Week 1

Week 1 Schedule


Monday, June 17th: Welcome and Orientation

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM: Arrival and Breakfast (SPH I 1680)

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM: Session I (SPH I 1680)

Welcome Address (Kelley Kidwell, PhD) 

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM: Session II (SPH I 1680)

Welcome to BDSI: A Message from the Director (Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD) [Slides Download Slides]

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Session III (SPH I 1680)

BDSI Student Introductions

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM: Session IV (SPH I 1680)

          BDSI Expectations and Schedule Overview (Matt Zawistowski, PhD) [Slides Download Slides]

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Session V (SPH I 1690)

          Beyond the Classroom (Hanna Venera & Kirill Sabitov) [Slides Download Slides]

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM: Session VI (SPH I 1680)

Carrying on the Tradition: Making the Most of BDSI (Program Alumni)

12:45 PM - 2:15 PM: Research Group Working Lunches

Cancer Data Science: M1138 SPH II

Data Mining/Machine Learning: 1750 SPH I

Genomics: 2750 SPH I

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM: RCRS Training (SPH I 3755)

          Ethical Research in Data Science (Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD) [Baggerly and Coombes Download Baggerly and Coombes] [Bejamin et. al Download Bejamin et. al]

[ASA Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice Download ASA Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice] [Wasserstein et. al Download Wasserstein et. al] [On Being a Scientist Download On Being a Scientist]

[60 Minute Video Links to an external site.]

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM: Q&A (SPH I 3755)


Tuesday, June 18th

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Lecture I (SPH I 3755)

Data Wrangling in R with dplyr: Part I Links to an external site. (Mike Kleinsasser) [Installing R/RStudio Download Installing R/RStudio: DO BEFORE LECTURE] [PDF Slides Download PDF Slides][PPT Slides Download PPT Slides][Worksheet Download Worksheet][Solutions]

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Morning Lecture II (SPH I 3755)

Data Wrangling in R with dplyr: Part II (Mike Kleinsasser)

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Afternoon Session (SPH I 3755)

Probability Links to an external site. (Rui Nie) [Slides Download Slides] [Worksheet Download Worksheet] [Solutions Download Solutions]

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Research Groups


Wednesday, June 19th

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Lecture I (SPH I 3755)

Health Disparities Links to an external site. (Trivellore Raghunathan, PhD) [Slides Download Slides]

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Morning Lecture II (SPH I 3755)

Study Design and Inference Links to an external site. (Rod Little, PhD) [Slides I Download Slides I][PDF Slides I Download PDF Slides I][Slides II Download Slides II][PDF Slides II Download PDF Slides II]

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Afternoon Session (SPH I 3755)

Basic Stats Review Links to an external site. (Zheng Li) [Slides Download Slides] [Worksheet Download Worksheet] [Dataset Download Dataset] [Answers Download Answers] [Code Download Code]

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Research Groups


Thursday, June 20th

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Lecture I (SPH I 3755)

The Design of Clinical Studies Links to an external site. (Rod Little, PhD) [Slides Download Slides][PDF Slides Download PDF Slides] [Cameron & Pauling, 1976 Download Cameron & Pauling, 1976] [Creagon, 1979 Download Creagon, 1979]

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Morning Lecture II (SPH I 3755)

Maximum Likelihood Links to an external site. (Rod Little, PhD) [Slides Download Slides] [PDF Slides Download PDF Slides]

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Afternoon Session (SPH I 3755)

Linear Regression Links to an external site. (Andy Beck)  [Slides Download Slides] [Exercises: Zip File Download Exercises: Zip File]

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Research Groups


Friday, June 21st

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Lecture I (SPH I 3755)

Visualizing Data in R with ggplot2 Links to an external site.: Part I (Mike Kleinsasser) [Slides Download Slides][PDF Slides Download PDF Slides][Worksheet Download Worksheet][Solutions]

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Morning Lecture II (SPH I 3755)

Visualizing Data in R with ggplot2 Links to an external site.: Part II (Mike Kleinsasser)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: State of the Institute [Article Download Article] and Journey Lecture (Michael Boehnke, PhD) [Slides Download Slides]

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Dorm Break (change clothes, return items) *BUS LEAVES AT 3:15 PM!!!*

3:30 PM - 8:30 PM: Teambuilding Activities (Adventure Education Center)

Weekend: Scavenger Hunt Download Scavenger Hunt; Groups Download Groups; Group Slides Download Group Slides