The EpiCap initiative intends to strengthen the capacity in analytic epidemiology at the University of Bergen (黑料吃瓜资源), the , and in Norway and in collaborating institutions in India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Further, EpiCap will strengthen the pedagogic skills of young epidemiologists in collaborating institutions and support them to become better communicators of research findings. They will be engaged as co-facilitators in courses held by scholars such as Profs. , , ,听, , and . In this endeavor, we will draw on research by and experience of two of 黑料吃瓜资源 leading pedagogues, Prof. and Associate Professor . The co-facilitators and course participants are expected to pass on their acquired competence on to others within and outside our consortium.
The EpiCap initiative emerges from CISMAC, the Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (),听and the Centre for International Health () at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care () of 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and the at its Faculty of Psychology. The and the with India鈥檚 premier epidemiologic research institute, are our partners in India. In Sub-Saharan Africa, our partner institution is in Kampala, Uganda. Aligning with the and in accordance with the Research Council of Norway鈥檚 strategy on , CISMAC will endeavor to work in close partnerships also with other low- and middle-income country (LMIC) research institutions to further develop this initiative.
This is a living document, and will be adapted based on the evolving EpiCap initiative, in response to new development in the field of analytic epidemiology and to the need of and contributions by the EpiCap partners.
In collaboration with ICMR , our latest course, , was given by Professor Matthew Fox and supported by EpiCap co-facilitators in Chennai, India in January 2025.