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Lukas Burk
Education
M. Sc. in Medical Biometry / Biostatistics
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
2021
Thesis: A Comparison of Deep Learning Models for Energy Expenditure Prediction in Preschoolers
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
B. A. in Public Health
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
2018
Thesis: Detection of Concomitant Use of Medications in GePaRD
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
Work
PhD Student / Research Fellow
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS / Chair of Statistical Learning and Data Science, LMU Munich
Bremen and Munich, Germany
Since 2021
Internship: Biometry
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
Bremen, Germany
2019
- Creation of a handout on the topic of count data and modeling approaches
- Descriptive tables for validation purposes in the context of an ongoing study
Student assistant
Competence Center for Clinical Trials (KKSB)
Bremen, Germany
2019
- Support during the analysis of study data
- Descriptive tables
- Exploratory linear regression modeling
Internship: Biometry, Epidemiology
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
Bremen, Germany
2016 - 2017
- Creation of an R / Shiny application for interactive data validation
- Data management and descriptive statistics
Teaching
Tutor for quantitative methods
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
- Tutorials for first and second semester undergraduates in psychology
- Basics of descriptive and inferential statistics
- Application of these contents using R & RStudio
- Yearly course “Introduction to R”
2014 - 2018
Publications
Gridsampler: A Simulation Tool to Determine the Required Sample Size for Repertory Grid Studies
Implementation of the user interface in Shiny
Bremen, Germany
2016
Heckmann, M. and Burk, L., 2017. Gridsampler – A Simulation Tool to Determine the Required Sample Size for Repertory Grid Studies. Journal of Open Research Software, 5(1), p.2. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jors.150