SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS

BMI/STAT 541

Course designed for the biomedical researcher. Topics include: descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, estimation, confidence intervals, t-tests, chi-squared tests, analysis of variance, linear regression, correlation, nonparametric tests, survival analysis and odds ratio. Biomedical applications used for each topic.

BMI 881

Critical evaluation of the scholarly literature is a crucial skill for researchers. Through this course, students will develop this valuable skill by focused reading and discussion of a variety of journal articles of present or historical importance from the biomedical sciences literature, including biostatistics, biomedical informatics, and relevant topics in statistics and computer science.

BMI 882

Critical evaluation of the scholarly literature is a crucial skill for researchers. Through this course, students will develop this valuable skill by focused reading and discussion of a variety of journal articles of present or historical importance from the biomedical sciences literature, including biostatistics, biomedical informatics, and relevant topics in statistics and computer science.

BMI/POPHLTH 551

Designed for population health researcher. Topics include descriptive statistics, elementary probability, probability distributions, one- and two-sample normal inference (point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals), power and sample size calculations, one- and two-sample binomial inference, underlying assumptions and diagnostic work.

BMI/POPHLTH 694

Provides an introduction to key concepts, methods, and tools of biomedical and health informatics used in precision medicine and population health, with emphasis on collection, management, and analysis of real-world data.