MSA680 Data science for biomedicine Spring 23

This page contains the program of the course: lectures, computer labs, teachers, literature and examination.

Program

The schedule of the course is in TimeEdit.

Exams

Exams from old courses here

Exam 2022-03-17, Solutions

Exam 2023-03-17, Solutions

Lectures

Day Room Book Instructor Content
2022-01-18 MVF21 C&L Chapters 1-2 José Sánchez

Introduction to course (slides)

Introduction to controlled randomised experiments (slides)

2022-01-20 EC C&L Chapters 3-4 Gabriel Abreu Basic designs and randomisation for controlled experiments (slides)
2022-01-25 MVF21 C&L Chapters 7-9 Gabriel Abreu Hypothesis testing for efficacy, non-inferiority and bio-equivalence (slides)
2022-01-27 EA C&L Chapter 11-12 Karin Nelander

Sample size calculation and multiplicity (slides)

2022-02-01 MVF21

C&L Chapter 10

Karin Nelander Survival analysis (slides)
2022-02-03 Pascal Lecture notes Karin Nelander

Simulation (slides)

2022-02-08 MVF21 V&M Chapters 1-4 José Sánchez Introduction to linear mixed effects models (slides)
2022-02-10 Pascal V&M Chapter 5 José Sánchez Estimation for the marginal model (slides)
2022-02-15 MVF21 V&M Chapter 6 José Sánchez Inference for the marginal model (slides)
2022-02-17 Pascal V&M Chapter 7 José Sánchez Inference for the random effects (slides)
2022-02-22 MVF21 V&M Chapter 8 José Sánchez Fitting mixed models (in SAS) (slides)
2022-02-24 Pascal Lecture notes/G&H Chapters 11-12 José Sánchez Introduction to Bayesian hierarchical models (meta-analysis) (slides)
2022-03-01 MVF21 Lecture notes José Sánchez Hierarchical models and partial-pooling (lecture notes)
2022-03-03 Pascal Lecture notes José Sánchez Fitting hierarchical models (in Stan and R) (Meta-analysis code, Radon example code)
2022-03-17 Exam

 

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Recommended reading

Book/Chapter Section
V&M 1-5 Whole chapter
V&M 6 6.1 to 6.3.3
V&M 7 7.1-7.7
V&M 8 Whole chapter
C&L 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 Whole chapter
C&L 10

10.1-10.3

10.4 (Not the part on time dependent covariates)

C&L 11

11.1-11.3

C&L 12

12.6 (Not composite index and subgroup analysis)

 

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Sofware

Computer labs

Files Computer lab sessions Report hand-in
Lab0 2023-01-18 to 2023-01-31 No report needed
Lab1 2023-02-01 to 2023-02-14 2023-02-14
Lab2 2023-02-15 to 2022-02-28 2023-02-28
Lab3 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-15 2023-03-15

 

Contacts

 

Reference literature

  1. Design and analysis of Clinical Trials: Concepts and Methodologies, Shein-Chung Chow and Jen-Pei Liu, Third Edition, Wiley. Available as e-book at Chalmers library.
  2. Linear mixed models for longitudinal data, Geert Verbeke and Geert Molenberghs, Springer Verlag, New York.
  3. Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models, Adrew Gelman and Jennifer Hill, Cambridge University Press.

 

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