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The EpiCap initiative intends to strengthen the capacity in analytic epidemiology at the University of Bergen (UiB), 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. , , H氓kon K. Gjessing,听, Tor A. Strand, and . In this endeavor, we will draw on research by and experience of two of UiB leading pedagogues, Prof. Arild Raaheim and Associate Professor Monika Kvernenes. 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 (BCEPS),听and the Centre for International Health (CIH) at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) of UiB鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Education 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.

A document which describes EpiCap in more detail is found here. 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 next course, 鈥淎dvanced Epidemiology鈥�, will be given by Professor Matthew Fox and supported by EpiCap co-facilitators in Chennai, India