Scientific Programme
Application for the DENTAL-STATISTICAL GRANT has been postponed to December 15, 2009.
From Monday 19 April to Wednesday 21 April (noon) a course will be organised to introduce oral health researchers into methodological aspects of oral health research. Topics that will be covered include: elementary statistical methods, notions of advanced statistical approaches, practical and theoretical aspects of clinical trials, critical reading of the literature. In case if too low interest, course will be cancelled.
Course instructors: Nural Bekiroglu, Betul Kargul, Dominique Declerck and Emmanuel Lesaffre
Call for Oral Contributions and Posters
Participants are invited to present their work either as an oral presentation or as a poster. To promote the collaboration between oral health researchers and statisticians priority will be given to contributions presented jointly by the oral health researcher and the statistician. The official language will be English. Abstracts should be submitted via Website before January 15, 2010 The organisers will notify acceptance or rejection of papers before February 28, 2010.
Two researchers (preference will be given to candidates of developing countries) will be supported up to an amount of 1250€ each to participate in the conference. Candidates for this grant are invited to submit a two-pages abstract (see instructions on Website) no later than November 15, 2009. Winners will be notified before December 15, 2009.
Invited speakers
Allan Donner University of Western Ontario, Canada Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials in Oral Health
Jonathan Sterne University of Bristol, UK Empirical Evidence on Sources and Effects of Bias in Randomised Controlled Trials
Dennis O'Mullane Oral Health Services Research Centre, Limerick, Ireland The Design and Conduct of Intervention Studies in Dentistry
Bruce Pilhstrom University of Minnesota, previously of NIH, USA NIH Funding of International Studies - Opportunities and Challenges
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