Biometrics Section News for June 2014
Edited by Feifei Wei, Biometrics Section Publications Officer
The Biometrics Section will sponsor the following six Continuing Education (CE) courses and five invited buy ativan lorazepam online sessions at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts:
CE Courses
Cure Models and Their Applications in Biomedical Research
Instructors: Jeremy Taylor and Yingwei Peng
Adaptive Methods in Modern Clinical Trials
Instructors: Guosheng Yin, Byron Jones, and Frank Bretz
Analysis of Genome-Wide Sequencing Association Studies
Instructors: Xihong Lin and Mike Wu
Quantile Regression
Instructors: Roger Koenker and Huixia Judy Wang
Missing Data Methods for Regression Modeling
Instructor: Joe Ibrahim
Applied Longitudinal Analysis
Instructors: Garrett Fitzmaurice and Nan Laird
Invited Sessions
Statistical Methods for Modern Complex-Structured Imaging Data, organized by Veera Baladandayuthapani
Recent Developments on the Analysis of Semi-Competing Risks Data, organized by Sebastien Haneuse
Recent Development in Variable Selection Methods, organized by Zhangsheng Yu
Emerging Statistical Methods for Complex Data, organized by Lan Xue
New Challenges in Survival Analysis, organized by Yichuan Zhao
Visit the online program for updates on locations and times.
Mixer and Business Meeting
The Biometrics Section mixer and business meeting will be held August 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The 2014 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award and section travel awards will be presented at the mixer, which is open to all JSM attendees.
ENAR 2015
It is time to think about invited sessions for ENAR 2015, which will be held March 15–18 in Miami, Florida. Anyone interested in organizing an invited session or who has ideas for one should contact the section’s 2015 representative, LiHong Qi, at lhqi@ucdavis.edu.
A typical session consists of three 30-minute talks followed by a discussion or four 25-minute talks. June 15 is the deadline for proposals, and it is best if you have a well-defined topic and commitments from participants by that time. The more detailed the proposal, the better the chances it will be selected.
JSM 2015
It’s also time to start thinking about invited sessions for next year’s Joint Statistical Meetings, which will be held August 8–13 in Seattle, Washington. Anyone interested in organizing an invited session or who has ideas for one should contact the section’s 2015 program chair, Rebecca Hubbard, at hubbard.r@ghc.org.
A typical invited session consists of three 30-minute talks followed by a 10-minute invited discussion and 10 minutes of floor discussion. However, other formats are possible. The 2014 program is a good source for examples.
The most mature ideas will have an advantage in competing for the limited number of slots, so it’s best to have ideas in final form by the middle of June. The Biometrics Section will have at least four invited sessions, but will be able to compete for additional slots.
Also, submit ideas for short courses to the section’s 2015–2016 Continuing Education chair, Andrea Troxel, at atroxel@mail.med.upenn.edu.