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Advanced Training School on Bayesian methods

12 July, 2023

- 14 July, 2023

Venue: VISAVET Health Surveillance Center, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain

Going beyond test evaluation and true prevalence estimation The HARMONY COST Action 18208 is organizing a 3-day training school in Madrid, Spain, 12-14 July 2023. This 3-day event is a training school, part of the HARMONY COST Action 18208, training activities with didactic teaching and hands-on practical sessions and discussion, focusing on Bayesian statistics. The...

Bias in prevalence studies - Training School

2 May, 2023

- 3 May, 2023

Venue: Athens, Greece

The HARMONY COST Action 18208 is organizing a 2-day training school in Athens, Greece, 2-3 May 2023. This 2-day event is a training school, part of the HARMONY COST Action 18208. Training activities with lectures, hands-on practical sessions and discussion will focus on understanding the risks of bias in epidemiological studies of prevalence. This training...

EPIZONE European Research Group - 15th Annual Meeting

26 April, 2023

- 28 April, 2023

Venue: Novi Sad, Serbia

EPIZONE European Research Group – 15th Annual Meeting The EPIZONE 15th Annual Meeting will be from 26-28 April 2023 in Novi Sad, Serbia. The event will be hosted by the Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad’. The theme of this year’s edition will be “New perspectives for the new era”. The venue will be the leading fair institution...

HARMONY - Grant Period IV - Events

20 January, 2023

HARMONY – Grant Period IV – Events As of October 1, 2022 Grant Period IV of the HARMONY COST Action has been launched. During November 2022 HARMONY organized two training schools in Cork, Ireland and Valencia, Spain on “Bayesian Latent class models for test evaluation and true prevalence estimation”. The training material (R/JAGS scripts, exercises-solutions)...

Reflections Video on HARMONY Larissa, Greece 2022 training school

20 January, 2023

HARMONY - Grant Period IV - Dissemination Activities

20 January, 2023

HARMONY – Grant Period IV – Dissemination Activities The main strength of HARMONY lies in the diverse group of interested relevant experts andstakeholders that collaborate towards the practical and flexible application of Bayesian Latent Class Models, under the various related fields of diagnostic test evaluation, prevalence estimation and certification of disease freedom. Scientific publications and...

Webinar "HARMONY: Novel tools for test and disease prevalence estimation"

11 January, 2023

Presentation of the HARMONY: Novel tools for test and disease prevalence estimation” COST Action 18208 as part of the SOUND-control CA17110 webinars

Training Material - Valencia, Spain 2022

23 November, 2022

- 25 November, 2022

Venue: Hospital General Universitario, Avda Tres Cruces 2, 46014, Valencia, Spain

Training material for the training school on “Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class models for health scientists” in Valencia, Spain, 23-25 November 2022 – part of the HARMONY training activities.

Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class models for health scientists

23 November, 2022

- 25 November, 2022

Venue: Hospital General Universitario, Avda Tres Cruces 2, 46014, Valencia, Spain

The Action members from Spain are organizing a three-day training school on Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class models for health scientists in Valencia, Spain on 23 – 25 November 2022. This 3-day event is a training school, part of the HARMONY COST Action 18208 training activities with introductory didactic teaching and hands-on practical sessions and...

Diagnostic test evaluation with Bayesian Latent Class Models

17 November, 2022

- 18 November, 2022

Venue: The Kingsley Hotel, Cork, Ireland

The Action members from Ireland are organizing a two-day training school on Diagnostic test evaluation with Bayesian Latent Class models (BLCMs) in Cork, Ireland on 17 – 18 November 2022. Conor McAloon and Locksley Messam are organizing a two-day training school. The training school is organized with both didactic teaching and hands-on practical sessions on BLCMs for diagnostic...

Training Material - Cork, Ireland 2022

17 November, 2022

- 18 November, 2022

Venue: The Kingsley Hotel, Cork, Ireland

Training material for the training school on “Diagnostic test evaluation with Bayesian Latent Class Models” in Cork, Ireland, 17-18 November 2022 – part of the HARMONY training activities.

Introduction to Bayesian Disease Measurement (BDM) for Health scientists

25 October, 2022

- 27 October, 2022

Venue: Joist Innovation park, Larissa, Greece

The Action members from Greece are organizing a three-day training school on Bayesian Disease Measurement (BDM) for Health scientists in Larissa, Greece on 25 – 27 October 2022. The training school is organized with both introductory didactic teaching and hands-on practical sessions on Bayesian methods for true prevalence estimation & diagnostic test evaluation. The following core topics...

Training Material - Larissa, Greece 2022

25 October, 2022

- 27 October, 2022

Venue: Joist Innovation park, Larissa, Greece

Training material for the training school on “Introduction to Bayesian Disease Measurement (BDM) for Health scientists” in Larissa, Greece, 25-27 October 2022 – part of the HARMONY training activities.

Bayesian Latent Class models - Meta-Analysis: An Introduction

31 August, 2022

- 2 September, 2022

Venue: University of Novi Sad - Rectorate, address: Dr Zorana Djindjića 1, 21102 Novi Sad

The Action members from Serbia are organizing a three-day training school, hosted in Novi Sad, Serbia [31 August – 2 September 2022]. Sara Savić, Marina Žekić, Marija Glisic, Eleftherios Meletis , Konstantinos Pateras and Julio Álvarez are organizing a three-day training school. The training school is going to be delivered face-to-face and all eligible physically attending participants will be reimbursed according to COST rules. Registration...

Bayesian Latent Class Models to evaluate diagnostic tests in the absence of a gold standard

14 July, 2022

- 15 July, 2022

Venue: Winterthurerstr 190, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland

The Action members from Switzerland are organizing a two-day training school, hosted in Zurich, Switzerland [14 – 15 July 2022]. Sonja Hartnack, Valerie Hungerbühler and Eleftherios Meletis are organizing a two-day training school. The training school is going to be delivered face-to-face and all eligible physically attending participants will be reimbursed according to COST rules. Registration detailsWhere to Register: https://forms.gle/3sT4Xq8djQi1AUhR7Deadline...

Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class Models for diagnostic test evaluation

8 June, 2022

- 10 June, 2022

Venue: Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden

The Action members from Sweden are organizing a three-day training school, hosted by the Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden [8 – 10 June 2022]. Arianna Comin and Matthew Denwood are organizing a three-day training school. The training school is going to be delivered face-to-face and all eligible physically attending participants will be reimbursed according to COST rules. Registration detailsWhere to...

24 Steps to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

30 May, 2022

- 1 June, 2022

Venue: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland

The Action members from Switzerland are organizing a three-day training school, hosted by the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland [30 May – 1 June 2022]. Taulant Muka, Oscar H. Franco, Arjola Bano, Marija Glisic, are organizing a three-day training school. The training school is going to be delivered face-to-face and all eligible physically attending participants will be reimbursed according...

Diagnostic test evaluation with Bayesian Latent Class Models

23 September, 2021

- 24 September, 2021

Venue: University College Dublin, Ireland

The Action members from Ireland are organizing a two-day training school, hosted by the University College Dublin, Ireland [23 - 24 September 2021].

Bayesian Latent Class models for diagnostic test evaluation and true prevalence estimation

20 September, 2021

- 22 September, 2021

Venue: Geopolis Campus, Larissa-Trikala ring-road, Larissa, 41500, Greece

The Action members from Greece are organizing a three-day training school, hosted in Larissa, Greece [20 - 22 September 2021]. Polychronis Kostoulas, Eleftherios Meletis, Konstantinos Pateras and Konstantinos Tsiamis are organizing a three-day training school. Topic "Bayesian Latent Class models for diagnostic test evaluation and true prevalence estimation".

Statistical models for infectious diseases epidemiology

16 September, 2021

- 17 September, 2021

Venue: Piazzale Gambuli 1 - Edificio A - Piano 0 (Ellisse) 06132 Sant'Andrea delle Fratte Perugia, Italy

The Action members from Italy are organizing a two-day training school, hosted in Perugia, Italy [16 - 17 September 2021].

Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class analysis for estimation of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity of animal diseases

14 September, 2021

- 15 September, 2021

Venue: Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI), Ås, Norway

The Action members from Norway are organizing a two-day training school, hosted by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI), Ås, Norway [14 - 15 September 2021].

Action News

Advanced Training School on Bayesian methods

Bias in prevalence studies - Training School

EPIZONE European Research Group - 15th Annual Meeting

HARMONY - Grant Period IV - Events

Reflections Video on HARMONY Larissa, Greece 2022 training school

HARMONY - Grant Period IV - Dissemination Activities

Webinar "HARMONY: Novel tools for test and disease prevalence estimation"

Training Material - Valencia, Spain 2022

Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class models for health scientists

Diagnostic test evaluation with Bayesian Latent Class Models

Training Material - Cork, Ireland 2022

Introduction to Bayesian Disease Measurement (BDM) for Health scientists

Training Material - Larissa, Greece 2022

Bayesian Latent Class models - Meta-Analysis: An Introduction

Bayesian Latent Class Models to evaluate diagnostic tests in the absence of a gold standard

Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class Models for diagnostic test evaluation

24 Steps to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Diagnostic test evaluation with Bayesian Latent Class Models

Bayesian Latent Class models for diagnostic test evaluation and true prevalence estimation

Statistical models for infectious diseases epidemiology

Introduction to Bayesian Latent Class analysis for estimation of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity of animal diseases

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