Topics in Biostatistics and Data Science in Public Health

Spring 2024

Details

Credit

3

Mode

Flex

Component

Lecture

Meets

Flex -

Instructors

Jing Qian, Chi Hyun Lee, Raji Balasubramanian, Nicholas Reich, Leontine Alkema, Zhengqing Ouyang

Description

The course introduces advanced central topics in biostatistics and health data science including survival analysis, design and analysis of clinical trials, models for correlated data, bayesian modeling, and causal inference. The course motivates statistical reasoning and methods through substantive research questions and features of data typically available in public health and biomedical research. Students will obtain hands-on experience in applying selected methods on real data using the statistical programming language R.

Eligibility


Notes

This course is a UMass Flex course where instruction is delivered across different modalities (https://www.umass.edu/flex/students). Students have the option to attend either in-person (at the Amherst campus) or online. If you choose to attend class virtually, you are required to join the Zoom meeting synchronously.

Start Date

End Date

Subject Description

Biostatistics

Subject

BIOSTATS

Catalog Number

690P

Class Number

11073

Course ID

122450

Section

01

Class Attributes

FLEX: FLEX

Academic Career

GRAD

Meeting

Tu Th 2:30PM 3:45PM Lederle Grad Res Tower rm 1234

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