DAY 1 – Sunday, May 3rd, 2026

ARRIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION

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DAY 2 – Monday, May 4th, 2026

Morning – SURVEYS IN NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY (8:30 – 12:15)

• 8:30 – 8:40 WELCOME

• 8:40 – 9:00 INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

• 9:00 – 9:45 BASIC IDEAS AND TERMINOLOGY

• 9:45 – 10:30 POPULATION SURVEYS (PART 1)

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break*

• 11:00 – 11:45 POPULATION SURVEYS (PART 2)

• 11:45 – 12:15 GENERAL DISCUSSION

• 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon – (14:00 – 18:00)

• 14:00 – 16:15 HOW TO READ A PAPER – A descriptive survey

• 16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break*

• 16:45 – 17:30 HOW TO READ A PAPER – A descriptive survey – final remarks

• 17:30 – 18:00 CONFERENCE: NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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DAY 3 – Tuesday, May 5th, 2026

Morning – ANALYTIC STUDIES (9:00 – 12:15)

• 9:00 – 9:45 ANALYTIC STUDIES: OVERVIEW

• 9:45 – 10:30 CASE-CONTROL STUDIES

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break*

• 11:00 – 11:45 COHORT STUDIES

• 11:45 – 12:15 GENERAL DISCUSSION

• 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon – (14:00 – 18:00)

• 14:00 – 16:15 HOW TO READ A PAPER – a case-control study

• 16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break*

• 16:30 – 17:00 HOW TO READ A PAPER – a case-control study – final remarks

• 17:00 – 17:30 CAPTURE – RECAPTURE METHOD

• 17:30 – 18:00 CONFERENCE: EPILEPSY ETIOLOGY: INCIDENT CASES VS. PREVALENT CASES – Prof. Arturo Carpio

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DAY 4 – Wednesday, May 6th, 2026

Morning – CLINICAL TRIALS (9:00 – 12:15)

• 9:00 – 10:30 CLINICAL TRIALS

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break*

• 11:00 – 11:30 INFERENCES FROM EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCHES

• 11:30 – 12:15 GENERAL DISCUSSION

• 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon

• Half day free

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DAY 5 – Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Morning – GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (9:00 – 12:15)

• 9:00 – 10:30 INTRODUCTION TO GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (PART 1)

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break*

• 11:00 – 11:45 INTRODUCTION TO GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (PART 2)

• 11:45 – 12:15 GENERAL DISCUSSION

• 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon – (14:00 – 18:00)

• 14:00 – 16:15 HOW TO READ A PAPER – a cohort study

• 16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break*

• 16:30 – 17:00 HOW TO READ A PAPER – a cohort study – final remarks

• 17:00 – 17:30 CONFERENCE: HOW TO CARRY OUT AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN LOW FREQUENCY (RARE) NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES – Giancarlo Logroscino

• 17:30 – 18:00 CONFERENCE – Prof. Ricardo Fujita

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DAY 6 – Friday, May 8th, 2026

Morning – STATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY (9:00 – 12:15)

• 9:00 – 9:45 USE AND MISUSE OF STATISTICS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY

• 9:45 – 10:30 IMPORTANCE VERSUS SIGNIFICANCE

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break*

• 11:00 – 11:45 CONFOUNDING AND INTERACTION

• 11:45 – 12:15 GENERAL DISCUSSION

• 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon – (14:00 – 18:00)

• 14:00 – 16:15 HOW TO READ A PAPER – a clinical trial

• 16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break*

• 16:30 – 17:00 HOW TO READ A PAPER – a clinical trial – final remarks

• 17:00 – 17:30 CONFERENCE

• 17:30 – 18:00 CLOSURE OF THE COURSE

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DAY 7 – Saturday, May 9th, 2026

DEPARTURE

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* Participants are invited to present research projects or results of their research in poster sessions, with the assistance of the teaching team members during coffee breaks.

 

 

• ORGANIZATION:

  • Specialty Group on Neuroepidemiology, World Federation of Neurology

  • Yantaló Foundation, Perú

  • Neuroepidemiology Section, Montevideo, Uruguay

 

• ENDORSEMENTS:

  • Yantaló Foundation

  • Specialty Group on Neuroepidemiology – World Federation of Neurology

  • Sociedad Peruana de Neurología

  • Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Neurología

  • Sociedad Boliviana de Neurología

  • Liga Ecuatoriana Contra la Epilepsia (L.E.C.E.)

  • F.I.N.E.P. (Foundation for Research in Neuroepidemiology), Junín, Argentina

 

• OBJECTIVES:

  • To discuss the characteristics of different types of surveys: population surveys, analytic studies and clinical trials, with particular emphasis in epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.

  • To introduce genetic epidemiology and to understand the bases of gene-environment interaction.

  • To review the main aspects of statistics applied to epidemiological research, with emphasis on importance versus significance, and confounding factors and interaction.

  • To exchange experiences and opinions among researchers in Latin America, and to introduce the discussion about the opportunity and feasibility of multicenter surveys in the region.

  • To give the opportunity to discuss neuroepidemiological studies in different processing phases (preparation, implementation, data analysis, etc.) with experienced researchers.

  The complex building of current clinical research continues to stand on four methodological pillars – the population surveys, the case-control study, the cohort study and the clinical trial. These four methods, along with their combinations and modifications, are used to investigate any possible cause-effect relationship across 1) biological, personal, or social factors or events, 2) symptoms, diseases, or conditions, and 3) treatments, procedures, or interventions. This 5 day course provides a review to the four methods, with emphasis on their complementarities and their relative strengths and weaknesses. As such, the course will enable the participants to better understand how evidence is constructed in clinical research. Participants will improve their ability to design, conduct, and interpret studies, and to write and read scientific papers and grant applications. They will also have the opportunity to present their projects or research in poster sessions.

 

METHODOLOGY:

The course methodology is based on:

• Lectures

• Discussion of examples about different types of surveys

• Analysis of published papers with different designs

• Presentation of neuroepidemiological surveys carried in Latin America by the authors

• Discussion in workshops

• Conferences

• Poster presentation sessions by participants during coffee breaks with comments from the teaching team

• A syllabus will be distributed to participants two weeks before the start of the course

Participants: 30 – 40
Language: ENGLISH

 

TEACHING TEAM

• Professor Walter A. Rocca
  M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Epidemiology and Neurology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, and Co-Director of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

• Professor Giancarlo Logroscino
  M.D., Professor of Neurology, Head of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari, Fondazione PONTE Project, Italy

• Professor Pierre Marie Preux
  M.D., Director of the Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, University of Limoges, France

• Professor Ruth Ottman
  Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology in Neurology and the Sergievsky Center, Deputy Director for Research, G.H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, USA

• Professor Brandon J. Coombes
  Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

• Professor Elizabeth Kelvin
  Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics – CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy, University of New York, USA

Dr. Stefano Giannoni (Peru)

SYNAPSIS MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROLOGY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION LIMA - PERU.

Prof. Ricardo Fujita (Perú)

UNIVERSIDAD SAN MARTÍN DE PORRES - PERU

Prof. Arturo Carpio (Ecuador)

EPILEPSY MULTICENTER LATIN-AMERICAN RESEARCH GROUP (EMLAR) - LIGA ECUATORIANA CONTRA LA EPILEPSIA (L.E.C.E.)

Prof. Carlos N. Ketzoian (Uruguay)

NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY SECTION, INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, MONTEVIDEO

 

 

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