CREAL. Centre for research in environmental epidemiology

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This program covers all projects that are half-way between two or more of the above programs or because it's an independent research line itself as is the case of Biostatistics.

Biostatistics

Current research on statistical methods at CREAL focuses on two main blocks, methods applied to traditional epidemiology and methods used in genetic epidemiology.

In the first block, we are developing methods to take into account the measurement error that exists, for example, when measuring individual exposure to air pollution or ultraviolet radiation, and methods to correct for differential measurement error in case-control studies. Other lines of research involve the design and analysis of longitudinal studies and statistical methods for survival analysis with complex data (nested models, recurrent events, or meta-analysis).

As for genetic epidemiology, the main research topics are the development of new statistical methods to determine altered regions in copy number or to assess the association between illness and CNVs (Copy Number Variant).

Educational Projects