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We are excited to welcome you to the 2025 Summer Institute in Statistics for Big Data (SISBID) and the Summer Institute in Statistics for Clinical and Epidemiological Research (SISCER). 

Sponsored by the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics, both institutes will again be held online only this year.

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Course Schedule & Format

SISCER

All SISCER courses will be held online only.

The schedule for each day’s online session is 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Pacific (11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern),

Except for the following modules, which will be held 1-4:30 p.m. Pacific (4-8:30 p.m. Eastern)

  • Module 2: Analyzing Data from Complex Surveys
  • Module 4: Introduction to Survival Analysis
  • Module 8: Design and Analysis of Two-Phase Studies

Live sessions will be conducted via Zoom. In addition, each module will use a Slack channel where instructors may post messages, links, answers to participant questions, etc. Course materials will be available through the registrant dashboard prior to the start of the course.

Registrants are allowed to take SISCER courses concurrent with other modules.

SISBID

All SISBID courses will be held online only.

The schedule for SISBID courses that start on Monday:

  • Monday: 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Tuesday: 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Wednesday: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Eastern)

The schedule for SISBID courses that start on Wednesday:

  • Wednesday: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Pacific (2:30-5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Thursday, 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Friday, 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern)

Recorded Sessions

SISBID and SISCER live-stream lecture sessions will be recorded and available to module participants through October 1, 2025. Group breakout sessions will not be recorded. Recordings may be viewed but not necessarily downloaded. The decision to allow downloads is up to individual instructors who own the course content (i.e., content is their intellectual property).

Eligibility

Summer Institutes courses are open to everyone. Requirements and prerequisites are outlined in the module descriptions so participants can gauge the knowledge base needed for the course.

Registration information

Coming soon.

Course Credit

Summer Institutes modules are training courses, not university academic classes. Attendees are not required to register as university students and no university credit is awarded. Participants will receive a certificate of participation.

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