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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=217314413-11102011>Dear colleague,
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=217314413-11102011>You may find the
course below of interest to you or your colleagues. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=217314413-11102011><SPAN
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lang=EN-US><STRONG>International course on Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic
Diseases on April 23 - 27, <st1:metricconverter ProductID="2012 in"
w:st="on">2012 in</st1:metricconverter> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Maastricht</st1:City></st1:place>, The
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=217314413-11102011><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Maastricht Molecular
Epidemiology Expertise group (<st1:PersonName w:st="on">M2E2</st1:PersonName>)
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 issue<SPAN class=687523112-03102011>s</SPAN>, with a variety of
disease settings as illustration.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.25pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.25pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Please note that registration will
close at 1 February 2012.<SPAN class=217314413-11102011> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>The number of places is limited<SPAN
class=217314413-11102011>.</SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.25pt"><SPAN><STRONG>For more information see our
website and enclosed flyer<SPAN class=217314413-11102011>. </SPAN>Register
through our website: </STRONG><A title=http://www.m2e2.nl/
href="http://www.m2e2.nl/"><FONT color=#800080><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
title=http://www.m2e2.nl/>www.M2E2.</SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.25pt"><STRONG><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">On behalf of
the course faculty,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></STRONG></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.25pt"><B><FONT color=#f37220 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #f37220; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
lang=NL>Ilja C.W. Arts, PhD and Matty P. Weijenberg,
PhD</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=#767878 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #767878; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"
lang=NL><BR><I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Department of Epidemiology,
Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands</SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=NL><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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<P style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #f37220; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Ilja C.W. Arts,
PhD </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #767878; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"><BR><I>Associate
Professor <BR>Program Nutritional and Molecular Epidemiology
<BR></I></SPAN><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"><A
href="mailto:ilja.arts@maastrichtuniversity.nl"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #002861">ilja.arts@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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href="http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #939598">www.maastrichtuniversity.nl</SPAN></A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"><A
href="http://www.m2e2.nl/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #939598">www.M2E2.nl</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #767878; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: NL"
lang=NL>Peter Debyeplein 1, 6229 HA, Maastricht <BR>P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD
Maastricht, The Netherlands <BR>T +31 43 3882971 F +31 43 3884128 <BR>M + 31 6
15623990 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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information: www.M2E2.nl </SPAN><SPAN
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