Announcement: an early bird rate
for a two-day virtual Course Sequence for 2021
Using R for Bayesian Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Health Modeling.
June 1st -June 2nd 2021
An early bird rate of $500 is now available until May 10th
This workshop sequence is designed for those who want to cover mapping methods,
and the use of a variety of software and variants in application to small area health data.
The course will include theoretical input, but also practical elements and participants
will be involved in hands-on in the use of R, BRugs(OpenBUGS), Nimble, CARBayes and INLA
in disease mapping applications. Both human and veterinary examples will be covered in the course
as well as simple space-time modelling. Examples will range over congenital anomaly birth data,
a lung, larynx and oral cancer example, foot and mouth disease in the UK,
and influenza and Covid-19 space-time modeling in South Carolina.
THE SPEAKER
Andrew B. Lawson (Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine,
Medical University of South Carolina) is a MUSC Distinguished Professor Emeritus and
a World Health Organization (WHO) advisor on Disease Mapping and organized with the
WHO an International workshop on this topic which has led to an edited volume
"Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health". He recently acted as chief editor
of the CRC Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology (2016).
He has published a number of books focused on disease mapping and spatial epidemiology.
In particular, the 3rd edition of the book: Lawson, A. B. Bayesian Disease Mapping CRC Press,
appeared in 2018. The recent addition:
Lawson, A. B. (2021) Using R for Bayesian Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Health Modeling. CRC Press.
will be a course text for the workshop. A copy of this book is included in the fee for the course.
*REGISTRATION INFORMATION*
Detailed information and registration form is available
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Phone registration to:
Department of Public Health Sciences
(843) 876-1578
Fax registration form to:
Department of Public Health Sciences
(843) 792-6000
Email booking and enquiries can be made by
contacting Paula Talbot at
talbotp@musc.edu------------------------------
Andrew Lawson
Professor
Medical University of South Carolina - Dept of Public Health Sciences
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