DAY

TIME

November 23th

PROGRAM

INSTRUCTORS

Monday

8:30-9:00

Opening

Felipe P. G. Neves (Coordinator of the PPGMPA-UFF)

Introduction

Claudete A. Araújo Cardoso (UFF)

Tatiana Guimarães de Noronha (UFF)

Mariel Marlow (CDC)

9:00-10:00

Overview of Basic Epidemiological Concepts:

Design of health studies

Mariel Marlow (CDC)

10:00-10:10

Break

10:10-11:10

Principles of Molecular Biology:

PCR, PCR-based techniques and PFGE

Felipe P. G. Neves (UFF)

11:10-11:20

Break

11:20-12:30

Principles of Molecular Epidemiology:

Definitions; distinguishing molecular epidemiology from taxonomy/phylogeny

Lee Riley (UC Berkeley)

November 24th

Tuesday

8:30-9:30

Principles of Molecular Biology:

Sequencing and Next-Generation Sequencing

Felipe P. G. Neves (UFF)

9:30-09:40

Break

09:40-10:40

Overview of Basic Epidemiological Concepts:

Randomized Clinical Trials

Edson Moreira (Fiocruz)

10:40-10:50

Break

10:50-12:00

Overview of Basic Epidemiological Concepts:

Using sequencing data during an outbreak investigation of COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship

Mateusz M. Plucinski (CDC)

November 25th

Wednesday

8:30-9:30

Overview of Basic Epidemiological Concepts:

Surveillance

Colin Basler (CDC)

9:30-09:40

Break

09:40-10:40

Application of Next-Generation Sequencing to Epidemiology

Lee Riley (UC Berkeley)

10:40-10:50

Break

10:50-12:00

Overview of Basic Epidemiological Concepts: Questionnaire design/data collection

Mariel Marlow (CDC)

November 26th

Thursday

8:30-9:30

Application of Statistics in Epidemiology:

Statistical methods for quantitative research

Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde (UFF)

9:30-09:40

Break

09:40-10:40

Application of Molecular Epidemiology in Healthcare-Associated Infections: Part I

Beatriz Moreira (UFRJ)

10:40-10:50

Break

10:50-12:00

Application of Molecular Epidemiology in Healthcare-Associated Infections: Part II

Ianick Martins (UFF)

November 27th

Friday

8:30-9:30

Overview of Basic Epidemiological Concepts:

COVID-19 vaccine - clinical development of a safe and effective vaccine at pandemic situation

Tatiana Guimarães de Noronha (UFF)

9:30-09:40

Break

09:40-10:40

Special Topic1: Chloroquine in the treatment of malaria by Plasmodium vivax in Brazilian endemic areas and the potential impact on application against COVID-19

Ricardo Machado (UFF)

10:40-10:50

Break

10:50-12:00

Special Topic2: Improving your writing in scientific English – Research manuscript writing workshop for non-English speakers

Lee Riley (UC Berkeley)