Introduction to Bayesian Disease Measurement (BDM) for Health scientists

Introduction to Bayesian Disease Measurement (BDM) for Health scientists

25 October, 2022 
- 27 October, 2022
Venue: Joist Innovation park, Larissa, Greece

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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 will be covered:

  1. Running basic models in JAGS
  2. Apparent & true prevalence estimation
  3. How to choose a prior distribution?
  4. Diagnostic test evaluation with Hui-Walter models


Registration details
Where to Register: https://forms.gle/Y7ED2rQ9bLsSdHAH6

Deadline for registration: Monday 10 October 2022

The training school is organized under funding from COST Association and financial support is provided according to COST rules*.

Thirty (30) participants will receive an official invitation from e-COST.

You can find more details on the training school in the attached agenda. 

For further details of the program and information about financial support please contact Eleftherios Meletis (emeletis@outlook.com). 

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