Introduction to Research Methods in the Era of the Internet Workshop

Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

Day 1: July 9, 2012

Day 2: July 10, 2012

 

Day 3: July 11, 2012

Day 4: July 12, 2012

Day 5: July 13, 2012

Faculty members: Ronald LaPorte, PhD, Janice Dorman, PhD, Thomas Songer, PhD, Faina Linkov, PhD, Eugene Shubnikov, MD, Eugene Tseytlin,MSc, Philip LaFleur, MSc

Organizing committee: A. Sharman , Zh. Zhumadilov, R. Issayeva, Sh. Askarova , Sh. Adambekov

Time

Activity

Lecture title

Room

9.00 – 9.50

Krzysztof Krajewski-Siuda

Keynote: Visual communication in public health: from posters to social media

3.323

10.00 – 10.50

 

Tom Songer

Assessing Validity of Association: Bias

3.323

11.00 – 11.15

Coffee break

Balcony 4th floor 3rd block

 

11.15 – 12.00

Faina Linkov

CAJGH How a Journal works

3.323

12.00 – 13.00

Philip la Fleur

Confounding: An Introduction

 

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

Cafeteria 5th block

 

14.00 – 14.50

Janice Dorman

Genetics in epidemiology

3.323

15.00 – 15.50

Tom Songer

Introduction to Biostatistics: Inferential Statistics. Hypothesis Testing

3.323

16.00 – 16.50

Break out session: consultation of writing scientific paper

 

3.310, 3.303, 3.328 3.330

17.00 – 17.50

Computer lab: Question and answer session

 

2.522

19.00 – 21.00

Astana sightseeing tour

 

Outside of dorms

 

Epidemiology Course 1

Epidemiology Course 2

Epidemiology Course 3

 

CAREN

Epidemiology Course 4

Epidemiology Course 5

Epidemiology Course 6

Disclaimer: Lectures may not be the exact lectures presented, but some slides were chosen from the Supercourse www.pitt.edu/~super1

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