All about IBA MU – information brochure
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Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science of the Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (IBA MU) 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 MU activities are primarily focused on organizational and expert services for large scientific projects and clinical research projects.
Background information of screening programmes
IBA MU is a provider of information and technological solution for three cancer prevention programmes - breast, colorectal, and cervical screening. The solution includes anonymous data collection from all three programmes and their analytical processing, which allows for long-term monitoring of screening programmes quality and safety. Part of the background information are offical web portals of the programmes - Mamo.cz, Kolorektum.cz and Cervix.cz.
Study programme Computational Biology
IBA MU guarantees a study programme at the Faculty of Science entitled Computational Biology; the programme consists of 3-year B.Sc. and subsequent 2-year M.Sc. degree and allows students to join important research activities and projects in biology and medicine already during their study.
MEFANET - education network of medical faculties
IBA MU participates in the education network of medical faculties MEFANET - a project aimed to develop and to strengthen the cooperation among Czech and Slovak medical faculties, as regards the progress in education of medical and health care disciplines using modern ICT.
2nd European Colorectal Cancer Days – one step closer to a successful CRC prevention
Improving the uptake of colorectal cancer screening as well as the success rate of colorectal cancer treatment were among the main topics of the 2nd European Colorectal Cancer Days - a conference which was held in Brno, Czech Republic, from 26th to 27th April 2013.
Publication activities of IBA MU in 2012
Important outputs of IBA MU research involve publications, most notably original articles in international and national journals.
Portal for visualization of the Global Monitoring Plan is publicly available
Regional Centre of the Stockholm Convention in Brno - Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX) and Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, have successfully finalized the development of the complex software and visualisation tool for global levels of the Stockholm Convention contained persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere and human tissues (human milk and blood). Portal was launched on 22 February 2013.
Hynie prize for a team from CEITEC, IBA MU, and 1st FM CU
Professor Josef Hynie Prize for the best publication in the field of sexology in 2012 was awarded for the article "MDR1 in Paroxetine-Induced Sexual Dysfunction", which was published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
6th year of the MEFANET conference brought new ideas for the education of future health professionals
The 6th year of the MEFANET conference was held in Brno, Czech Republic, from Tuesday 27th to Wednesday 28th November 2012. This conference provides a regular opportunity for teachers and students from medical faculties from all over the Czech Republic and Slovakia to meet experts in health care informatics and providers of electronical support in the education. Apart from methodical and educational aspects of e-learning at medical faculties in general, this year's conference has again dealt with the impact of this phenomenon on a specific medical specialty: a thematically focused symposium addressed the fields of orthopaedics, rheumatology and physiotherapy.
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The IBA MU system of service quality and information security management complies with the requirements of the following standards:
- EN ISO 9001:2009 on Quality Management Systems
- ISO/IEC 27001:2006 on Information Security Management System
- ISO/IEC 20000-1:2006 on IT Service Management
Selected books and monographs
Gander, W., Hrebicek, J.: Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using Maple and MATLAB. Heidelberg: Springer, 2004. 476 p. |
Dušek, L. et al.. Czech Cancer Care in Numbers 2008–2009. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. 496 p. |
Important projects
Indicators of EMS efficiency according to NACE
Design of new indicators for efficiency monitoring of environmental management systems, as well as system reporting, assessing the relations among the environment, economy and society.
MEFANET
The MEFANET project (Medical Faculties NETwork) is aiming to develop and to strengthen the cooperation among Czech and Slovak medical faculties, as regards the progress in education of medical and health care disciplines using modern ICT.
Tatoo
TaToo, which stands for “Tagging Tool based on a Semantic Discovery Framework”, is an FP7 Project sharing the vision of a Single European Information Space for Environment (SISE). The project aims to set up a semantic web solution in order to close the discovery gap that prevents full and easy access to environmental resources on the web.
NOP On-line
Research project focused on the development of presentational and informational background for the network of Cancer Centres (CCs) in the Czech Republic.
HemoRec - System for collection of data on haemophiliac patients
focused on the collection and analysis of data on haemophiliac patients, including the health care quality assessment.
HemIS - Hemophilia: Information System
Clinical registry for the continuous and predictive assessment of treatment in haemophilia.
