BEMC Talks are held on the first Wednesday of each month from 4-6pm in the Neurology Seminar Room (Bonhoefferweg 3, Charité Campus Mitte). BEMC Talks consist of a 60-75 minute lecture followed by an interactive discussion session with the speaker and other participants. Please register in advance to secure a seat — space is limited!
2019
- January – Winter Break. See you in February!
- February 6th
- Professor Lars Andersen, Aarhus, Denmark
- March 6th
- Dr. Maarten van Smeden, Leiden, Netherlands
- April 3rd
- Professor Pamela Rist, Boston
- May 7th – Partner Event: IPH Lecture
- Professor Frits Rosendaal, Leiden, Netherlands
2018
- January 10th
- “Prior Beliefs, Posterior Distributions and Frequencies – Basic Concepts of Bayesian and Frequentist Statistics”
- Inaugural lecture (Antrittsvorlesung) followed by social gathering
- Dr. Ulrike Grittner
- February 7th
- “Rasch models & analysis” + bonus hands-on workshop (following BEMC)
- Prof. Leslie Pendrill, Gothenburg
- “Rasch models & analysis” + bonus hands-on workshop (following BEMC)
- March 7th
- “Planning and evaluating studies with time-to-event endpoints in a competing risk framework”
- Prof. Geraldine Rauch, Berlin
- “Planning and evaluating studies with time-to-event endpoints in a competing risk framework”
- April 4th
- “Modeling of nutritional data”
- Dr. Sven Knüppel, Potsdam
- “Modeling of nutritional data”
- April 17th – IPH Lecture @ Charité Hörsaalruine
- “The Complexity of Clinical Trials in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: An Investigator’s Perspective”
- Prof. Julie Buring, Boston
- “The Complexity of Clinical Trials in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: An Investigator’s Perspective”
- May 2nd
- “Analyzing multimethod data with structural equation modeling”
- Prof. Michael Eid, Berlin
- “Analyzing multimethod data with structural equation modeling”
- June 6th
- “Post-marketing studies and drug safety”
- Dr. Christof Prugger, Berlin
- “Post-marketing studies and drug safety”
- July 4th
- “Applications of computer adaptive testing and item response theory in health outcomes assessment”
- Prof. Matthias Rose, Berlin
- “Applications of computer adaptive testing and item response theory in health outcomes assessment”
- August 20-24th – IPH Intensive Short Course
- “Advanced Epidemiologic Methods – causal research and prediction modeling”
- Instructors: Rolf Groenwold and Maarten van Smeden
- “Advanced Epidemiologic Methods – causal research and prediction modeling”
- September 5th
- “Covariate selection in observational studies with limited knowledge of the true causal structure”
- Dr. Sebastian Baumeister, Regensburg
- “Covariate selection in observational studies with limited knowledge of the true causal structure”
- October 10th (note, one week later due to holiday!)
- “Interactive DAGs: Exploring causality theory with Dagitty”
- Dr. Johannes Textor, Nijmegen
- “Interactive DAGs: Exploring causality theory with Dagitty”
- October 17th – Partner event: IPH Lecture @ Charité Crossover
- “Are we ready for a biomarker-only based diagnostic criterion for research in Alzheimer’s Disease?” (with methodological/causal framework focus)
- Prof. Maria Glymour, San Francisco
- “Are we ready for a biomarker-only based diagnostic criterion for research in Alzheimer’s Disease?” (with methodological/causal framework focus)
- November 7th
- “Multi state modelling in chronic diseases”
- Dr. Ralph Brinks, Düsseldorf
- “Multi state modelling in chronic diseases”
- December 5th
- “This talk has no title”
- Prof. James Robins, Boston
- Register here
- “This talk has no title”
The Details
Want to participate? Register for the event ahead of time- seating is limited!
What is the level? BEMC Talks are designed for an audience having at least some experience with epidemiological methods (intermediate to advanced level).
What is the language? English.
How about credits? BEMC does not offer CME credits. However, it is possible to collect ECTS within the “Promotionsumgebung” of the Charité. To earn 2.5 ECTS, students must attend at least 7 BEMC Talks in one year (be sure to sign in on our attendance sheet) and submit a 250 word summary of the key points from these BEMC Talks. Please use the form below to submit your summary. Collecting ECTS points for individual talks is unfortunately not possible.
BEMC Talk summary form (only for students who want to claim ECTS)
Once you have submitted summaries for 7 BEMC Talks and want to claim your 2.5 ECTS, simply email Bob Siegerink (bob.siegerink@charite.de). In this email, please outline which BEMC Talks you attended, and attach the Teilnahmebescheinigung form from the Promotionsumgebung with all information filled out (i.e. Veranstaltungsart: BEMC Talks, Titel der Veranstaltung: Title of all 7 talks you attended, number of teaching units: 20, Anbieter: BEMC/Bob Siegerink).
Archive: Past BEMC Talks
2018
- January 10th
- “Prior Beliefs, Posterior Distributions and Frequencies – Basic Concepts of Bayesian and Frequentist Statistics”
- Inaugural lecture (Antrittsvorlesung) followed by social gathering
- Dr. Ulrike Grittner
- February 7th
- “Rasch models & analysis” + bonus hands-on workshop (following BEMC)
- Prof. Leslie Pendrill, Gothenburg
- “Rasch models & analysis” + bonus hands-on workshop (following BEMC)
- March 7th
- “Planning and evaluating studies with time-to-event endpoints in a competing risk framework”
- Prof. Geraldine Rauch, Berlin
- “Planning and evaluating studies with time-to-event endpoints in a competing risk framework”
- April 4th
- “Modeling of nutritional data”
- Dr. Sven Knüppel, Potsdam
- “Modeling of nutritional data”
- May 2nd
- “Analyzing multimethod data with structural equation modeling”
- Prof. Michael Eid, Berlin
- “Analyzing multimethod data with structural equation modeling”
- June 6th
- “Post-marketing studies and drug safety”
- Dr. Christof Prugger, Berlin
- “Post-marketing studies and drug safety”
- July 4th
- “Applications of computer adaptive testing and item response theory in health outcomes assessment”
- Prof. Matthias Rose, Berlin
- “Applications of computer adaptive testing and item response theory in health outcomes assessment”
- August 20-24th – IPH Intensive Short Course
- “Advanced Epidemiologic Methods – causal research and prediction modeling”
- Instructors: Rolf Groenwold and Maarten van Smeden
- “Advanced Epidemiologic Methods – causal research and prediction modeling”
- September 5th
- “Covariate selection in observational studies with limited knowledge of the true causal structure”
- Dr. Sebastian Baumeister, Regensburg
- “Covariate selection in observational studies with limited knowledge of the true causal structure”
- October 10th
- “Interactive DAGs: Exploring causality theory with Dagitty”
- Dr. Johannes Textor, Nijmegen
- “Interactive DAGs: Exploring causality theory with Dagitty”
- October 17th – Partner event: IPH Lecture @ Charité Crossover
- “Are we ready for a biomarker-only based diagnostic criterion for research in Alzheimer’s Disease?” (with methodological/causal framework focus)
- Prof. Maria Glymour, San Francisco
- “Are we ready for a biomarker-only based diagnostic criterion for research in Alzheimer’s Disease?” (with methodological/causal framework focus)
- November 7th
- “Multi state modelling in chronic diseases”
- Dr. Ralph Brinks, Düsseldorf
- “Multi state modelling in chronic diseases”
- December 5th
- “This talk has no title”
- Prof. James Robins, Boston
- “This talk has no title”
2017
- January 26th
- “All you ever wanted to know about propensity scores (and more!)”
- Prof. Tobias Kurth, Berlin
- “All you ever wanted to know about propensity scores (and more!)”
- March 8th
- “The paradox of the obesity paradox”
- Dr. Bob Siegerink, Berlin/Leiden
- “The paradox of the obesity paradox”
- April 12th
- “Mixed models for epidemiologists”
- Dr. Ulrike Grittner, Berlin & Annette Aigner, Hamburg
- “Mixed models for epidemiologists”
- May 3rd
- “Measuring the prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and human trafficking: methods, analysis and ethics”
- Dr. Heidi Stöckl, London
- “Measuring the prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and human trafficking: methods, analysis and ethics”
- June 7th
- “Lessons from Nephrology: Challenges in primary data collection in large cohort studies”
- Prof. Dr. Elke Schäffner, Berlin
- “Lessons from Nephrology: Challenges in primary data collection in large cohort studies”
- September 6th
- “Unmeasured confounding in observational studies of medical interventions”
- Prof. Rolf Groenwold, Utrecht
- “Unmeasured confounding in observational studies of medical interventions”
- October 4th
- “Mendelian randomization: vitamin D and kidney function”
- Dr. Alexander Teumer, Greifswald
- “Mendelian randomization: vitamin D and kidney function”
- November 1st
- “Methodological challenges and opportunities in observational research: perspectives from rheumatology”
- Prof. Angela Zink, Berlin
- “Methodological challenges and opportunities in observational research: perspectives from rheumatology”
- December 6th
- “Machine Learning in Epidemiology”
- Dr. André Karch, Braunschweig
- “Machine Learning in Epidemiology”
2016
- November 16th
- “Perspective of relative versus absolute effect measures”
- Charlie Poole and Donna Spiegelman via SERdigital
- “Perspective of relative versus absolute effect measures”
