Biostatistics

Statistical Seminar Series

2013 Seminar Series Schedule:

The 2013-2014 schedule will be released in August 2013.

Past Seminars:

• Assessment of Outcomes in Mental Health Research, By: Amita Manatunga, PhD, Professor, Emory University
• Clinical Oncology Research at MCW- A Medical Oncology Perspective, By: Dr. Stuart Wong, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Hematology & Oncology, MCW
• Challenges in Clinical Trials; Some Old and Some New, By: David L. DeMets, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Making an Early Exit: Monitoring for Futility in Clinical Trials, By: James J. Dignam, PhD, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago
• Anatomy of the Eye and Common Eye Diseases, By: C. Devika Subramaniam, MD, Chief Resident, Ophthalmology, MCW
• Model Based Methods in Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Instrumental Variables, By: Prakash Laud, PhD
• Auditory Research at MCW: Music, aging, ototoxicity and cardiovascular disease, By: David R. Friedland, MD, PhD and Christina L. Runge, PhD, CCC-A
• Semiparametric Spatial Models for Periodontal Disease Data With Non-Random Missingness, By: Dr. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, University of Minnesota
• Addressing Missing Data Mechanism Uncertainty Using Multiple-Model Multiple Imputation: Application to a Longitudinal Clinical Trial, By: Dr. Juned Siddique, Northwestern University
• Brain Changes on Reaching Tasks after Task-Specific Stroke Neurorehabilitation, By: Dr. Michelle J. Johnson, Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Fracture Risk Assessment of Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), By: Dr. Gerald Harris
• Biology and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma, By: Hari Parameswaran, MD, MRCP, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
• ERGONOMICS: Study Design for Subject Safety, By: David C. Clark, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Bayesian dose-finding in a bone marrow transplant trial for patients with severe aplastic anemia: the experience of Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network Protocol 0301 and future directions for trial design, By: Eric Leifer, PhD, Mathematical Statistician, Office of Biostatistics Research of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• 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