The APHA Epidemiology and Statistics sections and the American Statistical Association are jointly sponsoring five Continuing Education Institutes (CEIs) at the upcoming November 2004 APHA annual meeting in Washington, D.C. We have been jointly sponsoring these courses with the Statistics Section for several years, and the programs have been well-received. They were developed in cooperation with the Statistics Section after an e-mail survey of the APHA Epidemiology Section was conducted.

CEI 1001.0, "Statistical Methods for State and Local Public Health Data," Michael A. Stoto, PhD, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

CEI 1009.0, "Multilevel Analysis in Public Health," Steven W. Raudenbush, EdD, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

CEI 2016.0, "Introduction to Spatial Epidemiology," Andrew Lawson, PhD, and Richard Hoskins, PhD, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

CEI 2017.0, "Introduction to Statistical Methods for Longitudinal Research," Garrett Fitzmaurice, ScD, and Nan Laird, PhD, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

CEI 2019.0, "Interpreting and Reporting Public Health and Medical Research: Techniques and 13 Key Questions," Tom Lang, MA, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, 2:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

For more information, please review the APHA Web site at <www.apha.org/meetings/cei>.

We encourage our members to consider taking one or more of these courses.