Biodemography Core Workshop

Instructors

Eleanor Brindle
448 Denny
(206) 616-9369
ebrindle@u.washington.eduu

Jane Shofer
shofer@u.washington.edu

Anita Rocha
218D Raitt
alrocha@u.washington.edu

Times and Location

This class will be offered once during the Spring 2007 quarter:
Date and Time to be determined

Class Description

Biomarkers are increasingly being used to address long-standing questions in biodemography, particularly in the areas of health, nutrition, and aging. In this workshop, we will discuss:

• What is meant by the term “biomarker” and introduce some basic principles used in biomarker measurements,
• The use of biomarker data in recent work, and explore emerging trends in biomarker research,
• Existing biomarker data sets (what kinds of data are available, how to use information about the quality of the data), and
• Statistical considerations for biomarker data, including handling non-independence, power analyses given biomarker measurement error, sensitivity and specificity, and others.

Class Materials

• Readings [Word]
  
  
• Workshop [Powerpoint]
  
  
• http://www.csde.washington.edu/services/biodemography/datasets.shtml
  
  
• http://www.anaesthetist.com/mnm/stats/roc/
  
  
• http://www.musc.edu/dc/icrebm/sensitivity.html
  
  
• http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/clin1.html