CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Emphasis will be on expository lectures
that survey the “state of the art” in a
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or more information about these events, visit www.amstat.org/dateline.
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particular sub-area with the specific
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goal of communicating and promoting
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interaction with scientists, social scientists,
and engineers who wish to make use of
* Indicates events sponsored by the American Statistical Association or one of its
methods and concepts from probability
sections, chapters, or committees
and statistics. For more information,
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visit cam.nd.edu/upcoming-conferences/
Indicates events posted since the previous issue
spring2008 or contact Lisa Tranberg, 255
Hurley Building, University of Notre
Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556; (574)
2008
in Bayesian applications, and guidelines 631-4178; Tranberg.1@nd.edu.
for publishing Bayesian analyses. For
more information, visit www.mdanderson.
January org/departments/biostats or contact Lydia
March
Davis, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 447,
*17–18—International Conference on
Houston, TX 77030; (713) 794-4142;
3–5—CMOR Respondent Cooperation
Health Policy Statistics, Philadelphia,
lbdavis@mdanderson.org.
Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada
Pennsylvania
CMOR’s 7th Annual “Real Solutions” to
The 7th International Conference
Respondent Cooperation Workshop will
on Health Policy Statistics (formerly
February
provide research, findings, and advances in
International Conference on Health Policy
improving research respondent cooperation
Research) will focus on striving for con-
28–3/2—Emerging Directions in and nonresponse to tackle issues of nonre-
sensus on methods. Mark Pauly of the
Probability and Statistics, sponse bias and survey nonresponse. For
Wharton School will be the keynote speak-
Notre Dame, Indiana more information, visit www.cmor.org or
er. The 2008 ICHPR will include work-
This workshop will bring together contact Patrick Glaser, 110 National Drive,
shops on statistical methods and health pol-
researchers working on the frontiers of 2nd Floor, Glastonbury, CT 06033; (212)
icy issues, as well as invited presentations,
probability and mathematical statistics. 480-2464; pglaser@cmor.org.
contributed papers, and posters. For more
information, visit www.amstat.org/meetings/
ichps/2008 or contact Christopher Schmid,
Box #63, 750 Washington Street, Boston,
MA 02111; cschmid@tufts-nemc.org.
30–2/1—Bayesian Biostatistics,
Houston, Texas
Current and prospective users of Bayesian
biostatistics are invited to join experts in
the field for this three-day conference.
Attendees will have the opportunity
to attend two courses on the first day:
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics and
Applications of Bayesian Methods to
Drug and Medical Device Development.
On the following two days, invited and
contributed talks will cover a range of
topics, including comprehensive decision
modeling (incorporating utilities), prior
distributions in clinical studies and drug
development, what Bayesian methods
can provide that traditional methods
cannot, Bayesian methods in medical
journals, Bayesian methods in epidemi-
ology, Bayesian methods and medical
ethics, how to build a cadre of Bayesian
experts, why Bayesian methods are not
more widely used, how to ensure quality
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