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 during
November 11-22, 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 training, and discussions of
selected prevalent diseases. There is a tuition charge.
Deadline for application is September 15, 1996. Additional
information and applications are available from Department PSB,
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, 7th floor, 1518
Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30322; telephone (404) 727-3485 or
(404) 727-0199; fax (404) 727-4590; e-mail ogostan@sph.emory.edu.
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