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IBC 2008 Agenda


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Updated: 2008-07-02 14:55:26.34

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Sunday, 13 July 2008

09:00
09:00
Workshop 1a: Short Course: Generalised Linear Latent and Mixed Models
Classrom F102
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09:00
Workshop 1b: Short Course: Robust Regression Methods in Biostatistcs
Classrom F103A
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09:00
Workshop 1c: Short Course: Hierarchical Generalised Linear Models
Theatre O
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09:00
Workshop 1d: Short Course: Effective and Efficient Presentation in R
Theatre Q
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17:00
Welcome Reception
O'Reilly Conservatory

Monday, 14 July 2008

08:45
08:45
Opening Plenary 2a: Opening Session
O'Reilly Hall
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Chair: Thomas Louis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH, United States
10:15
Coffee Break
10:45
10:45
Session 3a: Invited Session: Using maps to depict relationships between variables
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Chair: Linda Young, University of Florida, United States
10:45
Session 3b: Invited Session: Statistical methods in mental health research
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Chair: Ralitza Gueorguieva, Yale University, United States
10:45
Session 3c: Analysis of Genetic Data I
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Chair: Gerrit Gort, Wageningen University, Netherlands
10:45
Session 3d: Bayesian methods in Medical Research I
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Chair: Tim Friede, The University of Warwick, United Kingdom
10:45
Session 3e: Experimental Design
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Chair: Chris Brien, University of South Australia, Australia
10:45
Session 3f: Ecological Data Analysis
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Chair: David Elston, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, United Kingdom
12:30
Lunch
UCD Restaurant
14:00
14:00
Session 4a: Invited Session: Modern challenges in hierarchical Bayesian modelling
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Chair: Jean-Jacques Daudin, AgroParisTech, France
14:00
Session 4b: Biometry
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Chair: Sue Welham, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
14:00
Session 4c: Epidemiological Methods I
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Chair: Norman Breslow, University of Washington, United States
14:00
Session 4d: Models in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
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Chair: Joe Perry, Retired, United Kingdom
14:00
Session 4e: Correlated Data in Medical Research
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Chair: Michael Schemper, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
14:00
Session 4f: Missing Data I
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Chair: Mike Kenward, LSHTM, United Kingdom
14:00
Session 4g: Poster Session I: Cancer Research and Pharmaceutical Applications
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15:45
Coffee Break
16:15
16:15
Session 5a: Invited Session: Mixed modelling for series of experiments in plant breeding
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Chair: Hans-Peter Piepho, Universtaet Hohenheim, Germany
16:15
Session 5b: Special Session: UK National Centre for Statistical Ecology
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Chair: Stephen Buckland, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
16:15
Session 5c: Regression Methods in Medical Research
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Chair: Scarlett Bellamy, University of Pennsylvania, United States
16:15
Session 5d: Genomics, Proteomics, ...
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Chair: Andreas Ziegler, Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
16:15
Session 5e: Functional Data Analysis and Time Series
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Chair: Robert M West, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
16:15
Session 5f: Causal Inference in Clinical Trials
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Chair: Els Goetghebeur, Ghent University, Belgium
16:15
Session 5g: Poster Session 2: Epidemiological Methods
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18:15
Exploring Roads to Successful Publishing: A Face-to-Face Conversation with the Editors
Theatre M

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

08:30
08:30
Session 6a: Invited Session: Critical evaluation of statistical methods proposed for microarray analysis
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Chair: Byung-Soo Kim, Yonsei University, Korea, Republic Of
08:30
Session 6b: Invited Session: Meta-analysis of time-to-event outcomes
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Chair: Fotios Siannis, University of Athens, Greece
08:30
Session 6c: Analysis of Correlated Data
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Chair: Clarice Demétrio, ESALQ/USP, Brazil
08:30
Session 6d: Capture/Recapture Methodology
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Chair: Rachel Fewster, University of Auckland, New Zealand
08:30
Session 6e: Genetics
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Chair: Marco Bink, Plant Research International b.v., Netherlands
08:30
Session 6f: Modelling Infectious Diseases
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Chair: Rob Deardon, University of Guelph, Canada
08:30
Session 6g: Poster Session 3: Clinical Trials, Health Services Research, Health Economics & Infectious Diseases
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10:15
Coffee Break
10:45
10:45
Session 7a: Invited Session: Causal inference through marginal structural models and dynamical models
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Chair: Daniel Commenges, INSERM, France
10:45
Session 7b: Statistics in Medical Research I
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Chair: Jane Hutton, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
10:45
Session 7c: Microarray I
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Chair: David Baird, VSN (NZ) Limited, New Zealand
10:45
Session 7d: Epidemiological Methods II
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Chair: Mariza de Andrade, Mayo Clinic, United States
10:45
Session 7e: Applied statistics
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Chair: Alistair Murray, Central Science Laboratory, United Kingdom
10:45
Session 7f: Models in Medical Research
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Chair: Alan Kimber, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
10:45
Session 7g: Poster Session 4: Spatial Analysis, Time Series & Capture/Recapture
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12:30
Lunch
UCD Restaurant
14:00
14:00
Session 8a: Invited Session: Recent developments in longitudinal data analysis
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Chair: Naisyin Wang, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA, United States
14:00
Session 8b: Invited Session: Estimation in complex dynamic biological systems with a non-linear mixed effect models
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Chair: France Mentre, Unviersity Paris Diderot, France
14:00
Session 8c: Inference in Clinical Trials
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Chair: Christine E. McLaren, University of California, Irvine, United States
14:00
Session 8d: Bayesian Methods in Practice
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Chair: Ruth King, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
14:00
Session 8e: Measurement Error
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Chair: Martin Ridout, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Correction for Measurement Error of Dichotomized Mismeasured Continuous Predictors
Loki Natarajan, University of California San Diego, United States
Estimating and Testing Interactions in Linear Regression Models when Explanatory Variables are subject to Non-classical Measurement Error
Havi Murad, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel
Efficiency of Two-phase Designs to Correct for Measurement Error in Regression
Roseanne McNamee, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Reliability of a Longitudinal Sequence of Scale Ratings
Annouschka Laenen, Hasselt University, Belgium
Modeling Agricultural Production Systems Using Measurement Error Variable Approach
Makhala Khoeli, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Multiple Imputation for Covariate Measurement Error
Jonathan Bartlett, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
14:00
Session 8f: Genetics and bioinformatics
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Chair: Alex Sánchez, University of Barcelona, Spain
14:00
Session 8g: Poster Session 5: Ecological & Environmental Research including Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
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15:45
Coffee Break
16:15
16:15
Session 9a: Invited Session: Statistical methods for genome wide association studies
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Chair: David Balding, Imperial College School of Medicine, United Kingdom
16:15
Session 9b: Special Session: Showcase of Best Papers published in Biometrics
Theatre L
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Chair: Marie Davidian, North Carolina State University, United States
16:15
Session 9c: Analysis of Survival Data
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Chair: Hein Putter, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
16:15
Session 9d: Causal Inference in Medical Research
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Chair: Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University, Belgium
16:15
Session 9e: Sampling and Experimentation in Ecology
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Chair: John Connolly, UCD, Ireland
16:15
Session 9f: Infectious Diseases
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Chair: Peter Imrey, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, United States
16:15
Session 9g: Poster Session 6: Agriculture
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18:15
IBS Awards Ceremony and Fisher Memorial Lecture
Lecture Theatre L

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

08:45
08:45
Session 10a: Invited Session: Modelling infectious diseases: contact patterns, genetic information, design, prediction and control
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Chair: Tom Britton, Stockholm University, Sweden
08:45
Session 10b: Invited Session:Statistical analysis of proteomic data
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Chair: Jenny Barrett, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
08:45
Session 10c: Special Session: Gosset centenary
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Chair: John Hinde, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
08:45
Session 10d: Analysis of Genetic Association Studies
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Chair: David Clayton, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
08:45
Session 10e: Statistics in Medical Research II
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Chair: Susan Ellenberg, University of Pennsylvania, United States
08:45
Session 10f: Models in Biomedical Research
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Chair: Chris Wild, University of Auckland, New Zealand
10:45
Coffee Break
11:15
Depart for mid-conference tours

Thursday, 17 July 2008

08:30
08:30
Session 11a: Invited Session: Experimental Design for Microarrays
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Chair: Linda Haines, University of Cape Town, South Africa
08:30
Session 11b: Invited Session: Recent developments in joint analysis of survival longitudinal data
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Chair: Eva Petkova, New York University, United States
08:30
Session 11c: Spatial Modelling
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Chair: Avner Bar-Hen, Université Paris Descartes, France
08:30
Session 11d: Biometrical Methods
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Chair: Graham Hepworth, The University of Melbourne, Australia
08:30
Session 11e: Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials
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Chair: Laurence Freedman, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel
08:30
Session 11f: Correlated Data in Epidemiology
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Chair: Thomas Lumley, University of Washington, United States
08:30
Session 11g: Poster Session 7: Biometry
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10:15
Coffee Break
10:45
10:45
Session 12a: Invited Session: Statistical analysis of networks
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Chair: Chris Glasbey, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, United Kingdom
10:45
Session 12b: Special Session: A Editor's Choice of Recent Papers in Pharmaceutical Statistics
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Chair: Michael O'Kelly, Quintiles, Ireland
10:45
Session 12c: Epidemiological Methods III
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Chair: Michel Chavance, INSERM U780, France
10:45
Session 12d: Mixed and Random Effect Models I
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Chair: Maria Durban, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
10:45
Session 12e: Agricultural Applications
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Chair: Jeff Wood, The Australian National University, Australia
10:45
Session 12f: Model Uncertainty and Diagnostics
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Chair: Peter Macdonald, McMaster University, Canada
10:45
Session 12g: Poster Session 8: Bayesian Methods
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12:30
Lunch
14:00
14:00
Session 13a: Invited Session: Frailty models for correlated family data
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Chair: Juni Palmgren, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
14:00
Session 13b: Special Session: Showcase of papers published in JABES
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Chair: Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University, Canada
14:00
Session 13c: Bioinformatics
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Chair: Claus Mayer, Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland, United Kingdom
14:00
Session 13d: Clustering and Classification
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Chair: Rodger White, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
14:00
Session 13e: Survival Analysis I
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Chair: Gilbert Mackenzie , University of Limerick , Ireland
14:00
Session 13f: Statistics in Epidemiological Research
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Chair: John Neuhaus, University of California, San Francisco, United States
14:00
Session 13g: Poster Session 9: Regression Methods
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15:45
Coffee Break
16:15
16:15
Session 14a: Invited Session: Advances in dynamic regimes and sequential treatments
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Chair: Erica Moodie, McGill University, Canada
16:15
Session 14b: Microarray II
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Chair: Terry Therneau, Mayo Clinic, United States
16:15
Session 14c: Bayesian Methods
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Chair: Bas Engel, Wageningen University Research, Netherlands
16:15
Session 14d: Models and Methods for Ecological Research
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Chair: Kevin Dawson, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
16:15
Session 14e: Analysis of Genetic Data II
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Chair: Nuala Sheehan, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
16:15
Session 14f: Computational Methods
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Chair: Roger Payne, VSN International, United Kingdom
16:15
Session 14g: Poster Session 10: Epidemiological Research
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19:00
Conference Dinner

Friday, 18 July 2008

08:30
08:30
Session 15a: Invited Session: New developments in statistical ecology
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Chair: Byron Morgan, University of Kent, United Kingdom
08:30
Session 15b: Invited Session: Predictive model assessment and comparison
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Chair: Leonhard Held, University of Zurich, Switzerland
08:30
Session 15c: Experimental Design in Clinical Trials
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Chair: Peter Colman, Pfizer Global Research and Development, United Kingdom
08:30
Session 15d: Missing Data II
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Chair: Geert Molenberghs, Hasselt University, Belgium
08:30
Session 15e: Mixed and Random Effect Models II
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Chair: Fred van Eeuwijk, Wageningen University, Netherlands
08:30
Session 15f: Statistics in Medical Research III
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Chair: Dankmar Boehning, University of Reading, United Kingdom
08:30
Session 15g: Poster Session 11: Bioinformatics, 'Omics & Microarray Data
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10:15
Coffee Break
10:45
10:45
Session 16a: Invited Session: Two-phase study protocols in epidemiology
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Chair: Pascal Wild, INRS, France
10:45
Session 16b: Special Session: Showcase for Biometry in South America, hosts for IBC 2010
Theatre L
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Chair: Paulo Ribeiro, UFPR, Brazil
10:45
Session 16c: Markov and Semi-Markov Models
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Chair: Geert Verbeke, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
10:45
Session 16d: Non- and Semi-Parametric Methods in Clinical Trials
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Chair: Peter Lane, GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
10:45
Session 16e: Time Series Analysis
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Chair: Robert Faivre, INRA, France
10:45
Session 16f: Poster Session 12: Genetics
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12:30
12:30
Closing Plenary 17a: Closing Session
Lecture Theatre L
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Chair: Andrew Mead, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
13:30
Lunch and Depart

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