Health Policy Statistics
JSM Sessions Span Range of Interests
Anirban Basu, HPSS Program Chair, and Mary Beth Landrum, HPSS Program Chair-elect
HPSS Speaker with Lunch
Thursday, August 7, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. Statistical Methods
and applications of Social network analysis, organized by
Weight and Mortality: estimates for
A. James O’Malley, Harvard Medical School
the U.S. Population
Topic-Contributed Sessions
Katherine M. Flegal Sunday, August 3, 4:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. Statistical Methods in
Wednesday, August 6, 12:30 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
Public Health: applications, Research, and education, orga-
nized by Karen Kafadar, University of Colorado at Denver and
Health Sciences Center
Estimates of the population burden of all-cause and
cause-specific mortality associated with different levels
Monday, August 4, 2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. Section on Health Policy
of body weight have been derived by combining data
Statistics Student Paper award Winners, organized by Mary
from three sources: the relative risks of mortality associ-
Beth Landrum, Harvard Medical School
ated with different weight levels based on follow up Tuesday, August 5, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. Statistical Innovations
of three waves of nationally representative survey data
in Health Services Research, organized by Joseph C. Gardiner,
collected from 1976–1980, the more current distribu-
Michigan State University
tion of body weight and other covariates derived from
Wednesday, August 6, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. novel analyses of
more recent national survey data, and national vital sta-
Large, nonrandomized datasets to Improve Policymaking in
tistics data on numbers and causes of death in the U.S.
Health and Medicine, organized by Marc N. Elliott,
population. The methodology and results from these RAND Corporation
investigations will be described, as well as issues that
have arisen while attempting to communicate the find-
Thursday, August 7, 8:30 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Panel on Statisticians:
Speaking Out and Reaching Out on Global Health, organized
ings to technical and nontechnical audiences.
by Roger W. Hoerl, GE Global Research
Contributed Sessions
T
he Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical
Association promotes the development of appropriate quan-
Sunday, August 3, 2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. applications in Health
titative statistical methods for improving the quality and
Promotion, chaired by Bob Gerzoff, U.S. Centers for Disease
reducing the cost of health care through collaborative efforts among
Control and Prevention
statisticians, economists, sociologists, clinicians, and other medical
Monday, August 4, 8:30 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Model Selection,
researchers. Founded in 1994, members of HPSS also cooperate
Matching, and Meta-analysis, chaired by Annie Lin, Duke
with government agencies to develop ways to analyze their data,
University School of Medicine
offering assistance to legislators and their staffs with their decision-
making processes.
Tuesday, August 5, 8:30 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Issues in Substance abuse
This year, we have put together a wonderful array of talks on
and Mental Health Research, chaired by Eloise Kaizar, The Ohio
a variety of topics. Of special note are the mixer—taking place
State University
Monday from 5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. at Rock Bottom Brewery—the
student paper award winner session on Monday, and the speaker
Roundtables
with lunch on Wednesday.
The section is also a cosponsor for the Continuing Education
Multiplicity Issues Related to Composite endpoint of a
course “Analysis of Censored Health Outcomes Data: Developments
PRO Instrument, Mahboob Sobhan, U.S. Food and Drug
for the Last 10 Years.”
Administration
Invited Sessions
Is there a Future for Surrogate Marker evaluation in
Randomized Clinical Studies?, Geert Molenberghs,
Monday, August 4, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. Bayesian Methods for
Hasselt University
diagnostic test Meta-analysis, organized by Anirban Basu,
University of Chicago Prescription drugs: Unsung Heroes of disability, Michele J.
Tuesday, August 5, 2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. analysis of Medical
Connolly, Sweetgrass Consulting LLC
Cost data: Collaboration Between Health economists and
Multiple Imputation Software for Modeling and analysis:
Statisticians, organized by Lei Liu, University of Virginia
Reconciling the Ideal and Practical, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar,
Wednesday, August 6, 8:30 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Innovative Methods
RAND Corporation
for Imputation, organized by David R. Judkins, Westat
For session details and updated information, visit the JSM online
program at
www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2008/onlineprogram. n
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