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IBC 2008 Agenda



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

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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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Comparing Multiple Treatment Effect on Remission in Schizophrenia: Marginal Structural Models might Overcome Confounding in Observational Studies
David Suarez, Fundació Parc Tauli, IU-UAB, Spain

Bias from Categorisation of Ccontinuous Exposures Measured with Error
Mark Gilthorpe, University of leeds, United Kingdom

Confidence Intervals for Current Status Data with Competing Risks
Marloes Maathuis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

A Bayesian latent Variable Model for the Consistency of Symptoms Reported during Hypoglycaemia
George Streftaris, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Clustering on Factor Analysis Dietary Patterns: the Risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Valeria Edefonti, University Of Milan, Italy

Hierarchical Likelihood for Longitudinal Count Data
Rosemeire Fiaccone, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

A Three State Markov Model Devised to Evaluate Progression of Northern Ireland Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Andrea Rainey, Queens University Belfast, Ireland

How good is the Semiparametric-efficient Estimator if the Model is nearly correct?
Thomas Lumley, University of Washington, United States

Comparing Ordinal Regression with Rasch Analysis in an Ophthalmic Context
Frances Denny, Queen's University Belfast, Ireland

Elaboration of a Standard Questionnaire for the Epidemiological Survey on Dental Trauma and Avulsion
Maria Lucia Marçal Mazza Sundefeld, University of São Paulo State, Brazil

Non-Compliance in Surgical Patients with Herniated Lumbar Discs: An Application of a Latent Class Model as Selection Model
Johnny Marzialetti, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy

Some Properties of Five Parameters Generalized Logistic Distribution and its Application to Quanta Response Data
AKINLOLU ADESEYE OLOSUNDE, UNIVERSITY, Nigeria

NPC Test: A New Statistical Software for Multivariate Permutation Tests
Livio Finos, Univ. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy

The T4 Cell Count as a Marker of HIV Progression in the Absence of Any Defence Mechanism
morire labeodan, university of pretoria, South Africa

A Stochastic Model of the Dynamics of HIV under a Combination Therapeutic Intervention
morire labeodan, university of pretoria, South Africa

Nonstationary Markov Transition Models for Computing the Probability of Dementia before Death
Richard Kryscio, University of Kentucky, United States

A Model for Psychiatric Questionnaires with Embarrassing Items
Mariana Curi, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Transition Probabilities and Tests to Compare Treatments with Longitudinal Binary Data
Dalton Andrade, UFSC, Brazil

The Analysis of Clustered Data - A Comparison between Hierarchical Models and the Generalized Estimating Equations Approach
Peter Martus, Charite, Germany

Prevalence and Persistence of Salmonella in Belgian Broiler Chicken Flocks: An Identification of Risk Ractors
Harriet Namata, Hasselt University, Belgium

A Comparison of Methods for Correlated Binary Data
Gerarda Darlington, University of Guelph, Canada

Flexible ROC Regression Analysis
María José Rodríguez-Álvarez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Moving Window Based Method for Population Survival Estimation
Tomas Pavlik, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

19:00
Conference Dinner

Disclaimer: This is an overview of the Programme structure. The Preliminary Programme will be published online in late March following the completion of the abstract review process.

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