James McVittie, University of Regina

Research

survival analysis incident cohort study prevalent cohort study combined cohort study measurement error right-censoring left-truncation length-bias

Latest funding

Development of survival analysis methodologies for combined cohort studies and failure time data measured with error
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$26,000
Development of survival analysis methodologies for combined cohort studies and failure time data measured with error
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

Development of survival analysis methodologies for combined cohort studies and failure time data measured with error

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McVittie, James

Keywords: survival analysis; incident cohort study; prevalent cohort study; combined cohort study; measurement error; right-censoring; left-truncation; length-bias; current lifetimes; residual lifetimes

$26,000

Development of survival analysis methodologies for combined cohort studies and failure time data measured with error

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: McVittie, James

Keywords: survival analysis; incident cohort study; prevalent cohort study; combined cohort study; measurement error; right-censoring; left-truncation; length-bias; current lifetimes; residual lifetimes

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: survival analysis Dear Professor McVittie, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on survival analysis connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Development of survival analysis methodologies for combined cohort studies and failure time data measured with error" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]