BIOS680

Clinical trials and survival analysis are two critical and relevant topics within the broader area of biostatistics and epidemiology. Clinical trials are conducted on human subjects to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new drugs, medical devices, or other treatments. On the other hand, survival analysis is a statistical method used to analyze data on the time until an event of interest occurs. It is commonly used in medical research to analyze data on patient survival, disease recurrence, or time to other clinical outcomes. This course deals with methods for clinical trials, including trial design and implementation, as well as survival analysis for time-to-event data. It is essential for students interested in pursuing a career in medical research, biostatistics, or clinical trial design and analysis.

GIDP - STATD (Statistics and Data Science)

Students should know basic concepts of distributions, statistical estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression, and maximum likelihood theory and have some experience in using SAS and R.