32nd International Summer School of Epidemiology

 

COURSE 2: Advanced Analytic Methods in Observational Epidemiology

Caroline A. Thompson

This course focuses on advanced analytical methods that may be undertaken in the interrogation of an etiologic research question in epidemiology, from its framing, statistical analysis and interpretation. Topics will include directed acyclic graphs, model building strategies, assessment of effect measure modification, evaluation of threats to validity including confounding, information bias and selection bias and quantitative bias analysis. The course is targeted to students who have previously taken an introductory course in epidemiologic methods and are either currently analyzing their own data for epidemiologic research or have plans to do so in the future. Material will be taught using a mix of lectures and worked examples in the classroom.