Education
The DeVos Cardiovascular Research Academy provides scientists and clinicians interested in cardiovascular research with in-depth training in the design and implementation of basic and clinical studies. The courses are open to Spectrum Health and Van Andel Institute faculty, students and employees. Please contact Christie Preston to be added to the distribution list.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
June 17, 2021
Model Building – Artificial Intelligence
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
Eric Kort, M.D.
April 15, 2021
Case-Control and Cohort Studies Survival Analysis: Kaplan-Meier, Log-Rank Test Cox Regression
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
February 18, 2021
Studies with Ordinal or Dichotomous Outcomes: Wilcoxon test, c2-test, Logistic Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
December 17, 2020
Studies for Continues Outcomes: T-test, Correlation and Linear Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
October 15, 2020
Bias, Confounding, Power and Sample Size Studies in a Randomization Hostile Environment
Eric Kort, M.D.
August 20, 2020
Introduction and Study Formats Intro Paper dissection – Workshop
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
February 20, 2020
Case-Control and Cohort Studies Survival Analysis: Kaplan-Meier, Log-Rank Test Cox Regression
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
January 16, 2020
Studies with Ordinal or Dichotomous Outcomes: Wilcoxon test, c2-test, Logistic Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
December 19, 2019
Studies for Continues Outcomes: T-test, Correlation and Linear Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
October 17, 2019
Study Formats: Ecologic, Case Studies, Case-Control, Cohort and Randomized Controlled Trial
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
September 19, 2019
Test Evaluation, Decision Support
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
June 20, 2019
Machine Learning
Eric Kort, M.D.
May 16, 2019
Studies in a Randomization Hostile Environment
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
April 18, 2019
Case-Control and Cohort Studies
Eric Kort, M.D.
March 21, 2019
Bias, Confounding, Power and Sample Size
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
February 21, 2019
Survival Analysis: Kaplan-Meier, Log-Rank Test Cox Regression
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
January 17, 2019
Studies with Ordinal or Dichotomous Outcomes: Wilcoxon test, c2-test, Logistic Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
December 20, 2018
Studies for Continuous Outcomes: T-test, Correlation and Linear Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
November 15, 2018
Study Formats: Ecologic, Case Studies, Case-Control, Cohort and Randomized Controlled trial
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
October 18, 2018
Descriptive Statistics
Eric Kort, M.D.
September 20, 2018
Clinical Research Overview: How to Design Your Study
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
August 17, 2018
Bringing Findings to Use – Industry Relation
Paula Schuiteman-Bishop
July 19, 2018
Systemic Review, Meta-Analysis
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
June 21, 2018
Advanced Prediction Modeling & Large Data
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
Eric Kort, M.D.
May 17, 2018
Studies in a Randomization Hostile Environment: New Statistical Trends and Follow-Up Questions
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
April 19, 2018
Bias, Confounding, Power and Sample Size
Eric Kort, M.D.
March 15, 2018
Survival Analysis: Kaplan-Meier, Log-Rank test Cox Regression
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
February 15, 2018
Studies with Ordinal or Dichotomous Outcomes: Wilcoxon test, c2-test, Logistic Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
January 18, 2018
Studies for Continuous Outcomes: T-Test, Correlation, Linear Regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
November 16, 2017
Study Formats: Ecologic, Case Studies, Case-Control, Cohort and Randomized Controlled Trial
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
October 19, 2017
Descriptive Statistics
Eric Kort, M.D.
September 21, 2017
Regulations, IRB
Megan Hausler & Stacey Gardner
August 17, 2017
How to Get Into Clinical Research, Overview Stat
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
December 7, 2016
FDA audit and industry findings
Paula Schuiteman-Bishop
Megan Hausler
Topics: An overview of topics related to dealing with
the FDA and industry partners.
November 2, 2016
Studies in a randomization hostile environment: New statistical trends and follow-up questions
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
Erik Kort, M.D.
Andrew Borgman, M.S.
Topics: Modern statistical techniques for analyzing clinical studies where randomization may not be possible or appropriate.
October 5, 2016
Bias, confounding, power and sample size
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
Topics: An overview of the statistical concepts of bias, confounding, power and sample size. Special attention will be given to practical tips for conducting power analyses using freely available software.
September 7, 2016
Survival analysis: Kaplan-Meier, Log-Rank test, Cox regression
Andrew Borgman, M.S.
Topics: Common statistical approaches for time-to-event responses with examples from literature.
August 3, 2016
Studies with ordinal or dichotomous outcomes: Wilcoxon test, c2-test, logistic regression
Eric Kort, M.D.
Topics: Common statistical approaches for ordinal and dichotomous response variables with examples from literature.
July 6, 2016
Studies for continuous outcomes: T-test, correlation and linear regression
Andrew Borgman, M.S.
Topics: Common statistical approaches for continuous response variables with examples from literature.
June 1, 2016
Study formats: Ecologic, case studies, case-control, cohort and randomized controlled trials
Stefan Jovinge, M.D., Ph.D.
Topics: Common clinical study designs. Pros and cons of the different designs.
May 4, 2016
Descriptive statistics
Eric Kort, M.D.
Topics: Descriptive statistics and their appropriate use using examples from literature.
March 2, 2016
Designing clinical studies
Andrew Borgman, M.S.
Topics: Statistical considerations of clinical study design. Suggestions for effective execution of clinical research studies with a special emphasis on proper data collection and curation.