Weekly Discussion Sections & Readings

Time and Location

Session Time Location Note
Section 1 TBD TBD  
Section 2 TBD TBD  
Section 3 TBD TBD  
Section 4 TBD TBD  

Format

The standard discussion section involves student presentations on 1 or 2 papers. Some discussion sections will involve hands-on skill-building demos taught by the teaching fellows, such as the use of R, High Performance Computing, and GitHub. The exact format will be determined based on the size of the class. However, we generally require the following:

For write-ups and presentation, think about the following:

Section Readings

Reading assignments for discussion sessions are listed below:


(Optional) Suggested Reading for Week 1


Session 1, 1/26 or 1/27

Topic

Reading Assignment


Session 2, 2/2 or 2/3

Topic

Reading Assignment


Session 3, 2/9 or 2/10

Topic

Reading Assignment


Session 4, 2/16 or 2/17

Topic

Debate II - Cancer incidence

Reading Assignment

The following two are short comments on the above paper. You should read these comments as well.


Session 5, 2/23 or 2/24

Topic

Reading Assignment


Session 6, 3/2 or 3/3

Topic

Reading Assignment


Session 7, 3/30 or 3/31

Topic

Additional Topics: Digital Phenotyping/Biosensors and Privacy

Reading Assignment


Session 8, 4/6 or 4/7

Topic

Reading Assignment


Session 9, 4/13 or 4/14

Topic

Reading Assignment


Session 10, 4/20 or 4/21

Topic

Reading Assignment

Session 11, 4/27 or 4/28

Topic

Reading Assignment