Section outline

  • Subjects and Variables

    Faculty: Tom Newman

    Faculty Bio: Tom is Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Pediatrics at UCSF. He received his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz, MD from UC San Diego, Residency Training in Pediatrics at UCSF and MPH in Epidemiology from UC Berkeley. He was chief of the Division of Clinical Epidemiology from 2001-2016. Though semi-retired, Tom still attends in the newborn nursery at the UCSF Children's Medical Center. Most of his research has focused on avoiding overuse and improving healthcare value. He is a coauthor of the Designing Clinical Research textbook, as well as Evidence-Based Diagnosis (used for Epi 204; 2nd edition due out this Fall). He is on the Board of Directors of the Greater SF Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), chairs its Environmental Health Committee and recently completed 9 years on PSR's national Board of Directors. He has received the Academic Pediatric Association's Research Award, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Elizabeth Leistikow Award for Promotion of Evidence-based Pediatrics, the Stephen B. Hulley Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Research, the UCSF Faculty Sustainability Award, and the Academic Pediatric Association's Miller-Sarkin mentoring award.

    • Lecture Slides:

    • Newman Lecture 2 Subjects and Variables 2019-0805 to post File

    • Lecture Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Lecture 2, Part 1 (Tom Newman) Media Resource
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    • Lecture 2, Part 2 (Tom Newman) Media Resource
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    • Lecture 2, Part 3 (Tom Newman) Media Resource
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    • Study Design Basics (Mark Pletcher) Media Resource
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    • Large Group Discussion (Access restricted to registered students): Brief formal review of lecture followed by question and answer discussion. Recorded lecture should be viewed prior to this session.

    • Lecture 2 Discussion Recording Media Resource
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    • Assignment 2:

    • Assignment 2 File
    • Assignment 2 Example File

    • Materials:

    • Optional reading from Tom Newman relevant to his Subjects and Variables lecture:

    • Newman et al 2006 NEJM Outcomes of TB 25 or more File
    • Newman et al 1991 AJDC Direct Bilirubin Measurements in Jaundiced Term Newborns File
    • Newman 2003 BMJ The Power of Stories over Statistics File
    • Marmor & Newman 2011 Otitis media evidence File
    • Schroeder et al 2011 Pediatrics Safely doing less File