Study Design in Clinical Trials

This course will equip doctoral-level biostatisticians and data scientists with the skills necessary to participate in the design, planning, and analysis of biomedical, clinical, and population-based health studies. This course will cover a wide array of experimental and observational study designs with corresponding analytic methods.  Many aspects of clinical trial design and analysis will be covered in detail. A consistent and unifying process to develop the optimal study design feasible in collaboration with subject domain expert investigators will be emphasized.  The course also serves as a transition where the student's accumulated foundational theory and methods knowledge is translated and applied to typical biomedical investigative questions.