As part of the ASA continuing education program, chapters may annually apply for a traveling course (workshop) to be held in their jurisdiction. After applying in 2017, the Hawai’i Chapter was awarded Meta-Analysis and Combining the Results of Multiple Studies in 2018. With cosponsorship from the University of Hawai‘i (UH) and across UH Mānoa, two workshops were held June 5–6 at the Imin Center on the UH Mānoa campus.
Brown University’s Christopher H. Schmid provided the instruction. Schmid is professor and chair of biostatistics and cofounder of the Brown University School of Public Health Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health. He directs the clinical study design, epidemiology, and biostatistics core of the Rhode Island Center to Advance Translational Science, as well as the Evidence Synthesis Academy—a federally funded educational program for mid-career professionals and users of health care evidence. He is founding editor of the journal Research Synthesis Methods, and his research focuses on methods and applications for meta-analysis—particularly Bayesian methods—and software and predictive models derived from combining data from different sources. Schmid has been focusing his recent efforts on meta-analysis of N-of-1 studies, coauthoring consensus CONSORT reporting guidelines for N-of-1 trials and single-case designs, PRISMA guideline extensions for meta-analysis of individual participant studies and for network meta-analyses, and an Institute of Medicine report that established national standards for systematic reviews.
For more information about the event, download the workshop flier.
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