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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.

 The 2024 Statistically Speaking Lecture will take place in person at noon on Tuesday, February 13, at 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Ste. 1400, Stamler Conference Room. The talk, “Wear it Well: Data Analysis for Wearable Devices,” will be presented by Margaret Banker, PhD, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Biostatistics. A Zoom option is available.

Wearable technologies, created to continuously collect personal health data, automatically gather high-frequency information outside clinical settings. Their popularity in research has generated large-scale time-series datasets. In this lecture Banker will explore the various methods, ranging from conventional to more novel approaches, for analyzing these datasets. As part of the Statistically Speaking lecture series presented by the NUCATS Institute's Biostatistics Collaboration Center, this talk is intended to be educational, introductory, and appeal to a broad audience. 

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

Finding Signals in Big Data

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Kwang-Youn A. Kim, PhD

Enhancing Rigor and Transparency in Research: Adopting Tools that Support Reproducible Research

Friday, October 28, 2016

Leah Welty, PhD