Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:56:45 -0500 From: "Flynn Mclean" Subject: MMWR 11/15/96: Epidemiology in Action: Inter Methods Course MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT ****************************************** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention November 15, 1996 Vol. 45, No. 45 Notice to Readers Epidemiology in Action: Intermediate Methods Course CDC and Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health will cosponsor a course, "Epidemiology in Action: Intermediate Methods," during February 10-14, 1997, at CDC. The course is designed for state and local public health professionals. The course will review the fundamentals of descriptive epidemiology and biostatistics, analytic epidemiology, and Epi Info 6, but will focus on mid-level epidemiologic methods directed at strengthening participants' quantitative skills, with an emphasis on up-to-date data analysis. Topics include advanced measures of association, normal and binomial distributions, logistical regression, field investigations, and summary of statistical methods. Prerequisite is an introductory course in epidemiology, such as Epidemiology in Action, or any other introductory class. There is a tuition charge. Additional information and applications are available from Department PSB, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, 7th floor, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta GA 30322; telephone (404) 727-3485 or 727-0199; e-mail brachman@sph.emory.edu; fax (404) 727-4590.