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Medical statistics and bioinformatics >  Sections
last update: 2008-03-17

Sections

The department of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics consists of three sections: Medical Statistics, Molecular Epidemiology and Clinical Informatics.

 

Medical Statistics
The goal of Medical Statistics is the application and development of statistical models and designs in medical research. It plays an active collaborative role in the design, analysis and reporting of clinical and basic research in the Leiden Medical School. The development of statistical models concerns extensions of established statistical tools like logistic regression, survival analysis and repeated measures models, as well as innovative research on validation of prognostic statistical model and models for complex data such as pedigree data, multi-state follow-up data and random effects models for repeated measurements.
Advanced Data Management is an integral part of the section and supports and innovates data management tools via Internet, especially for complex (inter)national studies and registries. More information can be found on the ProMISe portal

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Molecular Epidemiology
The section Molecular Epidemiology performs research just in between the field of genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics. The main goal of our section is to perform genomic research to identify risk factors that contribute to the onset of complex diseases in humans. In particular, we are using high throughput genotype facilities and genetic data analysis in order to identify genes that may play a role in, the onset of osteoarthritis, lipid metabolism, ageing and longevity.

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Clinical Informatics
Clinical Informatics deals with the possible contributions of information and communication technology to clinical care and  uses methods and techniques from several research fields, such  as logics, informatics, linguistics, system theory, decision analysis, operations research, social sciences, and management and business science.
Tasks of the Clinical Informatics section are, apart from research and education, consultancy and participation in innovative ICT-projects in the Leiden University Medical Center and regional health care institutions.

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