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Nov. 18

Kasza To Present Next ‘Methods’ Webinar

Dr. Jessica Kasza
Dr. Jessica Kasza

Join the Office of Disease Prevention for a Methods: Mind the Gap webinar with Dr. Jessica Kasza on the use of correlation structures for stepped wedge and related designs. The webinar will take place on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. ET.

Kasza is an associate professor in biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She completed her Ph.D. in 2010 at the University of Adelaide. 

At Monash University, she leads the development of statistical methodology for longitudinal cluster randomized trials. She also has interests in the comparison of health care providers and in causal inference. Kasza is the president of the Statistical Society of Australia and, in that role, is keen to ensure that the Australian statistical community is diverse, welcoming and inclusive.

Webinar registration is required. Visit prevention.nih.gov/education-training/methods-mind-gap/does-it-decay-decaying-correlations-design-and-analysis-stepped-wedge-trials. The webinar will be recorded and available on the ODP website within approximately 1 week. 

The Mind the Gap series explores research design, measurement, intervention, data analysis and other methods of interest in prevention science. 

For more information, see prevention.nih.gov/MindTheGap.

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