New schedule for March to September 2011

I'm happy to announce a new schedule of paper discussions, seminars and talks for the statistics and epidemiology methodology sessions.


16 March at 1pm
Journal club
A grey zone for quantitative diagnostic and screening tests
Joël Coste and Jacques Pouchot
International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:304-313
Location: Teaching Room A, Rosemary Rue Building

20 April, 1pm
Talk by Ben Cairns, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford
Agreeing to disagree: self-report vs. measurement of body size in epidemiological studies
Location: CTSU Main Meeting Room, 1st floor, Richard Doll Building

25 May, 1pm
Talk by Jim Lewsey, Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow
The utility of advanced survival analysis methods for epidemiological and health economic modelling
Location: Seminar Room 1, Rosemary Rue Building

15 June, 1pm
Talk by Jill Dawson, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford
Use of PROMs in healthcare settings
Location: MSc Teaching Room, 1st floor, Rosemary Rue Building

13 July, 1pm
Talk by Gill Lancaster, Department of Maths and Statistics, Lancaster University
Design, conduct and evaluation of complex interventions
Location: Department of Primary Care, Hythe Bridge Street

21 September, 1pm
Talk by Clare Relton, ScHARR, University of Sheffield
The cohort multiple randomised controlled trial: a new study design
Location: TBC

The talks by Jill Dawson, Gill Lancaster and Clare Relton will be based on recent papers by the speakers which I'll circulate closer to the seminar date.

Please note the location of each seminar...apologies for the lack of a dedicated meeting space but things have been slightly complicated by our department moving to a different location!