Statistically Speaking
The BCC sponsors Statistically Speaking, a free, annual lecture series for staff, faculty and trainees. New topics are added every year. Past lectures are available on Panopto, topics include using REDCap, reproducible research, statistical graphics, power and sample size calculations, and big data.
To request a topic for a future lecture, please email bcc@northwestern.edu.
2025 Lecture Series
DSMBs: Doing Study Monitoring Better with Data and Safety Monitoring Boards
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Jody D. Ciolino, PhD, Associate Professor
Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Preventive Medicine
2024 Lecture Series
Wear it Well: Data Analysis for Wearable Devices
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Margaret Banker, PhD, Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
2022-2023 Lecture Series
Constrained and Adaptive Randomization: What is it and how can I make it work with REDCap?
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Jacob Schauer, PhD, Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Interim Analyses in Clinical Trials: An Inside "Look"
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Lauren Balmert Bonner, PhD, Assistant Professor & Jody Ciolino, PhD, Associate Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Longitudinal Data: Challenges and Opportunities
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Nathan Gill, PhD, Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Unseen Worlds: How Missing Data Impact Statistical Analyses
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Lucia Petito, PhD, Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
2021-2022 Lecture Series
Considerations for Choosing Covariates in Clinical Research
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Lauren C Balmert, PhD, Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Meta-Analysis: When You Can Do It, When You Can't, and What Info You Need
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Lutfiyya N Muhammad, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Capturing Racial and Ethnic Data and Considerations for Analysis
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Jody D Ciolino, PhD, Associate Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Considerations when Leveraging Electronic Health Records for Causal Inference: A "Create-Your-Own-Data" Adventure
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Lucia C Petito, PhD, Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
2020-2021 Lecture Series
Biostatistics Afternoon Tea: Meet our New Biostatistics Faculty (3 - 4pm)
Friday, December 11, 2020
Xinlei Mi, PhD, Assistant Professor; Lutfiyya Muhammad, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor; Lucia Petito, PhD, Assistant Professor; Jacob Schauer, PhD, Assistant Professor; Hui Zhang, PhD, Professor; Leah J. Welty, PhD, BCC Director, Professor (moderator)
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Biostatistics Collaboration at Northwestern: Strengthen your Science (12 noon - 1pm)
Friday, January 15, 2021
Masha Kocherginsky, PhD, QDSC Director, Professor; Denise Scholtens, PhD, NUDACC Director, Division Chief, Professor; Leah J. Welty, PhD, BCC Director, Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Biostats Watch Party: Knowledge is Power, but what is Power? An introduction to statistical power and sample size calculations (3-4pm)
Monday, February 22, 2021
Mary Kwasny, ScD, Professor; Leah J. Welty, PhD, BCC Director, Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Biostatistics on Review: A Mock Grant Review Panel from the Biostatistics Perspective (2-3pm)
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Jody Ciolino, PhD, Associate Professor; Masha Kocherginsky, PhD, QDSC Director, Professor; Mary Kwasny, ScD, Professor; Leah J. Welty, PhD, BCC Director, Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
2019-2020 Lecture Series
Biostatistics Collaboration at Northwestern: Finding Your Way to a Friendly Statistician
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Leah J. Welty, PhD, BCC Director, Professor; Denise Scholtens, PhD, Division Chief, Professor; Masha Kocherginsky, PhD, QDSC Director, Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Protocol Development and Review from a Biostatistical Perspective
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Jody Ciolino, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
To p or not to p : reflections on recent p-value statements
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Mary Kwasny, ScD
Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
CANCELLED: Biostat Basics: Some Practical Things to Know
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Nina Srdanovic, MS
Statistical Analyst
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Logistic Regression: Odds & Ends (Virtual Presentation Only)
Monday, May 11, 2020
Lauren Balmert, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Winter 2019 Lecture Series
Biostats 101: The Minor Details that Make a Major Difference
Monday, January 28, 2019
Leah J. Welty, PhD
BCC Director, Associate Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Knowledge is Power, but what is Power? An introduction to statistical power and sample size calculations
Monday, February 4, 2019
Mary Kwasny, ScD
Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Time-to-Event Analysis: A 'Survival' Guide
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Lauren C. Balmert, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Statistical Methods for High Dimensional Data
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Kwang-Youn Kim, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Fall 2017 Lecture Series
Biostats 101: The Minor Details that Make a Major Difference
Monday, October 2, 2017
Leah J. Welty, PhD
BCC Director, Associate Professor
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
The Impact of Other Factors: Confounding, Mediation, and Effect Modification
Monday, October 9, 2017
Amy Yang, MS
Senior Statistical Analyst
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine
Using REDCap for Data Capture in Clinical Studies: Database Management on a Budget
Monday, October 16, 2017
Jody Ciolino, PhD
Assistant Professor
Using R for Statistical Graphics: The Do’s and Don’ts of Data Visualization
Monday, October 30, 2017
David Aaby, MS
Senior Statistical Analyst
Time-to-Event Analysis: A ‘Survival’ Guide
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Lauren Balmert, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fall 2016 Lecture Series
Four Lessons in Biostatistics and Some Biostatistics Along the Way
Friday, October 7, 2016
Leah Welty, PhD
Director of the BCC
Statistical Considerations for Sex Inclusion in Basic Science Research
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Denise Scholtens, PhD
The Impact of Other Factors: Confounding, Mediation, and Effect Modification
Friday, October 14, 2016
Amy Yang, MS
Sr. Statistical Analyst
Statistical Power and Sample Size: What You Need and How Much
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Mary Kwasny, ScD
Clinical Trials: Highlights from Design to Conduct
Friday, October 21, 2016
Masha Kocherginsky, PhD
Enhancing Rigor and Transparency in Research: Adopting Tools that Support Reproducible Research
Friday, October 28, 2016
Leah Welty, PhD