<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Bayesian Biostatistics<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Emmanuel Lesaffre<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><SPAN lang=NL-BE style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'>L-Biostat, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Abstract<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Bayesian methods have seen an explosion in developments and applications in the last decade. This course gives the necessary background to understand the Bayesian approach. A great variety of examples illustrate the Bayesian methods, such as: diagnostic tests, meta-analyses, longitudinal studies, disease maps, etc. <A name=_GoBack></A>Practical exercises are based on WinBUGS, OpenBUGS, JAGS and their R-interfaces 2WinBUGS, R2jags, etc. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Learning outcomes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Understanding applications of the Bayesian approach in the medical literature <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Working with WinBUGS, OpenBUGS and R2WinBUGS, R2jags, etc. for performing Bayesian analyses<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Understand the difference (advantages and disadvantages) of the Bayesian versus the frequentist approach<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Extending the complexity of your analyses above what can be done with the frequentist approach<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 18pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Who should attend?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>(Bio)-statisticians, but also epidemiologists and researchers in biomedical, veterinary, epidemiology, pharmacology sciences etc with a good statistical background.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 18pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Source: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Lesaffre, E. and Lawson, A. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Bayesian Biostatistics</I>, 2102, John Wiley & Sons, New York<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P><BR> </P> <P>Informações sobre inscrições dentro em breve.</P></div></body></html>