Stairwell, BSU

Education

Overview

PhD Programme

Formal MPhil courses

BSU short courses

BSU Short Courses

The MRC Biostatistics Unit run a number of short 2 day courses every year. Details of how and when to apply for these courses will appear here in due course. Dates for upcoming courses include:

BSU Short Courses 2012

Practical Use of Multiple Imputation to Handle Missing Data
22nd - 23rd Feb 2012

Two day course by Ian White, Angela Wood, Patrick Royston and Timothy Morris

Course Aim:- To provide you with the ability to analyse your own incomplete data using multiple imputation in Stata and to make you aware of the pitfalls and limitations of the technique.

See http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/MIcourse/ for details

*PLEASE NOTE registration for this course has now closed*

Handling Missing Outcome Data in Randomised Trials
14th - 15th March 2012

Two day workshop by Ian White, Simon Bond, Adrian Mander, Shaun Seaman and James Wason

Course Aim:- The workshop will provide practising statisticians with the necessary practical skills to handle missing data in their analyses, and in particular to move beyond the use of complete-case analysis and last observation carried forward analysis. We will focus on trials with quantitative outcomes, and also consider binary outcomes but not time-to-event outcomes.

For Course details or contact details to book this course see
http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/HTMRmiss/

*PLEASE NOTE registration for this course is now OPEN*

Introduction to Bayesian Analysis using WinBUGS
23rd - 24th May 2012

Two day course by Prof. David Speigelhalter and Dr. David Lunn

Course Aim:- Introduction to the use of Monte Carlo Methods, Bayesian Methods, Markov chain Monte Carlo regression models and implementation of WinBUGS.

For Course details or contact details to book this course see the
WinBUGS (Introduction to Bayesian Analysis with WinBUGS) Course pages

*PLEASE NOTE registration for this course is not yet available*

WinBUGS in Health Economic Evaluations-
3rd - 4th October 2012

Lecturers: Dr. Chris Jackson and Dr. Richard Nixon

Course Aim:- We introduce Bayesian principles, Monte Carlo and MCMC methods using the WinBUGS software, with applications to cost-effectiveness analysis, Markov health economic models, and meta-analysis.

For further course details or contact details to book the next course see the
 WinBUGS in Health Economic Evalutations Course pages

*PLEASE NOTE registration for this course is not yet available*

Introduction to Bayesian Analysis using WinBUGS
24th - 25th Oct 2012

Two day course by Prof. David Speigelhalter and Dr. David Lunn

Course Aim:- Introduction to the use of Monte Carlo Methods, Bayesian Methods, Markov chain Monte Carlo regression models and implementation of WinBUGS.

For Course details or contact details to book this course see the
WinBUGS (Introduction to Bayesian Analysis with WinBUGS) Course pages

*PLEASE NOTE registration for this course is not yet available*

Multivariable Model-building - TBC

Lecturers: Prof. Patrick Royston and Prof. Willi Sauerbrei

Course Aim:- A pragmatic approach to regression analysis based on fractional polynomials for modelling continuous variables.

Missing Data in Mental Health- TBC

Lecturers: Mr. Ian White and Dr. Sabine Landau

Course Aim:- This course will discuss the problems of missing covariates and missing outcomes in mental health research. We will give a hands-on demonstration of some approaches that can be used to tackle these problems using Stata.