DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS Biostatistics Resource and Training Centre Advanced Clinical Data Management Centre Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 002, India.

Dr. L. JEYASEELAN, Ph.D., F.R.S.S.,F.S.M.S., Professor and Course Coordinator

April 28, 2017.

Dear Friends,

Greetings from Vellore. The Biostatistics Resource and Training Center, Department of Biostatistics at Christian Medical College, Vellore is glad to announce the commencement of thirty-fifth Short course in Biostatistics. The course is scheduled from June 12 – July 12, 2017.

The course is mainly designed to train researchers of varied profession and statisticians to competently handle health/medical data and be in a better position to function effectively in a research team.

Christian Medical College has conducted series of workshops in collaboration with faculty from McMaster University, Canada and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA since 1996. The course materials of those workshops are incorporated in this program.

The current Courses are:

SNo. Course Date Lase Date

1. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Principles of Epidemiology & SPSS June 12 - 16,2017 June 02, 2017

2. Multiple Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Poisson Regression and Negative binomial regression

June 19 - 23, 2017 June 09, 2017

3. Survival Analysis June 28 – July 01, 2017 June 19, 2017

4. Statistical Computing using R July 03 - 05, 2017 June 23, 2017

5. SAS (Statistical Analysis System) Software Training July 06 – 08, 2017 June 26, 2017

6. Fundamentals of "Clinical Data Management (CDM)" July 10 - 12, 2017 July 03, 2017

The number of participants for each course is limited to 45, and admission will be purely on first come first served basis. Attached herewith and brochure and registration form and also it can be downloaded from our website: www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in I will be very happy to provide more information, if necessary.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Dr. L. Jeyaseelan Course Coordinator

Telephone: 91 416 2284205, 2262703 Fax No: 91-416-2262703 E-mail: biostats@cmcvellore.ac.in Website: www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in

Course Fee : Rs. 5,000/-

Multiple Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Poisson Regression and Negative binomial

regression

June 19 - 23, 2017 Venue: Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC),

Department of Biostatistics, (Adjacent to College Chapel),

Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002.

This course is intended to improve participant's ability to conduct regression analysesand

study the relationship between response variable and multiple predictor variables. This

course is also intended to sharpen the skills of analyzing continuous, binary, count data

and interpreting regression coefficients.

This course is targeted towards Epidemiologist, biostatisticians, Demographers and other

medical researchers.

Participants will have to bear their own expenses for travel, boarding and lodging. The

Organizers will provide Lunch and Snacks. However, the organizers may arrange basic

accommodation with A/C facility in the college campus on request. Only limited

accommodation is available on campus and priority will be given to the female

participants on first come and first served basis. However, the list of hotels attached in the

brochure.

Course Fee should be paid in full by June 09, 2017.

Payment can be made by Demand Draft in favor of “Christian Medical College

Vellore Association Account”, payable at Vellore.

The cost of the nMaster software is fixed for Rs.2500/- for Academic / Government

institutions and Rs.5000/- for Commercial. However, those who would participate in

this workshop from the Academic / Government institutions, a concession price is

Rs.1500/- and Commercial is Rs.4000/-.

Please use the attached “Application Format” for registration to be sent, along with the

required Demand Draft (DD).

Note: After Registration if cancelled the course fee will not be refunded. The number of

participants for each course is limited to 45 and admission will be purely on first come

first served basis.

Course Content

Regression Analysis

Introduction to Regression

Simple Linear Regression

Assumptions

Tests of Slop and intercept

Multiple Linear Regression

Model Building strategy

Assessing Best Fit

Multicollinearity Problem and

Diagnostics

Logistic Regression

Introduction to Logistic

Regression, Rationale

Single & Multiple Logistic

Regressions

Creating dummy variables

Model Building

Assessing Best Fit

Diagnostics

Matched Data Analysis

Ordinal response logistic

regression

Count data Model

Poisson Regression Model

Negative Binomial Regression model

Data without zeros (Zero truncated and

Censored models)

Data with more zeros (Zero-inflated

and Hurdle models)

Generalized Poisson – Modelling under

dispersed data

Statistical Software:

SPSS & STATA (Analyses)

Course Fee : Rs. 6,000/-

nMaster 2.0 (Sample Size calculation software - Developed by Dr.L.Jeyaseelan and Team)

Short Course in Biostatistics

Accommodation

HOW TO APPLY

www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in

Course Coordinator Secretariat / Contact person Dr. L. Jeyaseelan, Mr. C. Jayaprakash / Mr. Sankar

Professor and Head Email: biostats@cmcvellore.ac.in

Biostatistics Resource and Training Centre (BRTC) Phone: (0416) 2262703, 2284205

Advanced Clinical Data Management Centre (ACDMC)

Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002. India.

Faculty

Dr. L. Jeyaseelan Professor

Course Fee : Rs. 5,000/-

Survival Analysis

June 28 - July 01, 2017 Venue: Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC),

Department of Biostatistics, (Adjacent to College Chapel),

Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002.

This course is intended to improve participant's ability to conduct Survival analyses which

deals with time-to-event data. Comparison of survival time across different groups and

modeling survival data to predict survival probabilities using many independent

variables. Besides the above mentioned methods, we also provide details and hands

on experience on some recently developed methods to handle recurrent events, competing

risk models.

This course is targeted towards Epidemiologist, biostatisticians, Demographers and other

medical researchers.

Participants will have to bear their own expenses for travel, boarding and lodging. The

Organizers will give Course kit, Lunch and Snacks. Please note that no on campus

accommodation will be available for this course. Participants are requested to book

their accommodation directly to the hotel for their choice in Vellore. The list of hotels

available in Vellore is attached herewith.

Course Fee should be paid in full by June 19, 2017.

Payment can be made by Demand Draft in favor of “Christian Medical College

Vellore Association Account”, payable at Vellore.

The cost of the nMaster software is fixed for Rs.2500/- for Academic / Government

institutions and Rs.5000/- for Commercial. However, those who would participate in

this workshop from the Academic / Government institutions, a concession price is

Rs.1500/- and Commercial is Rs.4000/-.

Please use the attached “Application Format” for registration to be sent, along with the

required Demand Draft (DD).

Note: After Registration if cancelled the course fee will not be refunded. The number of

participants for each course is limited to 45 and admission will be purely on first come

first served basis.

Course Content

Introduction to Survival Analysis

Kaplan Meier Survival Curves

Comparison of two Survival Curves

Cox Proportional Hazards Model

Proportional Hazards Assumption

(Graphical Approach and

Goodness of Fit)

Stratified Cox Model

Piecewise Cox Model

Time dependent covariate

Recurrent Event data analysis:

Andersen Gill Model, Total time

model, Gap time Model and

Marginal Model

Competing Risk: Cumulative

Incidence Function(CIF), Fine and

Gray Method and Pepe and Mori’s

Model

Course Fee : Rs. 5,000/-

nMaster 2.0 (Sample Size calculation software - Developed by Dr.L.Jeyaseelan and Team)

Short Course in Biostatistics

Accommodation

HOW TO APPLY

www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in

Course Coordinator Secretariat / Contact person Dr. L. Jeyaseelan, Mr. C. Jayaprakash / Mr. Sankar

Professor and Head Email: biostats@cmcvellore.ac.in

Biostatistics Resource and Training Centre (BRTC) Phone: (0416) 2262703, 2284205

Advanced Clinical Data Management Centre (ACDMC)

Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002. India.

Faculty

Dr. L. Jeyaseelan Professor

Course Coordinator Dr. L. Jeyaseelan,

Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002

Email: biostats@cmcvellore.ac.in Phone: (0416) 2262703, 2284205

Secretariat / Contact person: Mr. C. Jayaprakash / Mr. Sankar

Short Course in Biostatistics

Statistical Computing using R (Software Training)

Software Training

)

www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in

This course is intended to introduce R for statistical computing, in a

simpler manner to researchers who are in need. The idea of this training

program is to introduce a number of basic concepts and techniques that

should allow the participants to get started with practical statistics using

R.

This course is also planned to furnish some advanced statistical analyses

and techniques with real time datasets so as to improve the participants

ability to understand and interpret the findings and produce R graphs.

The course is targeted towards researchers of varied profession such as

medicine, public health, life science, social science, nursing,

epidemiology, biostatistics etc.

The course will be held at the Biostatistics Resource and Training

Center (BRTC), Dept. of Biostatistics, (Adjacent to College

Chapel), Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002.

Participants will have to bear their own expenses for travel, boarding and

lodging. The Organizers will give Course kit, Lunch and Snacks. Please

note that no on campus accommodation will be available for this

course. Participants are requested to book their accommodation directly

to the hotel for their choice in Vellore. The list and details of hotels

available in Vellore is attached herewith.

Course Fee should be paid in full by June 23, 2017.

Payment can be made by Demand Draft in favor of “Christian Medical

College Vellore Association Account”, payable at Vellore.

Please use the attached “Application Format” for registration to be

sent, along with the required Demand Draft (DD).

Note: After Registration if cancelled the course fee will not be

refunded. The number of participants for each course is limited to 30

and admission will be purely on first come first served basis.

VENUE

COURSE FEE : RS. 4,500/-

ACCOMMODATION

HOW TO APPLY

COURSE CONTENT

Introduction and Data manipulation using R : Installation, libraries & packages, online help.

Using R : basic arithmetic operations, creating

variables, value labeling, functions, vectors, matrices

& arrays, factors, data frame, indexing, conditional

selection, subset & transform, sorting.

Importing data from difference software, Exporting,

data entry in R, looping, merging and reshaping.

Probability and Distribution : Random sampling,

probability calculation, discrete distributions,

continuous distributions, build in distributions in R.

Descriptive Statistics : Calculating Mean, standard

deviation, displaying Normal curve, generating tables.

Testing Hypothesis : Parametric tests:- independent t test, paired t test.

Non parametric tests:- Mann Whitney U test

(independent observations), Wilicoxon signed rank test

(paired observations) and calculating the correlation

coefficient.

Advanced Statistical Techniques: Linear Regression:- Simple linear regression, its

Interpretation, model building strategies and

diagnostics.

Logistic Regression:- Performing logistic regression,

Interpretation of the output, model building methods

and diagnostics.

Survi val Analysis:- Estimating the survival

probabilities, comparison of survival curves, obtaining

regression estimates using Cox proportional hazards

model, Interpretation, model building and diagnostics.

R Graphs: Histogram, Vertical bar chart, Pie Chart, Box plot,

Scatter plot, Combining Charts.

July 03 - 05, 2017

Course Coordinator Dr. L. Jeyaseelan,

Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College,

Bagayam, Vellore 632 002

Email: biostats@cmcvellore.ac.in Phone: (0416) 2262703, 2284205

Secretariat / Contact person : Mr. C. Jayaprakash

www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in

This course is intended to introduce the basic concepts to use

SAS, in a simpler manner to researchers who are in need. This

course is also planned to furnish the basic and some advanced

statistical analyses techniques with real time datasets so as to

improve the participant's ability to understand and interpret the

findings. The course is targeted towards researchers of varied

profession such as medicine, public health, life science, social

science, nursing, epidemiology, biostatistics etc.

Note : The participants should have basic knowledge in

computers.

Participants will have to bear their own expenses for travel,

boarding and lodging. The Organizers will give Course kit, Lunch

and Snacks. Please note that no on campus accommodation

will be available for this course. Participants are requested to

book their accommodation directly to the hotel for their choice in

Vellore. The list and details of hotels available in Vellore is

attached herewith.

Course Fee should be paid in full by June 26, 2017. Payment can be made by Demand Draft in favor of “Christian

Medical College Vellore Association Account”, payable at

Vellore.

The cost of the nMaster software is fixed for Rs.2500/- for

Academic / Government institutions and Rs.5000/- for

Commercial. However, those who would participate in this

workshop from the Academic / Government institutions, a

concession of Rs.1000/- will be offered to buy this nMaster

software (price - Rs.1500/-).

COURSE FEE : RS. 4,500/-

ACCOMMODATION

nMASTER 2.0 (SAMPLE SIZE CALCULATION SOFTWARE)

HOW TO APPLY

COURSE CONTENT

Introduction to SAS : Data Management Facility,

Structure of SAS program, Data Analysis and reporting

utilities. Creating permanent libraries, using temporary and

permanent data set within the libraries, Methods of

importing data into SAS and saving datasets in SAS

libraries.

Data Manipulation / Transformation : Creating new

variables, operating logical expressions, recoding, variable

and value labeling, sorting.

Advanced Data manipulation techniques : Renaming and

retaining variables, Do Blocks & Do Loops, sub-setting

datasets (select), working with arrays, generating multiple

datasets, merging files, reshaping dataset.

Descriptive Statistics : Calculating Mean, standard

deviation, displaying Normal curve, reporting frequencies.

Testing Hypothesis :

Parametric tests : independent t test, paired t test.

Non-parametric tests : Mann Whitney U test (independent

observations), Wilicoxon signed rank test (paired

observations) and calculating the correlation coefficient.

Advanced Statistical Techniques :

Linear Regression : Simple linear regression, its

interpretation, model building strategies and diagnostics.

Logistic Regression : Performing logistic regression,

interpretation of the output, model building methods and

diagnostics.

Survival Analysis: Estimating the survival probabilities,

comparison of survival curves, obtaining regression

estimates using Cox proportional hazards model,

interpretation, model building and diagnostics.

SAS Report Writing and Macro Writing

Please use the attached “Application Format” for registration

to be sent, along with the required Demand Draft (DD).

Note: After Registration if cancelled the course fee will not

be refunded. The number of participants for each course is

limited to 45 and admission will be purely on first come first

served basis.

Short Course in Biostatistics

SAS (Statistical Analysis System) Software Training July 06-08, 2017 Venue: Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC),

Department of Biostatistics, (Adjacent to College Chapel),

Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002.

Course Fee : Rs. 5,000/-

Fundamentals of "Clinical Data Management (CDM)" July 10-12, 2017 Venue: Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC),

Department of Biostatistics, (Adjacent to College Chapel),

Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002.

This course is intended to introduce principles of Clinical Data Management (CDM)

and associated international standards for the conduct of clinical trial research. The

course is targeted towards lead clinical trial researchers and other members who are

involved in clinical trial research. After the course the attendees will understand

principles of CDM, ICH-GCP and other guidelines, Data Management Plan (DMP),

SOPs, creating Case Report Forms (CRFs), data management systems, data entry

methods, data validation, query management and database lock. The 'OpenClinica'

database system will be used in practical session during the workshop.

Participants will have to bear their own expenses for travel, boarding and lodging.

The Organizers will provide Lunch and Snacks. However, the organizers may arrange

basic accommodation with A/C facility in the college campus on request. Only limited

accommodation is available on campus and priority will be given to the female

participants on first come and first served basis. However, the list of hotels attached

in the brochure.

Course Fee should be paid in full by July 03, 2017.

Payment can be made by Demand Draft in favor of “Christian Medical College

Vellore Association Account”, payable at Vellore.

Course Coordinator Dr. L. Jeyaseelan, Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632 002 Email: biostats@cmcvellore.ac.in Phone: (0416) 2262703, 2284205 Web: www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in

Secretariat / Contact person : Mr. C. Jayaprakash / Mr. Sankar

Course Content

Overview of Clinical Trial

ICH-GCP and other regulatory

guidelines

Overview of Clinical Data

Management

Standard Operating Procedures

(SOPs)

Case Report Forms (CRFs)

generation and management

Elements of Data Management

systems

Computer systems and

validation

Data Entry methods

Validation Check Specification

and Data Validation (QC)

Query Management

Audit Trail

Quality Assurance (QA)

Data Lock

Data Extraction for analysis

Archival

CDM software : Openclinica

Course Fee : Rs. 4,500/-

Accommodation

How to Apply

Please use the attached “Application Format” for registration to be sent, along with

the required Demand Draft (DD) .

Note: After Registration if cancelled the course fee will not be refunded. The number

of participants for each course is limited to 45 and admission will be purely on first

come first served basis.

Short Course in Biostatistics

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1. LIMITED ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE DURING JUNE 11-16 AND JUNE 18-23, 2017.

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE FEMALE PARTICIPANTS ON FIRST COME AND FIRST

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2. NO ROOMS AVAILABLE DURING JUNE 27 TO JULY 8, 2017 COURSES:

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1. FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOSTATISTICS, PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY & SPSS (RS.6,000) - LIMITED ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE

2. MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION, LOGISTIC REGRESSION, POISSON REGRESSION AND NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION

(RS.6,000) - LIMITED ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE

3. SURVIVAL ANALYSIS (RS.5,000) - NO ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE IN THE CAMPUS

4. STATISTICAL COMPUTING USING R (RS.4,500) - NO ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE IN THE CAMPUS

5. SAS (STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM) SOFTWARE TRAINING (RS.4,500) - NO ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE IN THE CAMPUS

6. FUNDAMENTALS OF "CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT (CDM)"(RS. 4,500) - LIMITED ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE

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NOTE: AFTER REGISTRATION IF CANCELLED THE COURSE FEE WILL NOT BE REFUNDED

SHORT COURSE IN BIOSTATISTICS (JUNE 12 – JULY 12, 2017)

REGISTRATION FORM

List of Hotels available in Vellore

Vellore city STD code is +91- 416

Hotel name Single

non AC

Double

non AC

Single

AC

Double

AC

Phone

Nos

Distance

from

Venue

(approx)

Darling Residency

http://www.darlingresidency.com 2424/- 2788/-

2213001

4202006

4202007

3.5 kms

Grand Krishna

http://hotelgrandkrishna.com 2350/- 3528/-

2258189

2258289

2258389

2258489

15 kms

Hotel Surabhi International

http://www.hotelsurabi.com 2424/- 2788/-

2216399

2216499

2216599

3.5 kms

Baby Residency

http://www.babyresidency.com 1814/- 2055/-

2226484

2213285

2227584

3 kms

Aavanaa Inn

http://www.hotelaavanaainn.com 1697/- 2060/- 2424/- 2788/-

2215073

2215074

2228935

6 kms

River View

http://www.hotelriverview.org 2182/- 2666/-

2225251

2222349

2225218

2225108

7 kms

Mount Paradise

http://hotelmountparadise.net 1000/- 1350/- 1500/- 1700/-

222831

2235531

2212631

10 kms

Sri Srinivasar Residency

http://www.srinivasaresidency.com 1455/- 1940/-

2232725

2232726

2232727

7 kms

Sri Annamalaiyar Residency

http://annamalaiyarresidency.com 1500/- 1814/- 2229999 7 kms

Kumaran's Millennium Residency

http://www.mmresidency.in 950/- 1200/- 1200/- 1600/- 2245500 10 kms.

Lingam Residency 650/- 650/- 950/- 950/- 2220971 6 kms.

Koona Residency 525/- 825/- 2211298 6 kms.

Arunachalam Lodge 700/- 1400/- 2210979 6 kms.

AMP Lodge 300/- 400/- 3292652 1 Km.

Ananda Bhavan

vimdes@rediffmail.com 500/- 2266770 1 Km.

Note: Rates may be subject to revision