Dear Berlin-area Epidemiological Methods Enthusiasts,

You are invited to our next BEMC Talk on Wednesday, November 7^th.

BEMC Talk: Wednesday, November 7^th, 2018 @ 4pm

“Multi state modelling in chronic diseases” – Dr. Ralph Brinks, Düsseldorf

• If you haven’t already done so, please register in advance: https://goo.gl/forms/sfxMmTOg51egpMeh2
• Description: “Multi-state models are a useful extension of the epidemiologist’s toolbox. The classical illness-death model gains fundamental insights about relations between the prevalence and incidence of a chronic disease – insights beyond the folkloristic ‘prevalence odds equals incidence times duration’.  A variety of applications is presented, e.g. diabetes and rheumatic diseases in the study of dementia. With a simple extension, the illness-death model is helpful in studying diseases with a prolonged state of undiagnosed disease such as hypertension or cancer.”
• Location: Seminar room of the Neurology Clinic; Bonhoefferweg 3 entrance, 3^rd floor, Charité – Campus Mitte

Upcoming Berlin Epi Events:

• Nov 14^th @ 4pm – BEMC JClub  – Paper posted online
• December 5^th – BEMC Talk – “This talk has to title” – Professor James Robins, Boston (location: Virchow-Saal, Philippstr. 12, Charite Campus Mitte)
• Dec 19^th @ 4pm – BEMC JClub Cancelled. 
• January – Winter Break, no BEMC
• February 6^th – BEMC Talk – “Time-related biases and the use of propensity scores to address those” – Professor Lars Andersen, Copenhagen

Interested in other Institute of Public Health events? Visit our calendar to check out upcoming conferences & short courses!

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