CSEB-UW, The Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, is a new student-run organization at the University of Waterloo. This organization adheres to and works closely with the mission statement of CSEB, a professional organization within Canada and has recognition from both CSEB and FEDs.
As a club, CSEB-UW aims to promote the interrelated sciences of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Waterloo. Our overall objective is to encourage further study, innovation, networking, and practice within these fields.
We are currently looking to fill several executive positions, if you are interested in applying please do so by click the link below:
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ActivEpi Web: A Free On-Line Epidemiology Textbook
ActivEpi Web, a multimedia electronic textbook that provides an interactive resource to learn the fundamentals of epidemiology, is now available on-line at no cost. We hope you agree that this is a valuable resource for members of CSEB-UW.
David Kleinbaum, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and author of seven epidemiology textbooks, originally developed ActivEpi in 2001 as a CD Rom. Because many computers no longer have CD capability, Kleinbaum converted it to a Web format.
“I consider this text an important educational gift to anyone, anywhere in the world and hope it has a major impact on education in the health, medical and mathematical/statistical fields,” said Kleinbaum who has won numerous teaching awards during his 40-year career. “I hope it provides a clear understanding of how epidemiology links the health and medical sciences with mathematics and statistics.”
ActivEpi includes 15 lessons with narrated instructional expositions that use video and animation; interactive study questions and quizzes; and homework exercises.
Topics covered include study designs, measures of frequency and effect, potential impact, overview of validity, selection information and confounding bias, effect modification, analysis of 2×2 tables, options for control of variables, stratified analysis, matching and introduction to logistic regression.
Health professionals and students in the United States and abroad have used ActivEpi for standard lecture courses, online courses and individualized learning. A CD Rom version has been translated into Spanish for the Pan American Health Organization.
ActivEpi Web can be accessed at http://activepi.herokuapp.com. The author’s website at http://www.activepi.com provides further details about ActivEpi Web and includes free Power Point instructional materials.
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