EPINOR Newsletter june_2015

1. The first day of summer school we visited HUNT. In addition to having a
presentation about HUNT by Steinar Krokstad we also had a lecture by
Professor Imre Janszky about random error.
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NORDICEPI 2015
The Norwegian Association of Epidemiology welcomes you to the 7th Nordic
Meeting in Epidemiology and Registry-based Health Research in Oslo September
21-23, 2015. More information on the conference webpage of NordicEpi 2015.
EPINOR Annual Meeting 24. September 2015
This year’s meeting will take place at the same time as the NORDICEPI in Oslo.
Program
Wednesday afternoon after the NORDICEPI we take a stroll from Midtstuen
Station to Holmekollen Restaurant where we have a joint dinner. The program
Thursday takes place at the University of Oslo.
Registration
If you want to participate you must registre by sending a funding application
to Bente Evjen Schøn­ing and EPINOR will refund the NordicEPI conference fee
as well as 50 % of your travel costs. Registration deadline is 9. September 2015.
Are you planning to go abroad during your project?
The last funding deadline this year is 15. September 2015. For more information see
epinor.no/funding. EPINOR has made a list of recommended courses/seminars.
EPINOR Summer School 2015
56 EPINOR students met at Inderøya in North Trøndelag for the Summer
School. This years theme was Missing data and measurement error. At
the end of the four days we did a Kahoot.it session. The overall feedback
showed that Jonathan Bartlett’s course was relevant for the participants
projects.
Our EPINOR student Ali Naseribafrouei voluntared to be our on site photographer.
See the pictures from the Summer School
Best Poster at the Summer School
Ingeborg Forthun’s poster - Does risk of CP increase with maternal body
mass index? She won for best poster at the Summer School.
National research school in population based epidemiology
Newsletter: June 2015
Have a great summer!
Photo: uib.no