Overview
Each Spring, the University of Washington offers a fast-paced comprehensive course in clinical research methods geared toward fellows and junior faculty in medicine and pediatrics.
The 11-week course teaches fundamental concepts of Epidemiology and Biostatistics with direct application of these methods toward the interpretation of contemporary biomedical research.
The course will combine out of class reading and video content with in-class problem solving sessions and journal article appraisal.
Instructors
The course is taught by instructors in the Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute. Dr. Bryan Kestenbaum, professor, is the course director and primary instructor. He will be assisted by Dr. Leila Zelnick, research associate professor, and Dr. David Prince, research scientist.
Topics
Topics covered by the course include:
| Epidemiology | Biostatistics |
|---|---|
| Design and interpretation of randomized trials | Descriptive statistics |
| Causal inference | Interpretation of confidence intervals and p-values |
| Cohort studies | Hypothesis testing and statistical error |
| Case-control studies | Study power and its determinants |
| Confounding and its control | Linear and log-link regression |
| Screening and diagnosis | Survival data |