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Epi in the zoo

16 January 2020

Learn epi from the epi guru and enjoy Taronga Zoo

Facilitated by Professor Ian Dohoo and co-hosted by Sydney School of Veterinary Science and the Taronga Institute of Science and Learning, the workshop will focus on measurement scales and mediation analysis.

UNFORTUNATELY THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2020. REFUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSED.

Program

Topic one - Measurement scales

Introduction to scales
Classical test theory methods
Introduction to item response theory (IRT) models
IRT models for binary data
IRT models for polychotomous data
Evaluation of assumptions and scale development

Topic two - DAGs and mediation analysis

Principles of casual inference (including confounding and interaction)
Building and using directed acyclic graphs
Traditional approaches to mediation analysis
Counterfactual approaches to mediation analyses

The facilitator: Professor Ian Dohoo

Internationally renowned veterinary epidemiologist
Professor Emeritus at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Leading author of ‘Veterinary Epidemiologic Research’
Numerous students around the world have participated in his courses
He has a particular interest in the advancement of epidemiologic methods, including analyses of hierarchical data, survival analyses, meta-analyses and bias assessment
Appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to veterinary and human epidemiology in developed and developing countries