Introductory Biostatistics

Friday, 17th June 2022

Seminar Synopsis:

This seminar covers fundamental statistical concepts for clinical researchers, including why we use significance testing, how to interpret confidence intervals and p-values, how sample size and variability affect results, why bias and confounding factors are important considerations in designing studies, and when to seek statistical support.

Presented by: 

Michael Dymock

Biostatistician and Infectious Diseases Modeller – Telethon Kids Institute

Michael is a biostatistician based at the Telethon Kids Institute. In 2018 he received a first-class Honours degree in Computational Statistics at the University of Western Australia, where he was later employed as a consultant statistician with the Centre for Applied Statistics. His current research interests include Bayesian adaptive trial designs, computational statistics and vaccine safety surveillance.

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This seminar will be live-streamed and also available to watch from our Youtube channel

Register today to receive the presentation handout with additional useful resources.

We are pleased to include a live Q&A session with this booking. The link to the MS Teams meeting will be forwarded to you via email on the morning of the seminar - please check your junk folder if you are missing the email.

We look forward to seeing you register for our future seminars.

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The Research Education Program (REP) is an open access resource provided by the Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS), Department of Research and is generously supported by the PCH Foundation. The Program provides valuable educational resources to support staff and students of any clinical discipline and level of experience to undertake high quality, meaningful research.

The Program includes the Research Skills Seminar Series, REDCap workshops and resources and the Clinical Audit Handbook.

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