Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3121-18-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 24/09/2018

Date and time	24.10.2018, at: 09:00 - 26.10.2018, at: 16:00
Regular seats	25
Course fee	2,280.00 kr.
Lecturers	Kåre Mølbak
ECTS credits	2.00

Contact person	Ida Glode Helmuth E-mail address: idgk@ssi.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: Describe the indicators and measures used in infectious disease epidemiology - Identify the main stakeholders in the field of infectious disease epidemiology - Distinguish between different kinds of surveillance systems - Understand the possibilities and limitations of surveillance data - Identify and apply the steps of an outbreak investigation - Describe different study designs for outbreak investigations - Generate and communicate public health recommendations in relation to outbreaks - Understand the importance of microbiology in surveillance and control of infectious diseases Content Vaccines and antibiotics have played an important role in the fight against communicable diseases. However, worldwide inequalities in accessing health care including treatments and vaccines, re-emergence of vaccine preventable diseases, and the threat of antimicrobial resistance as well as the risk of emerging new pathogens underline the fact that communicable diseases remain a global public health challenge. This course gives an introduction to the application of epidemiology to the field of infectious diseases. You will learn more about: - The current global challenges as to communicable diseases and what can be done to respond to them. - What makes a good surveillance system and how can its data be used as information for taking action. - How outbreaks of communicable disease are discovered, handled and learned from – on a global and on a local basis. Participants The course is aimed at PhD students in public health, medicine and/or epidemiology. There will be a maximum of 25 students. Participants are expected to have basic epidemiological skills. Language English Form The course will include a combination of lectures and group work based on real life case studies. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: Public health and Epidemiology Immunology and Infectious diseases Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Course director Kåre Mølbak, director, Infectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut, krm@ssi.dk Teachers Andreas Petersen, biologist, PhD, EUPHEM1 alumnus, The Antimicrobial Resistance and Staphylococcus Laboratory, Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut Ida Glode Helmuth, EPIET fellow1, MD, PhD, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut Kåre Mølbak, director, chief physician, dr.med., Infectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut Luise Müller, epidemiologist, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut Monika Roberta Korsinska, EPIET fellow1, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut Palle Valentiner-Branth, staff physician, PhD, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut Steen Ethelberg, senior researcher, PhD, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut Stine Ulendorf Jacobsen, master of public health, consultant, EPIET alumnus1, Department of Evidence, Education, and Emergency Services, Danish Health Authority Susanne Schjørring, public health microbiologist, MSc, PhD, EUPHEM1 alumnus, Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut Tyra Grove Krause, Head of Department, chief physician, PhD, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut Curriculum Johan Giesecke, Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology (any edition) Course secretary: Ida Glode Helmuth, EPIET fellow, Statens Serum Institut, idgk@ssi.dk Monika Roberta Korsinska, EPIET fellow, PhD, Statens Serum Institut, mork@ssi.dk Dates October 24th-26th 2018 Course location Jernesalen, Statens Serum Institut Registration: Please register before September 24th 2018 Admission to PhD students from Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, firstserved basis and according to the rules in force. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrollment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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