IBA Introduction

IBA (Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses
at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science of the Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
is a research institute oriented to the solution of scientific projects and providing related services, especially in the field of biological and clinical data analysis, organization and management of clinical trials, software development and ICT applications. IBA activities are primarily focused on organizational and expert services for large scientific projects and clinical research projects.

Topics of Ph.D. theses

• Construction and Analysis of MetabolicPathways in Tumours - Combining Data From Genomic and Proteomic Experiments
• Mathematical analysis of the autonomic nervous system influence on cardiovascular activity
• Mathematical models of the dynamics of malignant diseases
• Statistical assessment of the progress and population impact of organized cancer screening programmes
• Stochastic modelling of epidemiological characteristics of malignant tumours as a background for the planning of health care costs in the Czech Republic

 

Events and seminars

• Database systems and management of clinical data collection
• Phylogenetic analysis in proteomics
• Methods in recording, assessment and processing of genomic signals II
• Modelling of cancer diseases dynamics I

 

Gander, W., Hřebíček, J.: Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using Maple and MATLAB. Heidelberg : Springer, 2004. 476 s.

Selected Projects

MEFANET
This network of all Czech and Slovak medical faculties was established with the aim to share their educational resources using a common platform for e-publishing.

HEMOREC
This international project, which covers the Central European region, is focused on the collection and analysis of data on haemophiliac patients, including the health care quality assessment.

CERVIX
The Cervical Cancer Screening Programme in the Czech Republic is focused on the early detection of cervical carcinoma.

KOLOREKTUM
The Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme in the Czech Republic is focused on the early detection of colorectal carcinoma.

TATOO
Project focused on a development of the Single European Information Space for Environment (SISE)

Indicators of EMS efficiency...
Design of new indicators for efficiency monitoring of environmental management systems, system reporting, assessing the relations among the environment...

The IBA MU system of service quality and information security management complies with the requirements of the following standards:

• ČSN EN ISO 9001:2009 on the products and services quality management,
• ČSN ISO/IEC 20000-1:2006 on the IT services management,
• ČSN ISO/IEC 27001:2006 on the information security management,

which has been certified by an independent organization CERTLINE.