Meta-Research Short Course Sept 2018 - Registration now open
Hosted by Imperial College London, in collaboration with the University of Edinbugh.
The course faculty comprises members of world-class reputation from Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh and leading institutions worldwide. There will be ample opportunity throughout the course to interact with the faculty, discuss your current research projects and receive feedback.
The course will consist of lectures introducing the theoretical concepts which are subsequently illustrated by a keynote lecture and a practical session.
For any questions please email i.tzoulaki@imperial.ac.uk.
Course objectives
- To understand the principles of meta-research
- To conduct and interpret research syntheses applied to different biomedical research domains
- To understand and apply methodologies to identify and quantify biases in biomedical research
- To critically appraise the published literature and the reporting of results, and to be able to identify best practices
- To understand what is and what determines reproducibility in biomedical research
Course Fees
Early bird registration (until May 31, 2018) Student: £500 Academic: £600 Non-academic: £900
Standard registration Student: £650 Academic: £750 Non-academic: £1100
Course directors
Dr Ioanna Tzoulaki, Reader in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London Dr Evangelos Evangelou, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London Dr Evropi Theodoratou, Reader, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh
2017 faculty
Prof John PA Ioannidis, C.F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention in the School of Medicine and Professor of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and, by courtesy, of Statistics and of Biomedical Data Science
Prof Julian Little, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Human Genome Epidemiology, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine
Prof Malcolm MacLeod, Prof of Neurology and Translational Neurosciences, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Prof Karel G.M. Moons, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Julius Center, UMC Utrecht
Dr Kostas Tsilidis, Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
Prof Steff Lewis, Personal Chair in Medical Statistics, Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh
Professor Evangelia Ntzani, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, University of Ioannina Medical School & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services, Brown University
Meta-Research Short Course Sept 2018 - Registration now open
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London