Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

TOPIC: "Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Paradoxes, Biases and Fallacies That Can Turn Your Statistical Analyses to Rubble"
SPEAKER: Edward J. Bedrick, PhD
LOCATION: UAHS 5403 (LIVE) and Banner-UMC-SC 3030 (VIDEO CONFERENCED)

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About the Speaker
Edward J. Bedrick, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Assistant Director of the Statistics Laboratory. Dr. Bedrick came to Arizona from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where he was Professor of Biostatistics and Director of the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource in the UC Cancer Center. His research interests include Bayesian methods, the analysis of observational data and generalized linear models. Dr. Bedrick has collaborated in a variety of fields including anthropology, ecology, nursing, nephrology, ob/gyn, pediatrics, psychiatry, and veterinary epidemiology. Dr. Bedrick received his PhD in statistics from the University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. 

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
2. Understand more clearly advances in therapy
3. Become truly professional physicians