1. The new Education Committee Ray Hoffmann, and Nick Pajewski, The Medical College of Wisconsisn and Andrew Cucchiara The University of Pennsylvania

3. Goals of The Education Committee 1.Provide resources for biostatisticians who teach fellows, junior and senior faculty. 2.Assess the needs and provide additional educational opportunities for GCRC biostatisticians.

4. Types of Resources Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Notes & Newsletters AGS Site GCRC Statisticians Web Lectures –Causeweb.org –Epidemilogy Supercourse Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

6. Types of Resources Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Notes & Newsletters AGS Site GCRC Statisticians Web Lectures –Causeweb.org –Epidemilogy Supercourse Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

10. Types of Resources Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Notes & Newsletters AGS Site GCRC Statisticians Web Lectures –Causeweb.org –Epidemilogy Supercourse Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

14. Types of Resources Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Notes & Newsletters AGS Site GCRC Statisticians Web Lectures –Causeweb.org –Epidemilogy Supercourse Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

17. Study Design in Patient Oriented Research Jonathan J. Shuster, Ph.D (jshuster@biostat.ufl.edu) Research Professor of Statistics Univ. of Florida, College of Medicine

18. Take-home Messages Clinical Trials are an excellent way to answer important public health questions They require rigorous design, conduct, and analysis They require oversight for safety and confidentiality A strong code of ethics is essential

19. Take-home Messages Clinical Trials need to have adequate power to demonstrate a clinically important difference. Non-significant results are inconclusive (rarely if ever showing no difference). Sequential monitoring is important for many trials.

22. Modern Statistical Approaches to Data Analysis: How to get information from data correctly! Raymond G. Hoffmann, PhD Professor of Biostatistics General Clinical Research Center Medical College of Wisconsin hoffmann@mcw.edu

23. Outline Comparing two Non-normal means –Nonparametric –Bootstrapping –Model Based Longitudinal Models with Unequal Time Points Missing Values

24. Types of Resources Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Notes & Newsletters AGS Site GCRC Statisticians Web Lectures –Causeweb.org –Epidemilogy Supercourse Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

31. Types of Resources Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Notes & Newsletters AGS Site GCRC Statisticians Web Lectures –Causeweb.org –Epidemilogy Supercourse Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

32. Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences Section Mostly book reviews Some Articles on Teaching –E.g.

33. Types of Resources Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Notes & Newsletters AGS Site GCRC Statisticians Web Lectures –Causeweb.org –Epidemilogy Supercourse Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences Software

36. Discussion Questions What are we willing to contribute What Educational Materials/Training would be helpful to us