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  • Tuesday, January 5, 2016; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    Lecture:  Design of RCTs:  How to avoid bias and achieve valid results


    Faculty:  Joan F. Hilton

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Lecture 1 File
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • Dickson (1985): PBC Trial File
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    • Austin 10 File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • pbc File
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  • Tuesday, January 12, 2016; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Sequential monitoring of efficacy and safety

    Faculty:  Joan F. Hilton

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Lecture 2, 2016 File
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • WHI Monitoring File
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    • RCTs stopped early File
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    • Biostat 226, HW2 File
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  • Tuesday, January 19, 2016; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    Lecture:  Adaptive trials

     

    Faculty:  Joan F. Hilton

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 3 File
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • Adaptive Designs: Review File
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    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Biostat 226, HW3 File
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  • Tuesday, January 26, 2016; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Analysis of Mediators

    Faculty:  Kevin L. Delucchi

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 4, 2016 File
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • Readings for Lecture 4 Assignment
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    • MacKinnon (2007) File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • HW4, 2016 File
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  • Tuesday, February 2, 2016; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Translational Trials

    Faculty:  Atul Butte and Sanchita Bhattacharya

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 5, Introduction File
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    • Lecture 5, 2016 File
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    • Case Study File
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Watch URL
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    • Required Reading:

    • RCT example: Casale et al (2006) File
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    • Re-analysis of RCT to identify markers of intervention success File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Resources:

    • Problem Set / Tutorial File
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  • Tuesday, February 9, 2016; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Cluster Randomized Trials

    Faculty:  Charles McCulloch

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Cluster randomized and stepped wedge designs2 File
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    • power calc using steppedwedge examples File
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • Atlas JGIM File
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    • Morris 2007 VimoSEWA File
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    • Zwijsen 2014 Grip File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Assignment Due Date:  Homework 6 is also a take-home final exam. Thus it includes questions from all 6 lectures, is longer than average, and will count for 25% of your grade.  It is due by noon on Tuesday, Feb 16. 

    • HW6 2016 Assignment File
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