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)