Registration will open soon for the Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences (CQS) Summer Institute program of 2020!
OVERVIEW:
Our CQS Summer Institute offers four great courses that will sharpen your quantitative research skills and give you methods and tools to deepen your understanding in biostatistics and bioinformatics. Registration is expected to open in early May and participants are highly encouraged to enroll in multiple courses. Space for each course is limited so register quickly to reserve your spot!
Date: Monday, August 3, 2020 - Friday, August 7, 2020
Monday, August 10, 2020 - Friday, August 14, 2020
Time: 9:00AM - 12:00PM & 1:00PM - 4:00PM daily
Location: Vanderbilt University
Kissam Center Classroom, C216
Nashville, Tennessee
FEES:
The course fees will be as follows (per course):
$150 for VU/VUMC students/trainees/postdocs
$300 for VU/VUMC faculty or staff
$500 Non-VU/VUMC faculty, staff, student, trainee or postdoc
*Please note that academic credit is not available for these courses.*
LAST YEAR'S CQS SUMMER INSTITUTE COURSE OFFERINGS:
Machine Learning in Data Science
Instructor: Matt Shotwell, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Regression and Modeling in R
Instructor: Fei Ye, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Big Data in Biomedical Research
Instructors: Yu Shyr, PhD, Professor and Chair of Biostatistics & Qi Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Introduction to Causal Inference
Instructor: Andrew Spieker, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
QUESTIONS:
Please contact Jill Shell at jillanne.k.shell@vumc.org if you have any questions related to the CQS Summer Institute. Additionally, you may reach out to course instructors with specific course-related questions.