Dear colleague, You may find the course below of interest to you or your colleagues. International course on Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases on April 23 - 27, 2012 in Maastricht, The Netherlands. The Maastricht Molecular Epidemiology Expertise group (M2E2) offers you a challenging five days course (23-27 April 2012) to grasp the essentials of molecular epidemiology. The course brings together the different fields of expertise involved in molecular epidemiological research in a comprehensive and integrated manner. Participants will be confronted with issues such as study design, challenges of incorporating omics data in population studies, statistical analysis of complex data, and interpretation of findings in the context of public health. Focus lies especially on methodological issues, with a variety of disease settings as illustration. The audience targeted is PhD students and postdoctoral fellows from epidemiology, biology, medicine, statistics, and related fields, as well as those working in public health, who want to become acquainted with this expanding research area. Please note that registration will close at 1 February 2012. The number of places is limited. For more information see our website and enclosed flyer. Register through our website: www.M2E2.nl On behalf of the course faculty, Ilja C.W. Arts, PhD and Matty P. Weijenberg, PhD Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Ilja C.W. Arts, PhD Associate Professor Program Nutritional and Molecular Epidemiology ilja.arts@maastrichtuniversity.nl www.maastrichtuniversity.nl www.M2E2.nl Peter Debyeplein 1, 6229 HA, Maastricht P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands T +31 43 3882971 F +31 43 3884128 M + 31 6 15623990 For more information: www.M2E2.nl