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Bayesian methods in biomedical research
Bayesian methods in biomedical research
  • Syllabus
  • Schedule
  • Lectures
  • Practicals
  • Quizzes
  • Readings
  • Prerequisites
Overview
  • Slides and lecture notes (and videos)
Course content
  • Foreword
  • Motivation examples
Part I: Bayesian theory
  • Introduction to Bayesian statistics
  • Bayesian modeling
  • Bayesian inference
  • Conclusion
Part II: Bayesian computation
  • Estimating the posterior distribution is (often) costly
  • Direct sampling
  • MCMC algorithms
  • MCMC in practice
Part III: Bayesian applications in biomedical sciences
  • Post-mortem re-analysis of a clinical trial
  • Bayesian meta-analysis
  • CRM dose-escalation

Introduction to Bayesian statistics

  • Video lecture
    • Introduction part 1
    • Introduction part 2
  • Slides

Video lecture

Introduction part 1

👉 Seeing Theory, Brown University

Introduction part 2

Slides

The slides for the first part of this section are displayed below, and can be downloaded here.

The slides for the second part of this section are displayed below, and can be downloaded here.

Last updated on October 6, 2025

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3333-25-00-00: Bayesian methods in biomedical research
University of Copenhagen    Department of Public Health

Boris Hejblum    boris.hejblum@u-bordeaux.fr

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