Biostatistics

Statistical Seminar Series  

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2012 Past Seminars:

• Bayesian Nonparametric Variable Selection as an Exploratory Tool for Finding Genes that Matter, By: Wesley Johnson, PhD, Professor, University of California at Irvine, CA
• Therapeutic Plasmapheresis in Multiple Sclerosis & Neuro-Myelitis Optica, By: Bhupendra O. Khatri, MD, Director, The Regional MS Center, Center for Neurological Disorders
• Detecting Association of Both Rare and Common Variants by Testing an Optimally Weighted Combination of Variants, By: Xuexia Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, UWM

2011 Past Seminars:

• Studying Prehospital Trauma Triage, By: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD
• Clinical Outcomes Registry and Surgical Databases, By: Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD
• An Application of Bayesian Decision Theory to Clinical Trial Design in Oncology: The Randomized Discontinuation Design, By: Gary Rosner, Sc.D.
• Looking Back at My 10 Years in a Global Pharmaceutical Company-General Introduction of a Statistician's Role in a Pharmaceutical Company, By: JingTao Wu, PhD
• Constructing Molecular Regulatory Networks in Hypertension: Mission Impossible?, By: Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD
• Large Databases, By: Emily McGinley, MS, MPH & Prakash Laud, PhD
• Estimating an Ordinary Differential Equation Model with Partially Observed Data, By: Kwang Woo Ahn, PhD
• By: Syed Ahmed, MD, PhD
• A Model for Space-Time Cluster Detection Using Spatial Clusters with Flexible Temporal Risk Patterns, By: Ronald Gangnon, PhD
• Regression Models for Association in Clustered Survival Data Based on Pseudo-Observations, By: Changbin Guo, PhD Candidate
• By: Shary Mo, PhD Candidate
• Assessing Differential Fracture Risks of Adjuvant Treatments for Breast Cancer, By: Joan Neuner, MD

2010 Past Seminars:

• Case-Parent Triad Studies of Genetic Association and Gene-Gene Interaction in the Presence of Missing Data, By: Tracy Bergemann, PhD
• Endocrine Overview, By: Paul Knudson, MD
• A Mathematical Modeling Framework to Personalize Mammography Screening, By: Oguzhan Alagoz, PhD
• Bayesian Distributed Lag Models: Estimating the Effects of Particulate Matter Air Pollution on Daily Mortality, By: Leah J. Welty, PhD