Summer School in Epidemiology, Genetics and Modelling for Infectious Disease Control

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Dates of Event: 31^st August 2026 – 4^th September 2026

Last Booking Date for this Event: 11^th June 2026

Description

The summer school will promote the advancement of learning, and support the development, dissemination and deployment of knowledge and research in the fields of quantitative genetics, statistical and field epidemiology, and disease phenomics, using interdisciplinary approaches.

The event will comprise lectures, practical computer exercises with a data analysis component, group work and short research projects, discussion groups, and a social programme, so that participants will get a hands-on experience of the topics covered and will be encouraged to network.

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2. Non-industry	£560.00	Book Event

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All participants must bring their own laptop. Minimum specifications: at least 16 GB of RAM and 100 GB of free drive space.
In the course we will be using the R statistical package. Participants are expected to have installed R on their computers, and have a working knowledge of R before the course.
Daily lunch is provided throughout the summer school, along with coffee/tea/refreshments during breaks.
Transport to Easter Bush for the Campus tour on 1^st September is included, as well as the social dinner on 3^rd September.

Accommodation:

Accommodation is not provided and delegates will need to arrange and fund this independently. However, we can offer an event discount code with one of our University of Edinburgh Hotels based at Pollock Halls (subject to availability).

If you wish to book one of these rooms, you can do so via the website below or by contacting reservations and using the code EVENT:

Hotels in Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh Hospitality Collection

Reservations Team

Tel: +44 (0)131 651 2007

Email: reservations@ed.ac.uk

Funding and Sponsorship

Participation may be eligible for sponsorship through the EU-LI-PHE COST Action. Please note the following:

To be eligible, you must be a registered member of the COST Action. Further details can be found here: COST Members | Membership

Unfortunately, without a fully paid registration fee we cannot guarantee a space on the course. Please indicate if you would like to be added to the waiting list while you secure alternative funding.

If you have requested a waiting list place and wish to apply for COST Action funding please email christy.macleod@ed.ac.uk the following information:

A brief biography, your CV, and why you consider useful attending this course.

Indicate whether or not you are already a EU-LI-PHE COST Action Working Group member.

Programme Overview:

Monday: Dr Lena-Mari Tamminen (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) - Applied veterinary field epidemiology

Tuesday: Dr Smaragda Tsairidou (University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Division of Global Agriculture And Food Systems) - Infectious disease genetics and genomics, breeding for disease control, and introduction to R programming.

Wednesday: Prof David MacHugh (University College Dublin) and Dr John Ogrady (Animal Genomics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland) - Genome to phenome integration, with multi-omics analysis for disease resistance.

Thursday: Prof Andrea Wilson (University of Edinburgh, Roslin Institute) - Genetic-epidemiological predictive modelling, Dr Masoud Ghaderi-Zefreh (Roslin Institute) and Dr. Marie Ithurbide (INRAE, AgroParisTech, France).

Friday: Dr Chris Pooley (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland) - Statistical epidemiology to estimate genetic and non-genetic effects underlying disease spread.

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