The German-Iranian Cooperation presents:

International Summer School on Epidemiology

27 August – 15 September 2016, Tehran, Iran

Introduction

IDEE (Iranisch-Deutsches Epidemiologie Engagement) is a German-Iranian initiative to strengthen international cooperation in Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) and public health. In line with this initiative, a three-week summer school at the School of Public Health of Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS) will be conducted with faculty members of both TUMS and three German institutes, namely Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, the University Clinics Hamburg-Eppendorf, and the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg).

Programme Objectives                               

• To provide basic understanding and training regarding control of infectious diseases and prevention with the aim of responding to emerging and current public health threats;
• To intensify and sustain international cooperation and networking capacity in the fields of epidemiology, microbiology, public health, and  outbreak investigation;
• To provide a better understanding for study designs in epidemiological. 

For more information, please refer to the Summer School's main webpage.