HIP 529 Applied Biostatistics II

Credits: 3
This course explores advanced biostatistics topics that are widely used in health sciences research, including logistic regression, time-to-event analyses, longitudinal approaches and others. Most topics will be covered on a conceptual level by evaluating literature, exploring datasets and discussing interesting examples provided by instructor and/or guest faculty. The objective of this course is to expand upon biostatistics foundation provided in earlier clinical research training courses (HIP 528) so that students can:

understand and critically evaluate analytic methods used in the medical literature,
decide which methods may be appropriate for their own research projects, and,
communicate effectively with biostatistics collaborators to design, analyze and interpret data.

The majority of the biostatistics material covered will be at the conceptual level; however, there may be some limited applied practice.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit