Practical Pharmacoepidemiology – outline of programme
Monday 12th
September
09.30-09.45
Session
09.45-10.30
Lecture
10.30-11.00
Lecture
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.10
Break
Lecture
12.10-13.00
Lecture
13.00-14.00
14.00-17.00
(including break)
Lunch
Computer
practical
17.30-19.00
Buffet and
drinks
Tuesday 13th
September
09.30-10.30
Lecture
10.30-11.00
11.00-12.00
Break
Lecture
12.00-13.00
Lecture
13.00-14.00
14.00-17.00
(including break)
Lunch
Computer
practical
Session title
Staff
Room
Welcome and introduction
to the course
Overview of study designs
for pharmacoepidemiology
Measurements in
pharmacoepidemiology
Dr Krishnan Bhaskaran,
LSHTM
Professor Stephen
Evans, LSHTM
Dr Tjeerd van Staa,
GPRD
Rose Room
Measurements in
pharmacoepidemiology
(cont’d)
The role of
pharmacoepidemiology in
research and development
with a focus on safety
studies
Dr Tjeerd van Staa,
GPRD
Rose Room
Dr Susana Perez
Gutthann, RTI Health
Solutions
Rose Room
Planning a study
Dr Tim Williams/Arlene
Gallagher/Tarita
Murray Thomas plus
tutorial support
LG2
Rose Room
Rose Room
Lower Café
Area
Sources of bias and
confounding
Dr Lesley Wise, Takeda
Global Research and
Development (Europe)
Rose Room
Methods of dealing with
bias and confounding
Overview of data resources
for pharmacoepidemiology
and factors governing the
data collection approach
Dr Ian Douglas, LSHTM
Rose Room
Dr Susana Perez
Gutthann, RTI Health
Solutions
Rose Room
Model building and running
crude analyses
Dr Tim Williams/Arlene
Gallagher/Tarita
Murray Thomas plus
tutorial support
LG2
Wednesday 14th
September
09.30-10.30
Lecture
10.30-11.00
11.00-12.00
Break
Lecture
12.00-13.00
Lecture
13.00-14.00
14.00-17.00
(including break)
Lunch
Computer
practical
18.00-21.00
Course
dinner
Thursday 15th
September
09.30-10.30
Lecture
10.30-11.00
11.00-12.00
Break
Lecture
12.00-13.00
Lecture
13.00-14.00
14.00-16.00
(including break)
Lunch
Computer
practical
16.00-16.15
Case control studies in
pharmacoepidemiology
Dr Lamiae GrimaldiBensouda, LA-SER
Rose Room
The application of
pharmacoepidemiology in
regulation and public
health
Dr Patrick Waller,
Consultant in
Pharmacovigilance and
Pharmacoepidemiology,
and Honorary Professor,
LSHTM
Rose Room
Use of registries in
pharmacoepidemiology
Dr James Galloway,
Arthritis Research UK
Epidemiology Unit
Rose Room
Confounding and bias
Dr Tim Williams/Arlene
Gallagher/Tarita Murray
Thomas plus tutorial
support
LG2
Using different methods
to answer the same
research question
Dr Heather Whitaker,
Open University
Rose Room
Quantitative methods in
risk benefit analysis
Meta-analysis
Dr Tjeerd van Staa, GPRD Rose Room
Professor Stephen
Evans, LSHTM
Rose Room
Meta-analysis
Professor Stephen
Evans, plus tutorial
support
LG2
Course close