UCSD Biostatistics Seminar

Department of Family Medicine & Public Health
Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar

Colleen Kelly, Ph.D.

Kelly Statistical Consulting

Wednesday, Dec 7
1:00-2:00 P.M.
MTF 168

Title: The Evolution of a Statistical Consulting Course

Abstract: In 2000, Duane Steffey and I founded the SDSU Consulting Center and developed a Statistical Consulting course in response to university and private consulting requests and a desire to better train our graduate students for careers as applied statisticians. In the successive 15 years, I became increasingly devoted to statistical consulting as a career and eventually left academia for a career in consulting. In 2009, I founded Kelly Statistical Consulting. My industrial consulting experience has revised my vision of what is important to teach in a consulting course. In this talk, I present the common elements to most statistical consulting courses and how my presentation of these elements has evolved over the last 15 years. I discuss the (sometimes hard) lessons learned, and what I believe to be the key elements of a successful course.

Xianwen Cao

Xianwen Cao brings her experience in drug discovery and development to Kelly Statistical Consulting. With master’s degrees in pharmacy and statistics, Xianwen is the perfect biostatistician, combining strong analytical tools with a deep understanding of the biology and chemistry of drug development.