Registration is open for the 2024 Summer Institute

Registration is now open for the 2024 CQS Summer Institute. This year's offerings include three in-person courses at 2525 West End Avenue, and one virtual course on Zoom.

The morning course (9 a.m.–noon) the first week of the Summer Institute (July 22–26) will feature "Big Data in Biomedical Research," taught by Qi Liu, PhD, professor of biostatistics and biomedical informatics, and Yu Shyr, PhD, professor of biostatistics, biomedical informatics, and health policy. "Introduction to the All of Us Research Program," with course directors Paul Harris, PhD, professor of biomedical informatics, biomedical engineering, and biostatistics, and Qingxia "Cindy" Chen, PhD, professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics and vice chair of education for the Department of Biostatistics, will be in the afternoon (1–4 p.m.) over Zoom.

The second week (July 29–August 2) will feature "Regression and Modeling in R," taught by Gustavo Amorim, PhD, assistant professor of biostatistics in the morning, and "Introduction to Causal Inference," taught by Andrew Spieker, PhD, assistant professor of biostatistics in the afternoon.

Tuition for each course is $700 for VU/VUMC faculty and staff, and $450 for VU/VUMC students, trainees, and postdocs, with a 20% discount on registrations received before June 5. Parking and food are included for in-person courses, with breakfast for morning course participants and boxed lunches for all. The All of Us course is limited to 40 participants. To learn more about each course and to enroll, visit the Summer Institute webpage.