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This is a reminder for an early bird registration for the

     STATISTICS AND HEALTH CONFERENCE,
    June 11-13, 2000, Edmonton, Canada.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION:
    May 1, 2000

REGISTRATION DETAILS are available directly from:
    http://www.stat.ualberta.ca/~brg/conference/registration.html

MAJOR THEMES INCLUDE:
    Spatial mapping and small area estimation
    Meta analysis and errors in estimation
    Genetic Epidemiology and Methods
    Cost, Cost effectiveness and decision analysis
    Hierarchical models: New developments
    Correlated data in health research

INVITED SPEAKERS:
    Professor Bradley Efron (Stanford); Professor M. Daniels (Iowa State).
    Professor Lawson (Aberdeen); Professor K-Y Liang (Johns Hopkins);
    Professor C. McCulloch (Cornell); Professor S-L Normand (Harvard);
    Professor JNK Rao (Carleton); Professor L. Waller (Emory);
    Professor K. Morgan (McGill); Professor S. Walter (McMaster);
    Professor C. Dean (Simon Fraser); Professor C. Gatsonis (Brown);
    Dr. J. Gentleman (NCHS); Professor S. Bull (Toronto);
    Professor S. Greenland (UCLA); Professor P. Heagerty (Washington);
    Professor Moher (Ottawa); Professor H. Bryant (Calgary);
    Professor J. Berlin (Pennsylvania); Professor W. Manning (Chicago);
    Professor MC Wang (Johns Hopkins).

FOR OTHER DETAILS, SEE:
    http://www.stat.ualberta.ca/~brg/conf.html

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    Biostatistics Research Group,
    Statistics Centre, Mathematical Sciences
    632 Central Academic Bldg.
    University of Alberta
    Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1

    Webpage: http://www.stat.ualberta.ca/~brg
    Tel: 780-492-3396    Fax: 780-492-6826
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