ICTP - The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
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SCHOOL ON MODERN STATISTICAL METHODS
IN MEDICAL RESEARCHY

(in collaboration with ICMS, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.)

(6 - 24 September 1999)

Preliminary Programme (as of 1 September 1999)

All lectures will be held in the Main Lecture Hall, Main Building, unless otherwise indicated

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WEEK 1 (6 - 10 September)

Monday, 6 September
14.05-14.15 Opening with Professor M.S. Narasimhan and School Directors
14.30-16.30 Dave Harrington (Harvard School of Public Health & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
"Survival analysis" - Lecture 1
Tuesday, 7 September
09.00-10.00 Peter Gilbert (Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.)
"Design and analysis of HIV vaccine trials" - Lecture 1
10.30-11.30 Peter Gilbert (Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.)
"Design and analysis of HIV vaccine trials" - Lecture 2

14.30-16.00 Dave Harrington (Harvard School of Public Health & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
"Survival analysis" - Practical session
(Informatics Laboratory, A.G.H.)
18.30- Reception (Main Building Cafeteria)

Wednesday, 8 September
09.00-10.45 Peter Gilbert (Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.)
"Design and analysis of HIV vaccine trials" - Lecture 3
11.15-12.15 Dave Harrington ((Harvard School of Public Health & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
"Survival analysis" - Lecture 3

13.30-15.00 Peter Gilbert (Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.)
"Design and analysis of HIV vaccine trials" - Practical session
Main Lecture Hall
15.30-16.30 Juni Palmgren (Stockholm University, Sweden)
"Principles, models and methods for handling missing data" - Lecture 1

Thursday, 9 September
09.00-10.00 Juni Palmgren (Stockholm University, Sweden)
"Principles, models and methods for handling missing data" - Lecture 2
10.30-11.30 Els Goetghebeur (University of Ghent, Belgium)
"Causal inference" - Lecture 1
12.00-13.00 Juni Palmgren (Stockholm University, Sweden)
"Principles, models and methods for handling missing data" - Lecture 3

14.00-15.00 Juni Palmgren (Stockholm University, Sweden)
"Principles, models and methods for handling missing data" - Lecture 4
15.15-16.45 Juni Palmgren (Stockholm University, Sweden)
"Principles, models and methods for handling missing data" - Practical session
(Informatics Laboratory, A.G.H.)

Friday, 10 September
09.00-10.30 Els Goetghebeur (University of Ghent, Belgium)
"Causal inference" - Lecture 2
11.00-12.30 Els Goetghebeur (University of Ghent, Belgium)
"Causal inference" - Practical session
(Informatics Laboratory, A.G.H.)

13.30-14.10 Jane Hutton (University of Newcastle, U.K.)
"Ethics and biostatistics" - Lecture 1
14.20-15.00 Jane Hutton (University of Newcastle, U.K.)
"Ethics and biostatistics" - Lecture 2
15.20-16.40 Jane Hutton (University of Newcastle, U.K.)
"Ethics and biostatistics" - Workshop
(Main Building Terrace/Room C)


WEEK 2 (13 - 17 September)

Monday, 13 September
09.00-10.00 Mike Campbell (University of Sheffield, U.K.)
"Cluster clinical trials and surveys" - Lecture 1
10.30-11.30 Mike Campbell (University of Sheffield, U.K.)
"Cluster clinical trials and surveys" - Lecture 2
12.00-13.00 Mike Campbell (University of Sheffield, U.K.)
"Cluster clinical trials and surveys" - Lecture 3

14.30-16.30 Mike Campbell (University of Sheffield, U.K.)
"Cluster clinical trials and surveys" - Practical session
Tuesday, 14 September
09.00-10.00 David Cox (University of Oxford, U.K.)
"Components of variance"
10.30-11.30 David Cox (University of Oxford, U.K.)
"Components of variance"
12.00-13.00 David Cox (University of Oxford, U.K.)
"Components of variance"

14.30-15.30 Norman Breslow (University of Seattle, U.S.A.)
"Alternative study designs and methods of analysis" - Lecture 1
15.30-16.30 Norman Breslow (University of Seattle, U.S.A.)
"Alternative study designs and methods of analysis" - Workshop 1
Wednesday, 15 September
09.00-10.00 David Cox (University of Oxford, U.K.)
"Components of variance"
10.30-11.30 David Cox (University of Oxford, U.K.)
"Components of variance"
12.00-13.00 David Cox (University of Oxford, U.K.)
"Components of variance"

14.30-15.30 Norman Breslow (University of Seattle, U.S.A.)
"Alternative study designs and methods of analysis" - Lecture 1
15.30-16.30 Norman Breslow (University of Seattle, U.S.A.)
"Alternative study designs and methods of analysis" - Workshop 1
Thursday, 16 September
09.00-10.00 Valerie Isham (University College, London, UK)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Lecture 1
10.30-11.30 Valerie Isham (University College, London, UK)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Lecture 2
12.00-13.00 Patty Solomon (University of Adelaide, Australia)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Lecture/Tutorial 1

14.30-16.30 Valerie Isham (University College, London, UK)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Practical Session 1
Friday, 17 September
09.00-10.00 Valerie Isham (University College, London, UK)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Lecture 3
10.30-11.30 Valerie Isham (University College, London, UK)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Lecture/Tutorial 2
12.00-13.00 Patty Solomon (University of Adelaide, Australia)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Lecture 4

14.30-16.30 Valerie Isham (University College, London, UK)
"Modelling of the transmission of infectious diseases" - Practical Session 2


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