CDC and Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health will co-sponsor a course,
"Epidemiology in Action," during November 8-19, 1999, in Atlanta. The course is
designed for state and local public health professionals.
The course emphasizes the practical application of epidemiology to public health
problems and will consist of lectures, workshops, classroom exercises (including actual
epidemiologic problems), and roundtable discussions. Topics covered include descriptive
epidemiology and biostatistics, analytic epidemiology, epidemic investigations, public
health surveillance, surveys and sampling, Epi Info software training, and discussions of
selected prevalent diseases. There is a tuition charge.
Deadline for application is October 8, 1999. Additional information and applications
are available from Emory University, International Health, Dept. (PIA), 1518 Clifton Rd.,
N.E., Room 742, Atlanta, GA 30322; telephone (404) 727-3485; fax (404) 727-4590; or on the
World-Wide Web, http://www.sph.emory.edu/EPICOURSES/;
or e-mail pvaleri@sph.emory.edu.
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