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Faculty of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
2nd Spatial Epidemiology Conference 2006
23-25 May 2006
London, UK
1st Spatial Epidemiology Conference 2003
30 March - 01 April 2003
Östersund, SwedenEUROHEIS aimed to develop integrated information systems for rapid assessment of relationships between the environment and health at a geographical level.
The conference brought together international expertise in health and environment information systems. In particular, the experiences of EU partner countries in developing integrated systems for point source investigations and disease and exposure mapping were shared.
There were demonstrations of the Rapid Inquiry System (RIF) co-developed by the UK and the other EU partner countries. This integrated risk assessment and disease mapping package produces indirectly standardised ratios and directly standardised rates for any disease/end point, for specified age and year ranges and for any geographical area held within the system. It also automatically generates contextual maps and statistics for the study area and smoothed maps of disease risk.
In addition, there were keynote addresses in the areas of spatial epidemiology, GIS and relevance to public health.
Conference organisers
The conference was organised jointly between EUROHEIS and the Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU) at Imperial College London, United Kingdom.The conference was sponsored by:
The European Union
The UK Department of Health
The Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta
Conference presentations
- EUROHEIS Introduction
- Spatial Epidemiology in Public Health: Paul Elliott
- Disease Mapping:A Renewed Opportunity for Epidemiological Investigation: Dan Wartenburg
- Using GIS for Exposure Assessment: J.R.Nuckols
- Science into Action: what environmental health indicators can (and can't) do: David Briggs
- APHEIS Group (Air Pollution & Health: A European Information System)
- Links between Adverse Health Outcomes & Environmental Hazards: Frank Dunstan
- Excess Risk of Kidney Disease Mortality in a Population living near Industrial Processes: Susan Hodgson
- Application of Bayesian Modelling & GIS: Elena Moltchanova
- Zone Design Methods for Epidemiological Studies: Sam Cockings
- Exposure, Disease & Risk: Karin Larsson
- Exposure Estimates from GIS: Ulf Stromberg
- Exposure Simulation Models & GIS-integrated Health Registers: Arne Poulstrup
- Injury Mortality & Morbidity in Ireland: Anthony Staines
- Dioxins in River Sediments & Cancer Risk: Pia Verkasala
- Spatially-Varying Coefficient Models in Ecological Studies of Environment & Health: Nicky Best
Site manager: Ania Kozniewska
Tel: + 44 0 207 594 3278
Fax: + 44 0 207 594 3196
Email: a.kozniewska@imperial.ac.uk