SECTION NEWS
Biometrics
All Set for JSM 2009 Program
Edited by Page Moore, Biometrics section Publications Officer
T
he theme of this year’s Joint Organizer: Annie Qu of the
Statistical Meetings, August 1–6 University of Illinois at
in Washington, DC, is “Statistics: Urbana-Champaign
From Evidence to Policy.” The
Biometrics Section’s mixer and business Recent Developments in
meeting will be on Monday, August 3.
Dimension Reduction
Please join us for drinks, appetizers, and
Organizer: Wensheng Guo of the
mingling. This is a great networking
University of Pennsylvania It is also time to start thinking about
opportunity and an excellent way to
invited sessions for next year’s Joint
meet other Biometrics Section members.
Statistical Issues and Second Code Statistical Meetings, which will
In addition, the recipient of the 2009
of Life: Epigenomics
be held August 1–5 in Vancouver,
David P. Byar Young Investigator Award
Organizers: Rebecca Doerge
British Columbia. Anyone who is
will be presented. The mixer is open to
of Purdue University and
interested in organizing an invited
all JSM attendees. Come voice your
Jaya Satagopan of Memorial
session or who has ideas for one
opinions about what activities you
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
would like the section to undertake.
should contact the section’s 2010
The Biometrics Section is proud
program chair, Hormuzd Katki, at
Issues of High Dimensionality
to cosponsor the following four short
katkih@mail.nih.gov.
and Missing Data in Complex
courses during JSM:
A typical invited session consists
Epidemiological Studies
of three 30-minute talks followed
Organizer: Samiran Sinha of
August 1, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Texas A&M
by a 10-minute invited discussion
Missing Data in Longitudinal and 10 minutes of floor discussion.
Studies: Strategies for Bayesian
Statistical Challenges in Personalized
However, other formats are pos-
Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis
Medicine and Genetic Guided
sible. The 2009 program is a good
Michael Daniels and Joseph Hogan
Clinical Trials
source for examples.
Organizer: Colin Wu of the National
Remember, the most mature
August 1, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
ideas will have an advantage when
Longitudinal Data Analysis:
competing for the limited number
Semiparametric and Nonparametric
The Biometrics Section would like of slots, so it is best to have your
Approaches
to thank Jerry Heatley, the section’s
Annie Qu and Peter Song
ideas in final form by the middle of
JSM continuing education chair, and
June. The Biometrics Section will
August 3, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Wensheng Guo, the section’s JSM pro-
have at least four invited sessions,
Methodology for Competing
gram chair, for their work organizing the
but if we generate enough good
Outcomes: The Analysis of Multiple
courses and sessions. Check the online
ideas, we will be able to compete
Mutually Exclusive Endpoints in a
program at
www.amstat.org/meetings/
for additional slots.
Clinical Trial
jsm/2009/onlineprogram for updates on
Please also submit ideas for short
David Naftel
locations and times.
courses to our 2009–2010 continu-
ing education chair, Jerry Heatley, at
August 4, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
ENAR 2010
jerry.heatley@thoratec.com.
Absolute Risk Prediction
It is time to think about invited ses-
Mitchell Gail and Ruth Pfeiffer
sions for ENAR 2010, which will be
held March 21–24 in New Orleans,
discussion or four 30-minute talks. June
The section also is sponsoring an
Louisiana. Anyone who is interested in
11 is the deadline for proposals. It is
exciting program of invited sessions and
organizing an invited session or who
best if you have a well-defined topic and
talks spanning a range of topics in bio-
has ideas for one should contact the sec-
commitments from participants by June
statistics, including the following:
tion’s 2010 program chair, Liang Li, at
11. The more detailed the proposal, the
lil2@ccf.org.
better the chances are it will be selected,
Nonparametric Approaches for
A typical session consists of three
as this is a highly competitive process. n
High-Dimensional Data
30-minute talks followed by a 30-minute
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