SEMINAR: Latent class analysis: An indispensable tool for diagnostic research
SPECIAL SEMINAR Nandini Dendukuri, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Latent class analysis: An indispensable tool for diagnostic research Friday, January 20 th, 2017 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave. West, Room 24
ALL ARE WELCOME
SEMINAR: Environmental Cardiology
François Reeves, MD Cardiologist and Associate professor of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Environmental Cardiology
Monday, 23 January 2017 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm – McIntyre Medical Building 3655 promenade Sir William Osler – Meakins – Rm 521
SEMINAR: Am I My Connectome? Fingerprinting With Repeated Resting State Functional MRI Data
Brian Caffo, PhD Professor, Department of Biostatistics – Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health Am I My Connectome? Fingerprinting With Repeated Resting State Functional MRI Data Tuesday, 17 January 2017 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave.
SEMINAR: Doubly Robust Survival Trees and Forests
Jon A. Steingrimsson, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics – Johns Hopkins University Doubly Robust Survival Trees and Forests Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave. West, Room 24 ALL ARE WELCOMEAbstract: Survival trees use recursive partitioning to separate patients into distinct risk groups when some observations are right-censored.
SEMINAR: Alternative approaches for evaluating the comparative effectiveness of cancer therapies using real world data
Jennifer L.
Rise in TB?
Olivia Oxlade, one of the authors is an epidemiologist at McGill University’s TB centre. http://alturl.com/zzqby
McGill in the Sept. 2016 issue of Epidemiology
Does Segregation Lead to Lower Birth Weight?: An Instrumental Variable Approach
Austin, Nichole; Harper, Sam; Strumpf, Erin
Epidemiology. 27(5):682-689, September 2016.
McGill in the American Journal of Epidemiology
The latest issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, published on August 15, 2016, has two articles by McGill EBOH authors:
Mediation Analysis for Health Disparities Research Am. J. Epidemiol. (2016) 184 (4): 315-324 doi:10.1093/aje/kwv329 Ashley I. Naimi, Mireille E. Schnitzer, Erica E. M. Moodie, and Lisa M. Bodnar
Article by Dr. Madhu Pai - 'Dear Sir Or Madam' Is Not A Smart Way To Apply For Fellowships Or Jobs
Please see the link for an article in the Huffington Post by Dr. Madhukar Pai that contains helpful information when applying for fellowships or jobs: 'Dear Sir Or Madam' Is Not A Smart Way To Apply For Fellowships Or JobsEBOSS Teaching Awards and Spotlight on Student Research
Dear EBOH Members, The Spring Banquet last week was a great success! Thank you to those who helped organize and to those of you who came. In case you missed the EBOSS Teaching Awards presentation, the awards went to:
EBOH Kudos (May and June 2016)
Congratulations to all of our faculty and students who received honours, awards and promotions in May and June 2016!
Learn more:
Dr. Jim Hanley receives the SSC Impact Award
The 2016 recipient of the Statistical Society of Canada Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work is Jim Hanley, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Associate Member, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University; and Senior Scientist, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Royal Victoria Hospital.
In Memoriam: John Corbett McDonald (1918 – 2016)
In Memoriam: John Corbett McDonald (1918 – 2016)
Graduate student positions available for the HIVsmart! project
The project involves taking our HIVSmart! Innovative self testing strategy to scale in South Africa, in order to explore its impact in real world settings.
Students will get opportunities to work with international teams in global health.
For details, please contact nitika.pai [at] mcgill.ca as soon as possible.
News from the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health
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