Description: In the last two decades, the Bayesian approach has become increasingly popular invirtually all application areas. The approach is especially known for its capability to tackle complex statistical modeling tasks and for providing an intuitive outcome of the statistical analysis.In Session 1, Bayes Theorem will be explained using a simple illustration. The construction of the prior distribution and the computation of the posterior distribution will then be illustrated using a variety of examples. In Session 2, weindicate the popularity of the Bayesian approach in various research areas, not only medical areas. In Session 3, we show the application and usefulness of the Bayesian approachin the area of randomized clinical trials.Theultimateaim of thiscrashcourse is to introduce the participants smoothly into Bayesian statistical methods and trigger them to apply them in practice.The course is partly based on the Wiley book of Lesaffre and Lawson, published in 2012 and entitled:Bayesian Biostatistics and the Chapman & Hall edited bookBayesian Methods in PharmaceuticalResearch by E. Lesaffre, G, Baio and B. Boulanger published in 2020.
Lecturer:Prof. Emmanuel Lesaffre –Professor emeritus Biostatistics –KU Leuven
Emmanuel Lesaffre is emeritus Professor at theLeuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre (L-BioStat) of the Catholic University of Leuven,Belgium and is honorary professor of Erasmus MC at Rotterdam, the Netherlands.He has more than600peer-reviewedpublications inbiostatistics. Hewasone of the three foundingeditors of International Statistical Modelling Journal,he has beenAssociate Editor of Biometrics andof Biostatistics,andstatistical advisor of various clinical journals. Heis the founding chair of theInternationalStatistical Modelling Society (IWSM), anda formerPresident of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB). He is an ASA andISI Fellow, and ishonorary member of ISCB and IWSM.He(co)-authorednine books,withthelatest book entitled:Bayesian Statistics applied to pharmaceutical research, an edited book with editors E. Lesaffre, G. Baio and B. Boulanger, published in Chapman and Hall, 2020