This week marks the start of the CFAR/IGHID Friday ID Conference Series for the 2014-2015 school year.
Power and Sample Size Boot Camp
Speakers: Michael Hudgens and Katie Mollan
UNC CFAR Biostatistics Core
September 5, 2014
8:30-9:30 a.m.
1131 Bioinformatics (first floor auditorium), UNC-CH Campus
The CFAR Biostatistics Core will present on power and sample size calculation using examples from HIV research. Topics will include an introduction to statistical power and related terminology, a discussion of the investigator and statistician roles in sample size calculation, and presentation of statistical software and brief formulas for sample size and power computation.
UNC CFAR partners with the clinical division of infectious diseases and the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease on a weekly conference series featuring distinguished clinicians and scientists from UNC, local universities, and other national and international institutions. The topics are varied and appeal to not only infectious disease specialists, but also professionals in epidemiology, public health, microbiology, biostatistics and other global health-related disciplines.
The conference takes place every Friday (September through May) from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in 1131 Bioinformatics (first floor auditorium) on the UNC campus. For more information, please contact the conference coordinator, Kathy James. To suggest a speaker, contact the faculty organizer, David Wohl.
For the current conference schedule, please click here.