University of Bielefeld, School of Public Health,
Department of Public Health Medicine

Taking place once every year in September

Next course:
Infectious Disease Epidemiology: September 13 – 17, 2010

History:
Since 1999 this international Summer School attracted more than 300 participants from Germany and other European countries, showing a great demand for further training in infectious disease epidemiology for microbiologists, infectious disease clinicians and public health experts. The course comprises methodological (methods of IDE, outbreak investigation, surveillance, mathematical modelling, health economics), practical and disease specified parts.
Each year the topics are adapted to the actual epidemiological demands, focussing this year on emerging infectios due to climate change, pandemic influenza A(H1/N1), Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B/C including health economic evaluations and challenges for Public Health in vulneralbe populations.