COMMITTEE CORNER
Committee on Applied Statisticians
Dream Mile-High in Denver
Show Your Support for Applied Statistics
Mani Lakshminarayanan, Committee on Applied Statisticians Chair
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f you are planning to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings in Exploring the Individual, by Matthew Austin of Amgen Inc.
Denver this August, members of the Committee on Applied
Analysis and Summarization of Longitudinal Clinical
Statisticians would like you to participate in their three spon-
Lab Data Toward Detection of Hepatoxicity, by Jonathan
sored topic-contributed sessions. They also encourage you to share
Schildcrout of Vanderbilt University
your thoughts about applied statistics at their annual business meet-
ing, scheduled for Monday from 7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. at the Hyatt,
Detecting Potential Safety Issues in Clinical Trials by
Capitol Ballroom 2.
Bayesian Screening, by A. Lawrence Gould, Merck Research
Recent Developments in Method and Application in
Laboratories
High-Dimensional ‘Omics’ Data, Sunday, August 3, Discussant: Marie-Pierre Malice of Merck & Co.
4:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m.
Meet the Members
Shrinkage Approach to Gene-Set Analysis: SAGA, by Daniel While you are at JSM and attending sessions, you may meet
C. Parks, Xiwu Lin, and Kwan Lee, all of GlaxoSmithKline committee members. With support from ASA President Tony
Estimation Equation–Based Causality Analysis with
Lachenbruch and President-elect Sally Morton, the committee
Application to Microarray Time Series Data, by Jianhua Hu
recently added four members: Marlene Egger of the University of
of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and
Utah, Amarjot Kaur of Merck & Co., Andrea Piccinin of Oregon
Feifang Hu of the University of Virginia
State University, and Ying So of SAS Institute. n
Non-Negative Matrix Factorization of Microarray Data, by
Katja S. Remlinger of GlaxoSmithKline, S. Stanley Young of
Survey Review Committee
the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Paul Fogel (con-
sultant), and Kejun (Jack) Liu of OmicSoft
Need Help with a Survey?
Analysis of Multiple Cancer GEO Microarray Data Sets, by
George Luta of Georgetown University, Paul Fogel (consul-
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tant), Kejun (Jack) Liu of OmicSoft, and S. Stanley Young of
the National Institute of Statistical Sciences
The ASA Survey Review Committee (SRC) reviews and
Segmentation of Treatment Effect via Analyzing Genetic
approves surveys of the ASA membership and surveys spon-
Marker Profiles, by Peter Hu of Merck & Co.
sored by ASA sections and committees. The SRC is charged
with maintaining methodological standards, minimizing
Statisticians Impacting Policy and Practice in the Real World:
respondent burden, and ensuring proposed surveys achieve
Case Studies from Medicine, Fisheries, and Banking, Monday, their intended goals.
August 4, 8:30 a.m.–10:20 a.m. To assist ASA sections and committees planning surveys,
Stochastic Modeling of Oyster Demographics in Support
the SRC will hold an open meeting during the 2008 Joint
of an Ecological Risk Assessment To Address Management
Statistical Meetings on Monday, August 4, from 7:00 a.m. to
8:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Denver, Agate C. Members
of the Chesapeake Bay Fishery, by Mary C. Christman and
and representatives of ASA sections and committees currently
Thomas Bohrmann, both of the University of Florida
developing a survey or considering one in the near future are
Statisticians Influencing Policy and Practice in Banking, by encouraged to attend. During the meeting, SRC members
Leonard D. Roseman of Capital One Services, Inc. will be available to discuss all aspects of the survey process,
Bedside Analysis of Cerebral Autoregulation in Very Low-
including sample election methods, questionnaire design, sur-
Birth-Weight Infants, by D. Keith Williams of the University
vey implementation plans, and data processing and analysis.
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Representatives should bring any helpful information, such as
a current draft or a past survey, and an implementation and
Discussant: Gary Cutter of the University of Alabama at
sample selection plan.
Birmingham
SRC members review all aspects of the survey, from pro-
Presentation and Interpretation of Safety Data in Clinical
cess to analysis. If you know of any ASA sections, chapters,
Trials, Tuesday, August 5, 2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m.
or committees currently developing a survey or considering
one, contact SRC Chair Virginia M. Lesser at lesser@science.
Interactive and Exploratory Safety Data Analysis and Review,
oregonstate.edu.
by Michael O’Connell of Insightful Corporation
JULY 2008 AMSTAT NEWS 39
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