Based on the lecture notes from STA404: Clinical Biostatistics. […] “Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.” William Osler (1849-1919). Biostatistics is a fundamental discipline at the core of modern health data science (Lee et al, 2019). It is the science of managing medical uncertainty and biostatistical methods play a key role in the scientific assessment of the main areas of medical practice: Leonhard Held … Read more →

Data Analysis in Medicine and Health using R […] We wrote this book to help new R programming users with limited programming and statistical background. We understand the struggles they are going through to move from point-and-click statistical software such as SPSS or MS Excel to more code-centric software such as R and Python. From our experiences, frustration sets in early in learning this code-centric software. It often demotivates new users to the extent that they ditch them and return to using point-and-click statistical software. This book will minimize these struggles and gently … Read more →

DCEP Project: Aim 2 Analytical Documentation […] A recent special issue of the Journal for General Internal Medicine, dedicated to obesity treatment in Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA), highlighted research and evaluation priorities, which include establishing structures to coordinate weight management at the health system level, implement large-scale measurement strategies to evaluate outcomes and support data-driven quality improvement, and test interventions to improve reach and weight outcomes. MOVE! continues to be the centerpiece program of VHA’s comprehensive lifestyle behavior … Read more →

This is an intermediate epidemiology book that focuses on clinical epidmeiology and its quantification using R. It stems from my belief that the learning of epidmeiologic principles is consolidated through hands on coding examples. […] James (Jay) Brophy is a full professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University where he works as a clinical cardiologist at the McGill University Health Center and does research in cardiovascular epidemiology. His research interests are eclectic and include clinical and outcomes research, … Read more →

This is a minimal example of using the bookdown package to write a book. The output format for this example is bookdown::gitbook. […] Dr. Héctor Daniel Murillo Coronado DipIBLM 1,2,3,4 Médico cirujano certificado en Medicina de Estilo de Vida por el International Board of Lifestyle Medicine Association Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Montemorelos Clínica del Estilo de Vida, Hospital La Carlota Colegio Mexicano de Medicina de Estilo de Vida Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina de Estilo de … Read more →

A guide to computationa genomics using R. The book covers fundemental topics with practical examples for an interdisciplinery audience […] The aim of this book is to provide the fundamentals for data analysis for genomics. We developed this book based on the computational genomics courses we are giving every year. We have had invariably an interdisciplinary audience with backgrounds from physics, biology, medicine, math, computer science or other quantitative fields. We want this book to be a starting point for computational genomics students and a guide for further data analysis in more … Read more →

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A compliation of COVID-19 resources assembled by cardiology fellows at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania […] This resource is compiled/updated by cardiology fellows at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and is designed to provide information to physicians and medical providers within the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and other interested parties. The information provided here is not intended to be medical … Read more →