PubH5470 Introduction to Biostatistics and Biostatisticians
General Information
The course will be held on Thursdays at 11.15-12.30 in Mayo A367.
When there are multiple presenters the time will be split
between them in more or less equal amounts, and on some
occasions the session will end a little earlier than this
Goals of the Course
This course is intended to give students a general overview
of many aspects of Biostatistics and how it is practised at
the University of Minnesota. The faculty involved are
encouraged to discuss their own background and interests,
and especially interesting applications or methodology,
bearing in mind that the students have only just entered the course in general.
Presentations may cover current or previous work,
or more global discussions of the role of the biostatistician.
A central goal of the course is to enable students to have at
least sufficient familiarity with the faculty that they can choose
advisors based on a view of what each faculty member
might be interested in.
Syllabus
The following is a draft syllabus only.
|
Date |
Speakers |
Topics |
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September 7 |
Richard Tweedie/Judy Bebchuk |
Introduction |
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September 14 |
Students |
Being in Biostatistics |
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September 21 |
Lynn Eberly/Pat Grambsch |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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September 28 |
Hegang Chen/Will Thomas |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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October 5 |
John Connett/Greg Grandits |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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October 12 |
Anne Goldman/Chap Le |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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October 19 |
Li Chen/ Jim Neaton |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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October 26 |
Kathryn Chaloner/Kathy Huppler Hullsiek |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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November 2 |
Jim Hodges/Wei Pan |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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November 9 |
Library staff |
Library usage in Biostatistics |
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November 16 |
Cynthia Davey/Bruce Lindgren |
The BCL |
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November 23 |
Thanksgiving |
|
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November 30 |
Sudipto Bannerjee/Brad Carlin |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
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December 7 |
Cavan Reilly/Melanie Wall |
Aspects of Biostatistics |
Examination
The students are required to write two 1000 word essays (about 4 pages double spaced),
one after the presentation on October 19 and one at the end of the course,
discussing their views on the biostatistics they have heard about.
Each student should focus on one of the speakers for about half of each essay and on
general issues for the other half of the essay. Students are encouraged to have an
interview with the speaker they choose, in order to fill out more details for their essay.
The course will be marked S/N for 1 Credit.