a 5-day PhD course provided by Copenhagen University, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, and organized by the Research Unit For Dietary Studies, that will take place in November 2019.
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PhD course: |
Pitt falls and methodological considerations in nutritional epidemiology |
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Time: |
25.11.2019 - 29.11.2019 |
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Place: |
Enheden for Epidemiologisk Kostforskning, Parker Instituttet Frederiksberg Hospital Nordre Fasanvej 57 2000 Frederiksberg Denmark |
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Language: |
English |
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Learning objectives: |
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. understand diet reporting bias and consequences 2. understand methodological considerations related to measurement error, energy adjustment and substitution 3. understand collider-bias, mediation, regression and confounding in relations between diet and health 4. understand the principles and use of Mendelian randomization 5. understand use of and the measuring of body composition in nutrition epidemiology studies 6. apply directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) and graphical causal model theory |
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Aim: |
The aim of the course is to provide PhD.-students with basic knowledge in the epidemiology of human nutrition with an introduction to more advanced methodologies within nutritional epidemiology; Correlated data, adjustment for total energy, correction for measurement error, bias, evaluation of diet intake, biomarkers, molecular nutrition and diet and health. |
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How to apply: |
Through the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences Copenhagen University’s Course Catalogue, direct link to the course: |
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When to apply: |
Before the 1st of November |