Teaching

The Biostatistics Research Group teach on a number of courses within the University. Our main teaching responsibilities is on delivery of the MSc Medical Statistics, a course that has been running for over 30 years. We currently receive funding for studentships; see the course webpages for further details of the course and how to apply.

Over the last few years we also contributed to other courses within the University including,

• MSc Diabetes
• MSc Quality and Safety in Healthcare
• MRes. Applied Health Research
• BSc Biological Sciences
• iBSc Human Behaviour
• iMSc Medical Research
• MSc Molecular Pathology and the Therapeutics of Cancer

As part of our mission to transfer novel methodology and best statistical practice into applied research, we teach a number of external courses. For example, over the last few years we have delivered courses on:

• Population-based cancer survival analysis
• Bayesian Evidence Synthesis for Decision Modelling
• Indirect and mixed treatment comparisons (Network meta-analysis)
• Using simulation studies to evaluate statistical methods
• Flexible parametric survival models in epidemiology
• Parametric competing risks and multistate models
• Joint modelling of longitudinal and survival data
• Age Period Cohort modelling using population-based cancer data
• Feasibility issues relating to studies of a stepped wedge design
• Evidence synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy for decision making
• Meta-Analysis:  Exploring  Heterogeneity  in  Populations,  Settings, Interventions  and  Outcome  Measures
• Bayesian multivariate meta-analysis with application to surrogate endpoint evaluation and extensions to multivariate network meta-analysis.

Please get in contact if you are interested in attending or commissioning any of these.