Conference announcement: The first conference in aquatic animal epidemiology, Oslo, Norway, September 20th - 22nd, 2016

[On behalf of AquaEpi organisers]

Welcome to the first conference in aquatic animal epidemiology, Oslo, Norway, September 20th - 22nd, 2016
Link to course website

The conference aims to bring together leading scientists, researchers and research students from all parts of the world to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Aquatic Animal Epidemiology. It will also provide a platform for discussion about how to meet the research needs of aquaculture industry and facilitate interaction with stakeholders, industry and regulatory agencies for fruitful collaborations.

The conference will provide in-depth coverage of current and future epidemiological tools and their practical implications to aquaculture. Topic-focused sessions will cover but not limit to:
·          optimizing use of epidemiology data
·         design and evaluation of risk factor studies
·         molecular epidemiology
·         spatial and temporal patterns in prevalence and risk mapping
·         diagnostic misclassification
·         design and evaluation of surveillance and control
·         risk analysis

First announcement of 2016 NOSOVE course - save the date

Interested in epidemiology, outbreaks, zoonoses, parasites?

Save the date

The next NOSOVE course will take place

18.-20. July 2016

(right before EMOP XII)

in Turku, Finland

The Nordic Society for Veterinary Epidemiology (NOSOVE) is an informal organization

with the vision of advancing veterinary epidemiology.

http://nosove.blogspot.fi/

https://www.facebook.com/TheNOSOVE/

One Health International Summer Course in Copenhagen 2016

We are happy to offer the One Health International Summer Course again for the third time in Copenhagen in 2016. We welcome course participants with a wide spectrum of backgrounds to encourage the training of transdisciplinary systematic approaches and intersectorial collaboration to improving health at the human-animal-environment interface locally as well as globally.
A bachelor degree is required to be accepted for the course.

Find more about the course contents, online application form etc. here:
http://healthsciences.ku.dk/education/summercourses/one-health/

Application deadline is 1 April 2016.
The course starts 9 May 2016 with a 5-week elearning part followed by one week on campus in Copenhagen in 16-23 August 2016.

Best wishes,
the course coordinators
Tine Hald and Lars Erik Larsen (Technical University of Denmark)
Maria Vang Johansen and Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen (University of Copenhagen)

SVEPM 16-18 March 2016 in Denmark

Dear Colleagues,

we would like to invite you to join us for the next annual SVEPM conference in Elsinore, Denmark, Wednesday 16^th and Friday 18^th March 2016.

You can find all the required information on the conference website: www.svepm2016.org. 

The registration for the conference is now open.
Early bird registration fees apply before 1 February 2016. 
Note that SVEPM members can register at reduced price. You can learn how to become a member of SVEPM here.

Information about the full conference programme is available. 

It is no longer possible to submit abstracts for oral presentation, but SVEPM is known for high quality poster sessions, and we invite registered delegates to bring a poster. Information relating to registration of posters and poster pitches at the conference is available here.

Please note that a small number of conference bursaries targeting participants from European countries that are not usually well represented at SVEPM will be awarded for the 2016 conference.

The deadline for applying for a bursary is 15 December 2015.

The evening before the conference begins, young scientists will have the opportunity to network during the Young Scientist Event ‘How to make a good poster’ followed by dinner and other social activities.

The conference dinner will be held at the Kronborg Castle (the Castle of Shakespear’s Hamlet).

On behalf of the SVEPM Committee and the local organisers,
we all hope to see you in Denmark next year.

Best wishes.

Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen
Chair of the Local Organising Committee

Minutes of general assembly 21st May, 2015

You can now download and read the minutes of the general assembly of NOSOVE, Uppsala, Sweden, 21st May, 2015

To read the minutes, please follow this link.

Open position: PhD scholarship in source attribution modelling

DTU Food invites applications for a PhD scholarship in source attribution modelling.

Announcement on DTU: http://www.dtu.dk/english/career/job?id=ce4a42e1-f6aa-4580-86d1-9301a58f9256

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