Registration is now closed for Epi on the Island 2010, being held at the Atlantic Veterinary College on the campus of the University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, in August 2010.

There are 2 module components to the conference this year:

Module 1: “Introduction to Animal Health Risk Modelling” August 10 – 13, 2010

Instructors:

Dr. Francisco J. Zagmutt
Senior Risk Analysis Consultant
VOSE Consulting

Dr. Javier Sanchez
CFIA Research Chair- Risk Analysis
Canadian Regulatory Veterinary Epidemiology Network (CRVE net)
Atlantic Veterinary College

Course Content:

The course will introduce the basic concepts related to the qualitative and quantitative assessment of risks associated with the importation of animal and animal products. During this 4 day course, concepts of scenario pathway modelling, probability distributions, uncertainty and variability analysis, Bayesian inference, sensitivity analysis will be presented and discussed. All the theoretical concepts will be applied using real world examples using the simulation package ModelRisk.

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Module 2: "The Implementation & Analysis of Animal Health Surveillance" August 15 – 19, 2010

Instructors:

Dr. Evan Sergeant

Director, AusVet Animal Health Services

Dr. Carol McClure

Research Scientist, Epidemiology

Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences, Atlantic Veterinary College

Dr. Crawford Revie

Professor, Atlantic Veterinary College

Canada Research Chair- Population Health: Epi-informatics

Course Content:

This 5 day course will begin by reviewing standard methods of animal health surveillance on day 1. Further information and exercises on alternative data driven approaches to animal health surveillance will be discussed on day 2. The last 3 days of the course will be devoted to risk based surveillance using scenario tree modelling. Participants are expected to bring their lap top computers to the course.

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To reserve your space, download, complete and return the attached registration form to

Leanne Newson at lnewson@upei.ca or via fax at 902.620.5053.

If you have any questions, please call Leanne at 902.620.5049.

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You may wish to consult the 2010 Prince Edward Island Visitors Guide

for more information about visiting our beautiful province, including booking accommodations.

For on-campus residence information, please see attachment below.