Newsletter EPINOR april 2015

1. Recent events
The EPINOR students have had several meetings and discussions
at their home universities:
The local EPINOR group in Oslo had their meeting at the Cancer Registry
of Norway April 16th. Katrine Damgaard presented one of her studies
and how she used survival analysis.
Also: The Tromsø EPINOR-students held a lunch 21.April where two
post docs presented their thoughts on: How to survive your PhD
Granted funding from EPINOR?
We would like to remind you that all who are granted funding from
EPINOR have to send in a report about the course/conference/seminar
they attended. Check out the pictures and stories on our website
EPINOR upcoming events
EPINOR Summer School 2015
Programme 2015: www.epinor.no/programme
The main lecturer Jonathan Bartlett has a blog: TheStatsGeek.com
He also maintains the website: www.missingdata.org.uk
Pre-course suggested reading
1. Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological
and clinical research: potential and pitfalls
2. Multiple imputation: current perspectives
3. Multiple imputation for measurement error correction
Are you bringing a poster to the Summer School?
Last year EPINOR filmed a course on how to make a good poster.
It contains both a lecture about contents as well as a lecture on
the program InDesign. See the video here
Congratulations on defending your thesis!
Tricia Larose: Vitamin D status in a Norwegian population: any link to lung function?
Karin Magnusson: Hand osteoarthritis, pain and body weight – associations and potential mechanisms.
Julie Horn: Breast Cancer Epidemiology – risk of subtypes of breast cancer
The EPINOR Annual Meeting 23. - 24.September 2015
The NOFE conference this year is a Nordic meeting, NordicEpi in
Oslo 21-23 September. All EPINOR students are invited to the annual EPINOR
meeting which will take place from the evening of 23 September and the full
day 24 September. Write it down in your calendar!
Read more: nofe.no/nordicepi2015
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela
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The Steering committee of EPINOR will have a meeting in Bergen 7. May.
The meeting includes setting a date and a theme for the Summer School
2016, as well as reviewing the general EPINOR admission requirements and
funding guidelines.
Newsletter: April 2015
Research stay at: “Melbourne School
of Population and Global Health”
The local EPINOR group in Oslo
How to make a good poster