National Level Workshop on Biostatistics and Its Applications in Biomedical Research
March 24th - 28th, 2014
Organized By
Biomedical Informatics Centre (BMIC)
National Institute of Nutrition
(Indian Council of Medical Research)
Jamai-Osmania (P.O), Hyderabad –500007
About the Workshop Biostatistics is rapidly emerging to play a key role in biomedical research in recent years. This workshop is designed to cover the concepts of basic and advanced biostatistical methods applicable to biomedical scientists. It is intended to stimulate interest in the minds of researchers and to help them enhance the quality of their research processes.
The five day workshop will be interactive in nature and various domain experts from different parts of the country will handle the sessions.
Topics covered
1. Introduction to Biostatistics
2. Emerging trends in big data handling
3. Statistical study designs in Epidemiology, clinical trials & animal experiments
4. Sampling and sample size calculations
5. Descriptive statistics
6. Graphical representation of the data
7. Testing of medical hypothesis
8. Student’s t-test
9. Correlation, regression, multiple regression and logistic regression
10. Chi-square
11. ANOVA and MANOVA
12. Generalized linear models
13. Markov models
14. Non parametric approaches
15. Factor Analysis
16. Cluster Analysis
17. Meta-analysis applications in Medicine/Bioinformatics
18. Challenges of theoretical statistics
19. Introduction to R
20. Download and Installation of R in your environment
21. Basic programming in R(Commands, Syntaxes, Conditions etc.,)
22. Various modules in R for biological applications
23. Application of SPSS package
Who Should Attend?
• Biomedical Scientists
• Doctors
• Research fellows
• Regulators
• Public health professionals
Last date for receipt of application 03-03-2014.
Brochure/How to APPLY :
www.icmr.nic.in/icmrnews/workshop/biostat-workshop-final-30-01-2014.pdf
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