Professor Silman is Director of the internationally renowned Arthritis Research Campaign's Epidemiology Research Unit and has considerable expertise in all aspects of epidemiological studies. He has achieved worldwide recognition in this field, has published over 300 papers and lectured widely. In addition he has taught on several courses on epidemiological methods and analysis both for those starting out research and those at a more advanced level. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Epidemiology and Health Sciences Research sub-panel for the United Kingdom's University research assessment exercise. DOB: 4.12.51.
Part I. Introduction: 1. Scope of epidemiological enquiry and overview of main problem areas
Part II. Measuring the Occurrence of Disease: 2. Which measure of disease occurrence?
3. Comparing rates: between and within populations
Part III. Studying Associations between Risk Factors and Disease: 4. Which type of study?
5. Which measure of association?
Part IV. Selection of Populations and Samples to Study: 6. Studies of disease occurrence I: identification of the population
7. Studies of disease occurrence II: assessing disease status in study populations
8. Studies of disease causation I: Selection of subjects for case-control studies
9. Studies of disease causation II: Selection of subjects for cohort (longitudinal) studies
Part V. Information from Epidemiological Studies: 10. Collecting information
11. Obtaining valid information
12. Repeatability
13. Maximising participation
14. Conducting a pilot study
Part VI. Analysis and Interpretation of Epidemiological Data: 15. Preparation of survey data for statistical analysis
16. Introductory data analysis I: descriptive epidemiology
17. Introductory data analysis II: analytical epidemiology
18. Confounding
19. Bias
Part VII. Other Practical Issues: 20. Ethical issues in epidemiology
21. The costs of epidemiological studies
Index.
