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======================================================================================== Meta-Research Short Course (3 Day course) ======================================================================================== Monday 17th - Wednesday 19th September 2018 (0900-1730) Location: South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ Course Directors: Dr Ioanna Tzoulaki, Dr Evangelos Evangelou & Dr Evropi Theodoratou Early Bird Registration Fee's (paid BEFORE 31st May 2018) * Student Rate: £500 (with a valid matriculation card) * Academic Rate: £600 * Non-academic Rate: £900 Standard Registration Fee's (paid AFTER 31st May 2018 * Student Rate: £650 (with a valid matriculation card) * Academic Rate: £750 * Non-academic Rate: £1100 Course Description: The purpose of this course is for students to understand the principles of meta-research and to develop skills in relation to research synthesis, meta-analysis and assessment of bias in biomedical research. The course faculty comprises members of world-class reputation from Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh and leading institutions worldwide. There will be ample opportunity throughout the course to interact with the faculty, discuss your current research projects and receive feedback. The course will consist of lectures introducing the theoretical concepts which are subsequently illustrated by a keynote lecture and a practical session. For any questions please email Dr Ioanna Tzoulaki at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Target Audience: This short course will be of interest to academics (students, and researchers), and scientists from the industry (pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, food industries etc.) who are interested in applying state-of-the-art meta-research skills. Course Objectives: · To understand the principles of meta-research · To conduct and interpret research syntheses applied to different biomedical research domains · To understand and apply methodologies to identify and quantify biases in biomedical research · To critically appraise the published literature and the reporting of results, and to be able to identify best practises · To understand what is and what determines reproducibility in biomedical research For more information and to book a place, please visit Meta-research short course<http://www.imperial.ac.uk/school-public-health/study/short-courses/meta-research-short-course/> Follow the event on twitter using #metaresearch18 The Education Core, Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility On behalf of Dr Ioanna Tzoulaki, Dr Evangelos Evangelou & Dr Evropi Theodoratou Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility | Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility | The University of Edinburgh | Western General Hospital | Crewe Road South | Edinburgh | EH4 2XU Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | Website: www.crts.org.uk<http://www.crts.org.uk/> | Facebook: WTCRFEducationProgramme<https://www.facebook.com/WTCRFEducationProgramme> | Twitter: @WTCRF_Education<https://twitter.com/> ------------------------------------ The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.