Course Director: Prof. Sanjay Zodpey, Director 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Course Coordinator: Dr. Jyoti Sharma,  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Associate Professor 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Key contact person: 
                                    Training venue:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Ms. Tanuja Bhandari 
                                    Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Programme Officer- Trainings 
                                    Plot 47, Sector 44, Institutional Area                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Email: trainings@iiphd.org 
                                    Near HUDA City Centre metro station                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ph: +91 124 2477900 (ext. 4110) 
                                    Gurgaon – 122002, Haryana, INDIA                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Website: www.phfi.org 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Workshop on  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Nutrition Epidemiology 
                                                                                                                                                                                            September 28 - October 1, 2015 (Monday to Thursday) 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Last date of registration – September 14, 2015 
                               
                                      About the course 
                                      In view of accelerating rate of diet related diseases (non‐communicable diseases as well as under nutrition), there is 
                                      increasing need of high quality evidence on diet and lifestyle exposures. In India, Nutrition epidemiology is a budding 
                                      discipline and requires capacity building and skill development. This training programme aims to build the capacity 
                                      of young health professionals and researchers who wish to work in this area or develop career in nutrition research. 
                                      The workshop proposes to cover key issues in design, analysis and reporting of nutrition epidemiological studies and 
                                      provide grounding in the knowledge and skills related that are require to conduct nutrition epidemiological studies. 
                                       
                                      Contents 
                                      • Introduction to nutrition epidemiology: principles and importance 
                                      • Designing nutrition epidemiology studies: research designs and methodological considerations 
                                      • Assessment methods of diet, anthropometry and physical activity 
                                      • Problem of measurement error in nutrition studies and approaches to deal with it 
                                      • Processing and analysis of dietary data 
                                      • Ethics in nutrition research                                                                                                                                               
                                      • Critical appraisal of published studies 
                                       
                                      Key Resource Faculty  
                                      Dr Jyoti Sharma is the key resource faculty for this workshop. She is a full-time faculty at the institute with formal 
                                      training in Food Science and Nutrition and Epidemiology. She has around 15 years of experience in the field of 
                                      Nutrition and public health research. Dr Jyoti is involved in academic programs at the institute and has the experience 
                                      of having conducted several workshop for health professionals of diverse background.  
                                       
                                      Who should attend?  
                                      This workshop would be suitable for faculty members and researchers engaged in research and teaching in area of 
                                      public  health  and  nutrition,  NGO  and  international  organizations  responsible  for  managing  research  projects, 
                                      nutritionists and dietitians, researchers, doctoral and post graduate students. 
                                       
                                      Registration Fee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                      Indian National: 8000 INR per participant  
                                      International Participant: 16000 INR per participant  
                                      The registration fee includes course kit, lunch and snacks. Please note that the participants will have to bear their 
                                      own travel, boarding and lodging expenses. However; the organizers will be able to provide a list of hotels or 
                                      guesthouses nearby the institute upon request. 
                                       
                                      Interested participants may send their completed registration form (to the address: Ms. Tanuja Bhandari, Indian 
                                      Institute of Public Health, Delhi, Plot 47, Sector 44, Institutional Area, Near HUDA City Centre metro station, Gurgaon 
                                      – 122002, Haryana, India)  along with the fees by Demand Draft, in favor of “Public Health Foundation of India” 
                                      payable at New Delhi.  
                                       
                                      Foreign nationals are requested to make only E-transfer to submit the fee.  
                                       
                                      To access and download the complete brochure of the workshop series, please click the following: 
                                      Link: Workshop Series 2015-2016 (IIPH-Delhi)