Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Prognostic Research in Precision Public Health
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3682-20-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 17/08/2020

Date and time	21.09.2020, at: 09:00 - 24.09.2020, at: 16:00
Regular seats	15
Course fee	3,240.00 kr.
Lecturers	Long Nguyen
ECTS credits	1.60

Contact person	Kathe Jensen E-mail address: kje@sund.ku.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), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Understand the framework of precision public health 2. Understand how prognostic research can inform precision public health 3. Understand the key steps of prognostic modelling studies 4. Conduct appropriate methods for prognostic modelling 5. Appreciate the current challenges in prognostic research Content This course addresses the concept of precision public health, which is aimed at providing the right health intervention (prevention or treatment) to the right (sub)population at the right time. In this context, ‘right’ means provision of the best possible prognosis for the population. After introducing the general framework of precision public health, a particular attention will be given to the role of and research methods for assessment of the prognosis and of its change by intervention. Throughout examples drawn from their own research projects, the lecturers will show how prognostic research can inform precision public health. Then, the course will focus on the methodology of prognostic modelling. Practical exercises will support the lectures to allow students to perform methods for prognostic modelling. Finally, some insight will be given to current challenges and opportunities in prognostic research in precision public health. While the recent literature reports a substantial increase of publications about prognostic research, only a minority of them is actually used to inform health decision-makers in practice. This course aims to provide students with a broad understanding but also methods for conducting appropriate prognostic research, which ends up being useful in health settings. Participants PhD students who have interests in prognostic research. The maximum number of participants is 15. 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 Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Clinical Research Language The course will be in English. Form A mix of lectures, plenary discussions, practical exercises, and group works. 1.6 ECTS Course director Thorkild I. A. Sørensen (director) Professor Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen Email: tias@sund.ku.dk Tri-Long Nguyen (co-director) Assistant Professor Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Heath, University of Copenhagen Email: long@sund.ku.dk Janne S. Tolstrup (co-director) Professor National Institute of Public Heath, University of Southern Denmark Email: jst@si-folkesundhed.dk Teachers Tri-Long Nguyen, Assistant Professor – University of Copenhagen, Denmark Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Professor – University of Copenhagen, Denmark Janne S. Tolstrup, Professor – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Thomas P. A. Debray, Assistant Professor – University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Dates 21 - 22 September and 24 September 2020 Course location TBA Registration Please register before 17 August 2020 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. 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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