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REGISTRATION CLOSES 10TH APRIL 2019 Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University A three-day training course on Statistical methods for meta-analysis of individual participant data (IPD), 24th – 26th April 2019 Led by Professor Richard Riley & Dr Joie Ensor Course description: This three-day statistical course provides a detailed foundation of the methods and principles for meta-analysis when IPD (Individual Participant Data) are available from multiple related studies. The course considers continuous, binary and time-to-event outcomes, and covers a variety of modelling options, including fixed effect and random effects. Days 1 and 2 mainly focus on the synthesis of IPD from randomised trials of interventions, where the aim is to summarise a treatment effect or to examine treatment-covariate interactions. We outline how to use either a two-stage framework (day 1) or a one-stage framework (day 2) for the meta-analysis, and compare their pros and cons. Day 3 focuses on novel extensions including multivariate and network meta-analysis of IPD to incorporate correlated and indirect evidence (e.g. from multiple outcomes or multiple treatment comparisons). Special topics will also be covered, including: (i) IPD meta-analysis to identify prognostic/risk factors, (ii) IPD meta-analysis of test accuracy studies; (iii) estimating the power of a planned IPD meta-analysis; and (iv) dealing with unavailable IPD. The course consists of a mixture of lectures and practical sessions to reinforce the underlying statistical concepts. Participants can choose either Stata or R for the practicals. The key messages are illustrated with real examples throughout the course. Registration for this course is £550 for students, £695 for public sector and £895 for private sector. The cost includes all sessions, lunch on all days, a pub meal on the evening of the 24th & a gala dinner on the evening of the 25th. For more details and to register for the course, please follow the link: https://www.keele.ac.uk/ipd/ For further information regarding the course, please contact Keele Events and Conferencing: [log in to unmask] Best wishes, Joie You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.