E.E.P.E. - W.H.O. - I.E.A. - TUSCANY - A.R.S.T. - A.I.E.

23rd Residential Summer Course in Epidemiology Florence, 21 June - 9 July 2010 ------- Social Inequalities in Health in Europe Florence, 14 June - 18 June 2010

    As the first summer school in epidemiology established in Europe the Florence course has been attended since 1988 by over two thousand students.
   
 The EEPE is sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association, the WHO Centre for Environment and Health and the Italian Association of Epidemiology.
    
Epidemiologists, public health professionals, statisticians as well as clinicians with an interest in epidemiology have appreciated the opportunity of combining an intensive learning of epidemiological subjects with the unique attraction for cultural and artistic enjoyment offered by Florence and Tuscany.
    
This year one course of more advanced level, on "Social Inequalities in Health in Europe", is run in the week preceding the start - June 21 - of the three week main course.
    
We gratefully acknowledge the continuous support and collaboration over the years of the Health Authorities and the Regional Health Agency of the Tuscany Region and the financial support by the Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin.
    
Particular thanks to the Health Authorities and the Regional Health Agency in the Tuscany Region for their continuous support and collaboration.

 

 

We are looking forward to welcome the participants to the 2010 EEPE courses.

Rodolfo Saracci
EEPE Programme Director

 

Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction Rodolfo Saracci Paperback, 144 pages Mar 2010 Description Epidemiology plays an all-important role in many areas of medicine, from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, to documenting the impact of diet, the environment, and exercise on general health, to tracking the origin and spread of new epidemics such as Swine Flu. It is truly a vital field, central to the health of society, but it is often poorly understood, largely due to misrepresentations in the media. In this Very Short Introduction , an internationally recognized authority on epidemiology, Dr. Rodolfo Saracci, provides a wealth of information on this key field, dispelling some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology, and explaining what epidemiology is and how vital it is to the discovery, control, and prevention of disease in world populations. Dr. Saracci provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials, and explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease. He also looks at the ethical and political issues related to obtaining and using information concerning patients, and trials involving placebos.