Uppsala Pharmacometrics Summer School (UPSS) reminder

Dear all, This is just a reminder that the application to the Uppsala Pharmacometrics Summer School (UPSS) closes on 1st of March. UPSS will take place in Uppsala from August 10th to 21st 2020 and is intended for PhD students with previous NONMEM(r) experience. The application form can be found here: http://doit.medfarm.uu.se/kurt15550. We are looking forward to your applications! Best regards, Jill (Piyanan) and Xiaomei on behalf of the Uppsala Pharmacometrics Research Group Uppsala Pharmacometrics Summer School The Uppsala Pharmacometrics Research Group is happy to invite PhD students from all around the world to the 10th annual Uppsala Pharmacometrics Summer School (UPSS). Dates: August 10th-21st, 2020 Place: Uppsala, Sweden Intended for: PhD students Topics: The first week will focus on covariate model building, the second week on PKPD modelling of continuous and categorical data in NONMEM 7 Program: Lectures, hands-on sessions, student group work and student presentations Instructors: Mats O. Karlsson and colleagues Prerequisites: 1) Previous experience with the NONMEM software 2) Students will be asked to submit an abstract of an analysis problem they are currently working on or planning to start in the near future 3) Students will also be required to present a poster based on this abstract. Group work examples: During each course week, 2 days will be devoted to working with real data examples brought by the participants. This has been an appreciated component both by the students that have brought the examples and the other group members who get to expand their hands-on experience. For the purpose of these exercises, we ask applicants if they have examples with data that can be used and thus temporarily shared with fellow students in the group. Fee: Free of charge (transport, accommodation and food are not included) Traveling grant: Novartis travelling grant covers travelling costs for up to five PhD students enrolled at universities in developing countries. In addition, Pharmacometrics Africa has provided sponsorship for travel grants for PhD students registered at African universities. Maximum number of participants: 25 Please apply here: http://doit.medfarm.uu.se/kurt15550 Application deadline: March 1st, 2020 Contact: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Extra: A block of rooms at a suitably located hostel ( http://www.vandrarhemuppsala.se/en/) will be reserved for course participants and a social program will be proposed. For more information: About Uppsala: http://www.destinationuppsala.se/ About Uppsala University: http://www.uu.se/en About the Uppsala Pharmacometrics group: http://www.farmbio.uu.se/research/researchgroups/pharmacometrics/ N?r du har kontakt med oss p? Uppsala universitet med e-post s? inneb?r det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. F?r att l?sa mer om hur vi g?r det kan du l?sa h?r: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy