NIH-Funded Course on “Strengthening Casual Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research”

The University of Alabama at Birmingham invites you to join their NIH-funded short course on “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research,” scheduled to take place Monday through Friday, July 24–28, 2017.

The program aims to help attendees better identify causal relations among variables that lead to obesity and discern avenues for treatment and prevention. The nine course modules are designed to provide rigorous exposure to the key fundamental principles underlying a broad array of techniques.

Limited travel scholarships are available to young investigators and the application deadline is March 31st, 2017. Accepted applicants will be notified no later than April 7th, 2017. Women, members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

For full details on the course, please click here. To apply for the course, please click here.


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