Section outline

  • Full-Class Conversation with Warren Browner

    Recorded lecture by Deborah Grady: Causal Inference and Clinical Trials

    In-class conversation with Warren Browner: Join an in-person discussion with Dr. Browner about the week's lecture material, his career in clinical research and advice for early career investigators, and Q&A with students about topics, concepts and specific projects, with facilitation by Dr. Pletcher.

    Faculty:  Warren Browner, MD MPH

    Dr. Warren Browner is CEO  of California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), a Senior Scientist in the CPMC Research Institute, and Professor (adjunct) of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF.  He previously was Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF; Chief of General Internal Medicine and Acting Chief of the Medical Service at the San Francisco VA, and Vice President, Academic Affairs at CPMC.  He received an A.B. from Harvard, an M.D. from UCSF, and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from Berkeley; he completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in clinical epidemiology at UCSF. He has been a member of panels for the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the Food and Drug Administration, and the California Hospital Association’s Hospital Quality Institute. He is the author of Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research, a co-author of Designing Clinical Research, and was the Executive Editor of the American Journal of Medicine.  He received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the UCSF Academic Senate in 1988; was one of UCSF’s 125 Distinguished Employees in 1989; and one of 150 Distinguished Alumni of UCSF in 2015. He serves on the Board of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and is the Immediate Past-Chair of the Board of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. He has lived in San Francisco since 1975, when he moved here to attend medical school.

    Location:  MB-Genentech Hall 106, Byers Auditorium

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 5 - Deborah Grady - Causal Inference File

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

    • Deborah Grady’s lecture on Causal Inference URL
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only
    • Watch Warren Browner discussion File
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Assignment 5:

      • Read Chapters 9, 10, and 11 of DCR-4
      • Watch Deborah Grady's recorded lecture on "Causal Inference"
      • Write <1 page on enhancing inference in your study (See Assignment Details):
      • Bring paper copy of writing to Small Group on Tuesday, and turn in revised version by Wednesday at Midnight
      • Optional: Do DCR-4 All Exercises in Chapter 9 (if you’re doing an observational study) or Chapters 10 and 11 (if you’re doing a trial)
    • Assignment 5 Details File
    • Assignment 5 Example File

    • Materials:

    • SPI Study - Warren Browner, NEJM 1990 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Optional reading, especially for students designing studies of diagnostic tests:

    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 7 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 8 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02