CDC and Emory University will cosponsor a course designed for
practicing state and local health department professionals. This
course, "Epidemiology in Action," will be held at CDC, April 29-May
10, 1996. The course emphasizes the practical application of
epidemiology to public health problems and will consist of
lectures, workshops, classroom exercises (including actual
epidemiologic problems), roundtable discussions, and an on-site
community survey. Topics covered include descriptive epidemiology
and biostatistics, analytic epidemiology, epidemic investigations,
public health surveillance, surveys and sampling, computers and Epi
Info software, and discussions of selected prevalent diseases.
There is a tuition charge.
Additional information and applications are available from
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, 7th Floor, 1518
Clifton Rd., NE, Atlanta GA 30322; telephone (404) 727-3485 or
727-0199; fax (404) 727-4590.
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