Summer Intensive Course in Biosurveillance

August 22 – 26, 2005

rods laboratory, university of pittsburgh, pittsburgh, pa

 

 (For information about how to register, click here)

 

This course is geared toward public health professionals, consultants, and researchers in the field of biosurveillance.

 

The course aims to provide an intensive review of the state-of-the-art in Biosurveillance. Much of the course will offer a synthesized exploration of the major themes and content of the Handbook of Biosurveillance, a textbook written and edited by RODS researchers, which will be published by Elsevier, Inc. in the winter of 2005.

 

The course material, reflecting the structure of the Handbook of Biosurveillance, is organized into four mini-courses discussing:

 

The course schedule is divided into three to four 90 minute sessions per day for each of the five days. (Only one afternoon session will occur on Wednesday and Friday).

 

Each “mini-course” will be led by a single instructor, with limited assistance offered by other instructors to facilitate a consistent and cohesive presentation of the course material.

 

During breaks, participants will have an opportunity to interact with course faculty and RODS Laboratory staff one-on-one.

 

Course Faculty

William Hogan, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Data Analyst at the RODS Laboratory.

 

Andrew Moore, PhD, is Director of the Auton Laboratory, and Professor of Robotics and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

 

Richard Shephard, BVSc, MVS, MACVSc, works at the Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease at the University of Queensland, Australia. 

 

Michael Wagner, MD, PhD, is Director of the RODS Laboratory and Associate Professor of Medicine and Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Continuing Education Credit

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 27.0 Category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

 

Other health care professionals are rewarded 2.7 continuing education credits (CEU’s), which are equal to 27.0 contact hours

 

 

For Additional Information, contact:

Lauren Bradford

Project Manager

RODS Laboratory

University of Pittsburgh

Telephone: (412) 383-8129

Fax: (412) 383-8135

Email: lbradford@cbmi.pitt.edu

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