Biopharmaceutical
Graybill Conference To Provide Opportunity
T
he Graybill Conference, to take
place June 12–13 at the Hilton in
Fort Collins, Colorado, will provide
Invited
an opportunity for graduate students pre-
paring to enter the field and statisticians
Speakers
from pharmaceutical companies, industry,
academia, and government to meet and
share the current state of statistical methods
Richard Burdick, Amgen
needed in the biopharmaceutical industry. A
Dean Follmann, National Institute
full-day short course, titled “Hot Topics in of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Clinical Trials,” and a half-day short course,
Fort Collins, Colorado: Aerial view
Joseph Heyse, Merck
titled “Graphics for Biopharmaceutical
Statistics,” will be offered on June 11, the
Jason Hsu, Ohio State
day preceding the conference. The confer-
Dallas Johnson, K-State
ence will consist of four keynote talks given
by Christy Chuang-Stein, Bob O’Neill, L. J.
Karen Kafadar, CU-Denver
Wei, and Janet Wittes, as well as several Craig Mallincrodt, Eli Lilly
invited talks on topics relevant to the phar-
George Milliken, K-State
maceutical industry. There is a $10 discount
on the registration fee for Biopharmaceutical
Geert Molenberghs, Hasselt
Section members.
University
The inaugural Graybill Conference was
Karl Peace, Georgia Southern
held in June 2001 about linear, nonlinear,
University
and generalized linear models. Since 2003,
Fort Collins, Colorado: Historic Avery Building in
the conference has been an annual event
John Peterson, GlaxoSmithKline
Old Town Square
that has featured the following topics:
Katy Simonsen, Bristol-Myers
Microarrays and bioinformatics
Squibb
Spatial statistics
Carrie Wager, Lansky Consulting
Statistics and information theory
Sue-Jane Wang, FDA
Multiscale methods in statistics
Marvin Zelen, Harvard
Applied probability and time series
This year, the theme of the Graybill Committee
Conference is “Biopharmaceutical Statistics.”
Although there will only be invited
Members
speakers, there is still room for contributed
poster sessions. If you are interested in pre-
Fort Collins, Colorado: Old Town, Linden Street
Hari Iyer, Colorado State University
senting a poster, contact Jim Whitmore at
(cochair)
Jim.Whitmore@gilead.com.
Conference registration includes coffee Topics in Clinical Trials,” $75 for the
Naitee Ting, Pfizer (cochair)
breaks, lunches, and a banquet. Students short course “Graphics,” and $210 for the
Fred Balch, Bristol-Myers Squibb
and biopharmaceutical section members actual conference.
are eligible for a discounted rate, but late For details, visit www.stat.colostate.
Scott Evans, Harvard
fees will apply if registering on or after June edu/graybillconference or contact Naitee Brian Wiens, Gilead
1, 2008. Members are encouraged to reg- Ting, Pfizer Inc., Global Research &
Jim Whitmore, Gilead
ister for the conference online at www.stat. Development, MS6025-B3141, 50 Pequot
colostate.edu/graybillconference. Registration Ave., New London, CT 06320; (860) 732-
Jim zumBrunnen, Colorado State
fees are $125 for the short course “Hot 4871;
naitee.ting@pfizer.com. ■
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