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7th Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiology Association – Eastern Mediterranean Region (IEA-EMR)
"Epidemiology: Translating Science to Health Care"
27 – 28 November 2007/17 – 18 Dhu Al Qada 1428

VENUE:

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Health Professionals
Clinicians
Researchers
Scientists
Health Policy Makers

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

  1. Identify methodological challenges among researchers in epidemiology and develop strategies to overcome them.
  2. Promote the application of epidemiologic principles and methods to problems encountered in clinical medicine.
  3. Encourage greater engagement and collaboration between regional researchers in epidemiology and public health to develop effective solutions to common problems between countries in the region.
  4. Disseminate the latest advances in epidemiologic research methods among public health professionals and health care providers.
  5. Demonstrate the powerful applications of epidemiological research as a tool for clinicians and health policy makers.
  6. Updating health care providers with the latest applications of clinical epidemiology.

TOPICS:

  1. Global Public Health and Burden of Disease
  2. Clinical Epidemiology
  3. Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  4. Cardiovascular disease epidemiology
  5. Cancer Epidemiology
  6. Epidemiology of Diabetes
  7. Nutritional Epidemiology
  8. Health Surveillance
  9. Health Policy
  10. Health Communication