Course

MATH-449: Biostatistics

Summary

This course covers statistical methods that are widely used in medicine and biology. A key topic is the analysis of longitudinal data: that is, methods to evaluate exposures, effects and outcomes that are functions of time. While motivated by real-life problems, some of the material will be abstract

Lectures

Instructor

Mats Julius Stensrud

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Ignacio Gonzalez Perez, Gellért Géza Perényi, Lorenzo Gasparollo, Julien David Laurendeau Past EPFL PhD Students Matias Janvin, Amit Sawant Courses Causal thinking MATH-352 This course will give a unified presentation of modern methods for causal inference. We focus on concepts, and we will present examples and ideas from various scientific disciplines, including medicine, computer science, engineering, economics and epidemiology. Probability and statistics (

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https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/biostatistics-MATH-449

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http://go.epfl.ch/MATH-449

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Mats Julius Stensrud

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/biostatistics-MATH-449

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/MATH-449

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