Courses
 The
Oncology Biostatistics Faculty teach a variety of courses and seminars both
in the Cancer Center and in the School of Public Health. Below are links to
the course schedules:
Design and Analysis of Clinical
Trials.
Click here for Fall 2007 Syllabus.
The second edition of Clinical Trials: A Methodologic Perspective (Wiley, 2005) will be used as the course textbook.
This course has been taught by
Dr.
Piantadosi for 18 years and is crossed listed in the
Graduate
Training Program in Clinical Investigation (Clinical Investigation 390.612) and the
School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics (Biostatistics 140.642). This course under one number or the other is offered
every fall, first quarter, and is intended as a second course in clinical
trials. It emphasizes study design issues rather than statistical analysis.
 Statistics
for Gene Expression.
Dr.
Parmigiani introduces statistical concepts and tools necessary to
interpret and critically evaluate the literature on gene expression array
data, and perform basic analysis of gene expression array data. This course
includes an overview of oligonucleotide analysis, normalization,
identification of differentially expressed gene, clustering, classification,
and statistical pattern recognition.
Statistical Topics in Genetics and Genomics.
Dr.
Parmigiani and colleagues address
statistical issues in genetics and genomics. Consists of two four-week
modules, with revolving instructors and topics.
Possible topics include the following: genetic mapping in experimental
organisms; genetic map construction; linkage analysis in humans; linkage
disequilibrium in humans; population genetics;
phylogenetic inference; topics
in protein structure; microarray analysis; and proteomics.
Biological Sequence Analysis. Dr. Giovanni
Parmigiani and Dr. Sining Chen.
The Department of Biostatistics, in
collaboration with the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology,
now offers a
Master of Health Science (MHS) program in Bioinformatics.
The program's
philosophy is to combine a strong quantitative foundation with a broad
cross-disciplinary experience. Faculty in Oncology Biostatistics have been
instrumental in designing the program and will participate in teaching
activities.
Dr. Giovanni Parmigiani and
Dr. Sining Chen will be teaching
Biological Sequencing Analysis. This new course, offered as part of the
MHS program, provides a statistical overview of the core algorithms of
sequence analysis for both nucleotide and protein sequences. |
