Dear All, Here is the programme for the MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminar Series (Cambridge, UK). Autumn Term 2004 19th October Combining frequentist and Bayesian considerations in order to determine the size of a phase II clinical trial Professor John Whitehead, Medical and Pharmaceutical Statistics Research Unit, The University of Reading. 16th November The epidemiology of bias in systematic reviews and its implications for evidence synthesis Dr Jonathan Sterne, Department of Social Medicine, Univeristy of Bristol. 7th December The analysis of hospital infection data using mechanistic models. Ben Cooper, Health Protection Agency, London. Seminars start at 2.30pm in the Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, UK. Tea and cakes are served afterwards. All are welcome to attend. Further information is available from Angela Wood, email: [log in to unmask] or Web: http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/BSUsite/Education/seminars.shtml