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  • 5/28 Analyzing Time-to-Event Survival Data Workshop

    A Biostatistics Short Course

    It’s About Time: Methods for Analyzing Time-to-Event Survival Data

    The Center for Quantitative Medicine at UConn Health in Farmington is offering a biostatistics short course entitled "It's About Time: Methods for Analyzing Time-to-Event Survival Data" for predoctoral and graduate students, junior and senior researchers, postdoctoral fellows, research assistants and associates, clinicians, members of the public health workforce, and others who generate time-to-event data in their research studies. The one-day workshop surveys statistical approaches to analyzing survival data which is frequently encountered in biomedical studies and clinical trials.  Through lectures and hands-on computer exercises, the course will provide participants with techniques for analyzing and interpreting survival data using survival curves and Kaplan-Meier estimators of survival functions, as well as regression methods (i.e. Cox proportional hazards regression). Space is limited to 19 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.  Take advantage of the low cost student rate.

    Date:

    Wednesday, May 28, 2014

    Time:

    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Instructor:

    Miranda L. Lynch, PhD, Assistant Professor, UConn Health

    Location:

    Medical-Dental Classroom E/F and the Computer Education Center, UConn Health, Farmington

    Course Fee:

    $150 Student Rate (a valid student ID is required) by 5/23/14
    $300 Early Bird Non-Student Rate by 5/9/14

    Register:

    Call UConn Link @ 860-679-7692 with credit/debit card information or complete the registration form and return it with a transfer voucher or check payable to “UConn Health Center” to UCHC - MC 6029

    Registration Deadline:

    May 23, 2014 or until filled

     

    To learn more about this short course offering, visit http://cqm.uchc.edu/courses/time_2014_0528.html.

    For more information, contact: Matthew J. Cook / Center for Quantitative Medicine at 860-679-3075 / cook@uchc.edu