Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health
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Published on 12. December 2007
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213 pages
978-0-7637-5620-8 (ISBN)
Description
Essentials of Biostatistics provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistical applications in the field of public health. As the sixth offering in the new Jones and Bartlett Essential Public Health series, the text complements and is consistent with the approach used in the other series titles. Many examples are drawn directly from the authors' remarkable clinical experiences with applied biostatistics making this text relevant, practical, and interesting for students. The authors are integrally involved with the Framingham Heart Study and data will be used from that study throughout the textbook.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sudbury
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7637-5620-8 (9780763756208)
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Lisa M. Sullivan
Essentials Of Biostatistics In Public Health
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04/2011
2nd Edition
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
€167.84
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'Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD, is the associate dean for education, professor and former chair of biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health.' Her scholarship is in development and evaluation of risk prediction models mainly for a range of cardiovascular outcomes in the Framingham Heart Study and include the risk functions for coronary heart disease which featured prominently in the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III.' She also has experience with randomized clinical trials and large, international observational studies of the effects of various exposures and treatments on adverse outcomes of pregnancy.' She has published over 220 scientific journal articles and several book chapters on these topics.' She is author of Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, currently in it 3rd edition.' She is also co-author of Introductory Applied Biostatistics, co-editor of Teaching Public Health, and was co-editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials.' Sullivan was the Principal Investigator for the Boston University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics, continuously funded since 2004, designed to interest undergraduates in the field of biostatistics.' She is also the former Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Biostatistics at Boston University.' Sullivan has won numerous awards for excellence in teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including the Norman A. Scotch Award for Excellence in Teaching which is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to the education program at Boston University School of Public Health. She was awarded the prestigious Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching at Boston University and also the ASPH/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence - an award given annually to the outstanding teacher in accredited schools of public health in North America.' She also received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences of the American Statistical Association, the Massachusetts ACE National Network of Women Leaders Leadership Award and the Mosteller Statistician of the Year award presented by the Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association.