The SEAMEO - TropMed Regional Centre for Public Health, Hospital Administration, Environmental and Occupational Health College of Public Health UP Manila                625 Pedro Gil Street, Ermita Manila                                                                Tel. No. 63-2-5242703 Fax No. 63-2-5211394
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Main Menu     Academic Programs       Departments		International Course in Advanced Epidemiology       The Course will focus on methods and on latest developments within the area of Epidemiology. Participants will gain valuable knowledge and experience in the following: designing epidemiologic studies on tropical diseases including genetic studies of infectious diseases in humans, disease mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), conducting geographic surveys using Global Positioning Systems (GPS), evaluating public health interventions, and interpreting logistics regression and multivariate statistical models using STATA.      At the end of the course, the participants will be able to: Design epidemiologic studies including those for: determining the impact of illness (DALYS) monitoring and evaluating preventive and control measures Discuss the genetic epidemiology of selected infectious diseases in humans Use GIS and related technologies to map and describe geographic distributions of diseases, important risk factors, and populations at risk using Health Mapper (Quantum GIS, Map Windows, or any free GIS software) Perform exploratory spatial data analysis using GEODA Perform multivariate statistical analysis using STATA Perform project cost-analysis click here for more details and information..(file is in pdf format)		80th Foundation Anniversary   1st Minda Luz M .Quesada Memorial Lecture