Course «Advanced statistical modeling in biomedical studies: Survival Analysis (R) (2023 Edition)»

Professionals from the Aragonese Health System, and/or research staff from the IIS Aragón who carry out research within a research team, who require the use of this type of methodology to carry out their research work. (24 places)

Selection criteria

The selection criteria will be:

• HEALTH professionals who belong to a research group

• HEALTH professionals who wish to start research work

• Professionals assigned to IIS Aragón research groups not included in the two previous groups who develop clinical research and with preference for emerging groups

• Pre-registration Order

In the selection, an attempt will be made to guarantee that the different health sectors of Aragon are represented in the activity.

For in-person sessions, it is essential to bring your own laptop.

Basic knowledge of statistics is required, as well as experience and knowledge of using R Software.

Objective

Provide advanced statistical tools for health sciences research.

Specific objectives

– Make known the appropriate organization that our data must have for this type of longitudinal studies.

– Illustrate how to visualize longitudinal data.

– Introduce the student to statistical methods and models to analyze repeated measurements when the response variable is the time until the event of interest.

– Introduce the student to the functions involved in survival analysis

– Introduce the student to statistical methods and models to analyze joint models of longitudinal and survival data

– Create reproducible reports using only R

Deadline for receipt of applications: 09/04/2023