Essentials of Biostatistics for Public Health 4th Edition

Essentials of Biostatistics for Public Health (Essential Public Health) Fourth Edition by Lisa M. Sullivan (Author)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jones & Bartlett Learning; 4th edition (June 22, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
FORMAT: ORIGINAL PDF/PRINT REPLICA
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1284231976
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1284231977

$11.99

Description

Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Fourth Edition provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistics applications in the field of public health. Many examples are drawn directly from the author’s remarkable clinical experiences with the renowned Framingham Heart Study, making this text practical, interesting, and accessible for those with little mathematical background. The examples are real, relevant, and manageable in size so that students can easily focus on applications rather than become overwhelmed by computations. The Fourth Edition has been thoroughly updated, and now offers a new chapter on career opportunities and new case studies in each chapter focused on COVID-19. he Fourth Edition has been thoroughly updated, and now offers a new chapter on career opportunities in biostatistics and new case studies focused on COVID-19 within each chapter. This edition also includes free access to JMP® Student Subscription (a $29.95 value). Key Features: – New cases based on COVID-19 highlight the importance and practical applications of biostatistics for addressing the pandemic. – New chapter on careers in biostatistics provides helpful guidance and insight to undergraduates choosing a career. – Chapter opening “In the News Feature” raises key questions and highlights issues from the news/social media to engage students in thinking about the specific application about to be discussed in light of the important problems that impact people and health

About the Author

Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD, is the associate dean for education, professor and former chair of biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her scholarship is in development and evaluation of risk prediction models mainly for a range of cardiovascular outcomes in the Framingham Heart Study and include the risk functions for coronary heart disease which featured prominently in the National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III. She also has experience with randomized clinical trials and large, international observational studies of the effects of various exposures and treatments on adverse outcomes of pregnancy. She has published over 220 scientific journal articles and several book chapters on these topics. She is author of Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, currently in it 3rd edition. She is also co-author of Introductory Applied Biostatistics, co-editor of Teaching Public Health, and was co-editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials. Sullivan was the Principal Investigator for the Boston University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics, continuously funded since 2004, designed to interest undergraduates in the field of biostatistics. She is also the former Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Biostatistics at Boston University. Sullivan has won numerous awards for excellence in teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including the Norman A. Scotch Award for Excellence in Teaching which is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to the education program at Boston University School of Public Health. She was awarded the prestigious Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching at Boston University and also the ASPH/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence – an award given annually to the outstanding teacher in accredited schools of public health in North America. She also received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences of the American Statistical Association, the Massachusetts ACE National Network of Women Leaders Leadership Award and the Mosteller Statistician of the Year award presented by the Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association.