiology studies” is addressed

to students with special interest in these areas and a sound background knowledge of epidemiological and statistical methods.

: The main three week course offers in the first two weeks five general modules on epidemiological study

: All students should have a working knowledge of written and spoken English.

Rodolfo Saracci Course Director

DESIGN AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDIES Florence 15 June - 10 June 2009 This one week specialized course covers a range of topics including : Mendel’s laws, recombination ; probability calculations and identity by descent ; familial aggregation, recurrence risk ratios ; linkage, affected sib-pairs ; introduction to population genetics, linkage disequilibrium ; association mapping, direct and indirect approaches ; population-based association studies, case-control studies ; unmeasured confounding by stratification and/ or admixture ; family-based association studies ; the transmission disequilibrium test ; genome screens, multiple testing ; gene-gene and gene-environment interactions ; mendelian randomization.

David Clayton and Jason Cooper, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, Unite Kingdom

22nd RESIDENTIAL SUMMER COURSE Florence 22 June - 10 July 2009

Week 1 general modules

Week 3 special modules

22 June - 26 June 2009

6 July - 10 July 2009

Epidemiological methods I :

Cancer epidemiology

basic principles and introduction to study design

Dimitrios Trichopoulos, University of Athens, Greece

Franco Merletti, University of Turin, Italy, Neil Pearce, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, Lorenzo Richiardi, University of Turin, Italy, Rodolfo Saracci, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

Clinical epidemiology

Statistical methods in epidemiology I :

Matthias Egger, University of Bern, Switzerland

basic principles

Bianca De Stavola, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, Laura Ciccolallo, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

Week 2 general modules

Epidemiology and environment : Part I : global climatic change & health

Anthony McMichael, National Australian University, Canberra, Australia

29 June - 3 July 2009

Epidemiological methods II :

case control studies

Manolis Kogevinas, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain, Jørn Olsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark and UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, Rodolfo Saracci, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

Statistical methods in epidemiology II :

Part II : local & occupational environment & health

Josep Antó and Jordi Sunyer, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain

Part III : social environment & health Bruna Galobardes, University of Bristol, UK

analysis of case-control studies

Simon Cousens, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Statistical methods in epidemiology III : analysis of follow-up studies

Computer analysis of epidemiological data sets Paco Fernandez and Manolis Kogevinas, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain, Stefano Mattioli, University of Bologna, Italy, Jørn Olsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark and UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, Jacopo Pasquini, Agenzia Regionale di Sanità, Florence, Italy, Rodolfo Saracci, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy, Aurelio Tobias, Spanish School of Public Health, Madrid, Spain

Applications, fees and further information R

: Please consult the EEPE website (www.eepe.org) and click on “Registration” for filling in a course application. Applications can be submitted from December 1, 2008 to May 8, 2009. An early application will count as a priority element for admission. Successful applicants will be requested to confirm attendance by paying a non-refundable advance of 1000 Euros at the latest fifteen days before a course starts. : The course fee covers registration, course materials and books, and full board and lodging in rooms for two students at the “Studium” centre from the Sunday night preceding the course to the Friday afternoon ending the course. : The inclusive fee for the course “Design and statistical analysis of genetic epidemiology studies”, taking place from June 15 to June 19, 2009 is 1500 (fifteen hundred) Euros. The number of participants to this course is limited to fifty students. : The inclusive fee for the three week main course taking place from June 22 to July 10, 2009 is 3300 (three thousand and three hundred) Euros. The number of participants is limited to seventy residents. Applications to this course are also accepted from students wishing to attend on a non-residential basis only the special modules of the third week. A limited number of fellowships may be available for students from low and middle income countries (as from the World Bank classification).

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EEPE European Educational Programme in Epidemiology Update information and applications forms on the website :

http://www.eepe.org To contact EEPE :

e-mail : eepe@eepe.org Tel. No : +33 (0)4 78 78 56 54 / +33 (0)4 78 01 10 65 Tel. fax : +(33) 4 78 78 56 54 Mail address :

European Educational Programme in Epidemiology c/o Agenzia Regionale di Sanità (attention: Ms Caterina Baldocchi) viale Milton 7, 50129 FIRENZE, Italy

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Per Kragh Andersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Michela Baccini, University of Firenze, Italy, Annibale Biggeri, University of Firenze, Italy, Corrado Lagazio, University of Udine, Italy