Erasmus Summer Programme (ESP)

4-22 August 2025

Each year the Erasmus Summer Programme provides hundreds of students, researchers and health professionals with the opportunity to boost their scientific careers. It is a specialized event, in English, that offers three weeks of á la carte research training in quantitative medical and health research at Master/PhD level. The event is held in-person at Erasmus MC, the Netherlands. Only ESP69 will be offered exclusively online.

The programme provides its participants with a broad range of dynamic courses, both introductory and advanced, and provides the flexibility to mix and match the courses to their own individual programme.

The Erasmus Summer Programme will offer you a rich, interactive learning experience. Whether you are a student, researcher, executive or advisor in health sciences, this programme offers you the cutting-edge training you need to significantly enhance your competitive edge and to expand the frontiers of your scientific knowledge.

About the programme
In 1990, the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES) in cooperation with University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) initiated the international renowned Erasmus Summer Programme (ESP). Today, the programme is brought to you by Erasmus MC Graduate School.

Erasmus Summer Programme Configurator

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Design your own programme by clicking your choice of courses and events:

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August 4-8, 2025

Courses

Code

Hrs

Fee

Period A
8.45AM-11.45AM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period B
8.45AM-4PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period C
1PM-4PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period D
1PM-6PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Principles of Research in Medicine and Epidemiology

Prof. Arfan Ikram

ESP01

15

€ 541,-

Topics in Meta-analysis

Prof. Matthias Egger, Prof. Marcel Zwahlen

ESP15

15

€ 818,-

Introduction to Global Public Health

Prof. Rajiv Chowdhury

ESP41

15

€ 818,-

Principles of Genetic Epidemiology

Prof. Abbas Dehghan, Dr. Mohsen Ghanbari and others

ESP43

15

€ 818,-

Logistic Regression

Prof. Stanley Lemeshow

ESP66

30

€ 1832,-

Causal Mediation Analysis

Dr. Linda Valeri

ESP69

30

€ 1350,-

Fundamentals of Medical Decision Making

Dr. Beate Jahn

ESP70

15

€ 818,-

August 11-15, 2025

Courses

Code

Hrs

Fee

Period A
8.45AM-11.45AM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period B
8.45AM-4PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period C
1PM-4PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period D
1PM-6PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Causal Inference

Dr. Sonja Swanson & Dr. Jeremy Labrecque

ESP48

30

€ 1832,-

Practice of Epidemiologic Analysis

Prof. Kamran Ikram

ESP65

15

€ 541,-

Introduction to Bayesian Methods in Clinical Research

Prof. Emmanuel Lesaffre

ESP68

30

€ 1380,-

Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies

Prof. Fernando Rivadeneira, Dr. Katerina Trajanoska and others

ESP74

30

€ 1090,-

Methods to Evaluate Public Health Interventions

Prof. Frank van Lenthe, Prof. Frank de Vocht, Fleur ter Ellen, MSc

ESP82

15

€ 541,-

Clinical Translation of Epidemiological Concepts

Prof. Arfan Ikram, Dr. Daniel Bos,

ESP83

15

€ 541,-

August 18-22, 2025

Courses

Code

Hrs

Fee

Period A
8.45AM-11.45AM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period B
8.45AM-4PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period C
1PM-4PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Period D
1PM-6PM CEST
Mo-Fr

Joint Models for Longitudinal and Survival Data

Prof. Dimitris Rizopoulos

ESP72

15

€ 541,-

Advances in Clinical Epidemiology

Prof. Albert Hofman

ESP77

15

€ 818,-

Gender and Health

Prof. Maryam Kavousi, Dr. Jeanine Roeters van Lennep, invited speakers

ESP78

15

€ 552,-

Gender in Research: Workshops

Prof. Maryam Kavousi, invited speakers

ESP79

15

€ 552,-

Machine Learning for Health Research

Dr. Gennady Roshchupkin, Dr. Daniel Bos and Prof. Kamran Ikram,

ESP80

15

€ 541,-

The Public Health Approach: From the Black Death to COVID-19

Prof. Alfredo Morabia

ESP84

15

€ 818,-

Choose one of the pre-selected course packages:
By selecting one of the course packages below, a number of proposed courses are automatically selected in the programme overview. Feel free to mix and match a course package to your preference.

Please note that the course packages might be subject to change.