Funding Opportunities
Employment, PSMs, and Other Topics
Keith Crank, ASA Assistant Director for Research and Graduate Education
I
n preparation for a February tisements in Amstat News for
meeting at the Council of December and January shows
Graduate Schools, I have been similar changes, with the largest
looking at employment prospects percentage drop occurring in
for statisticians and biostatisti- business and industry positions.
cians. My primary sources of However, in my correspon-
information have been job post- dence with department chairs, I
ings on the ASA JobWeb, adver- have found that they do not seem
tisements in Amstat News, and to see a problem with placement
correspondence with a few people of their students this year. So,
in academia. While I do not while there may be fewer jobs
expect a major rise in unemploy- available, and graduating students
ment of statisticians, there are cer- may not have as many options, it
tainly fewer job announcements appears there will be enough jobs
than there were a year or two ago.
to keep them off the welfare rolls.
The ASA JobWeb shows whether they were something
a decrease of about 25%
PSMs: Yes or No?
more statistics departments
for the last three months of 2008, In December, I wrote about should create. The responses
compared to the same period Professional Science Master’s I received from that article
in 2007. A look at the adver- programs (PSMs) and asked generally said that PSMs should
University of Pennsylvania Annual Conference on Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials:
From Bench to Bedside to Community
April 29, 2009
Topic: TARGETED THERAPIES
The 2009 Conference will bring together leading scientists who will make presentations and lead open discussions on state-of-the-art and developing
methods. A range of topics linked closely to translational medicine will be examined. The Conference will conclude with a panel discussion to synthesize
and challenge earlier presentations, as well as to propose future directions. Participants from academic institutions, industry and governmental agencies with
expertise and commitment to participate in this Conference are encouraged. The Conference is funded by NIH/NCI (R13-CA132565) and co-sponsored by
The American Statistical Association and the Society for clinical trials.
Organizers: Jonas H Ellenberg & Susan S. Ellenberg: University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Topic
Stephen Friend (Merck/Rosetta) Grasping the complexity to see the simplicity
Rich Simon (NCI) Clinical trials for predictive medicine-New challenges and paradigms
Sue-Jane Wang (FDA) Regulatory perspectives on statistical design in pharmacogenomic clinical trials
Aiyi Lu (NICHD) Threshold sample enrichment approach-heterogeneous populations in clinical trial for preeclampsia
KyungMann Kim (U Wisconsin) A response adaptive design with pharmacogenomic biomarkers for targeted therapies
Andrew Zhou (U Washington) Evaluating Markers for Treatment Selection Based on Survival Time.
Emilia Bagiella (Columbia) Multiple interventions for multiple targets
Daniel J. Sargent (Mayo Clinic) Predictive biomarker validation in practice: Lessons from real trials
Stephen Ruberg (Eli Lilly) The mean doesn’t mean as much anymore
J Jack Lee (MD Anderson) Bayesian adaptive design for targeted therapy development – for cancer and “Other” areas
Jungman Joo (NHLBI) Genetic guided dosing of Warfarin for anticoagulation
Venue, Housing, Registration, Fee. The Conference will be held at the Biomedical Research Building Auditorium on the campus of the UPenn School of Medicine. The
Hilton Inn at Penn and Sheraton University City are located within easy walking distance. Many alternative hotels in center city Philadelphia are also a short distance from the
UPenn campus. Registration is limited to 200 participants. Deadline is April 15, 2009, or when conference sells out. Conference fee (includes breakfast, lunch, breaks): $170
Industry, $100 Academic & Government.
For Information visit the Conference website
http://www.cceb.med.upenn.edu/biostat/conferences/ClinTrials09/
or contact: Donna Zikowitz at
Zikowitz@mail.med.upenn.edu (215) 573-2728
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