The Swiss School of Public Health+ is offering another very useful course for people interested in health care evaluation: Dr Thomas Gsponer and Professor Marcel Zwahlen will be the facilitators of the course, entitled “Applied Bayesian Statistics in Medical Research and Health-Care Evaluation”, which will be held on 18-20 May2013 in ISPM, Bern, Switzerland. This… Read more »
We live in a strange world, where obesity figures seem to be high all over the developed world and -at the same time- information and options for healthy eating are becoming more and more available. Of course, there are many reasons for that which are beyond of the scope of this post. But sometimes… Read more »
We are happy to announce two new courses offered by the Swiss School of Public Health+. “Analysis of data with measurements below the detection limit“: This course aims to provide participants with an understanding of the basic concepts in the analysis of data with nondetects. The course will take place from 6th to 8th… Read more »
1The HPV vaccination , i.e. vaccination against Human Papilloma virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer, has recently gained fresh news coverage due to various reasons. First off, researchers identified cervical cells most susceptible to HPV infection; a few days ago Professor Ian Frazer -the creator of the vaccine- has been appointed a… Read more »
1Have you ever heard of the term “male-female health survival paradox?” It refers to the fact that women live longer than men but -at the same time- have more disabilities and report worse health. In a recently published IJPH article, Prof. Dr. Herman van Oyen and colleagues use the concept of healthy life years to… Read more »
