Invited Sessions

The IBC will offer two sets of invited sessions throughout the conference. Invited sessions presented by IBS and the Western North American Region (WNAR), will run concurrently each day.

Monday, July 11, 2016

Some Recent Developments in Incomplete Data Analysis in Biometrical Studies
IBS

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): Michael McIsaac, James Hanley, Andrea Rotnitzky, Mei-Cheng Wang

Modelling Count Data in the Era of Next Generation Sequencing Data
IBS

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): Hongzhe Li, Stephane Robin, Mark Robinson, Roula Tsonaka

Statistical methods for neuroimaging data
WNAR

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): Russell Shinohara, Todd Ogden, Ana-Maria Staicu, Timothy Johnson

Combination, Enrichment and Added-value of Omics Data in Modern Clinical Prediction Problems
IBS

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Presenter(s): Mar Rodríguez Girondo, Ruth Pfeiffer, Willi Sauerbrei, Harald Binder

New Advances in Underdispersed Count Data Analysis
IBS

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Presenter(s): Célestin Kokonendji, Clarice Demétrio, John Hinde, Pedro Puig, Kimberly Sellers

Statistical inference in complex sampling designs
WNAR

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Presenter(s): Tracey Marsh, Peter Gilbert, Thomas Lumley, Edward Kennedy

Statistical analysis of wearable sensor data
WNAR

Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Presenter(s): Julian Wolfson, Vadim Zipunnikov, Tiago Barreira, Jeff Goldsmith

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Statistical Assessment of the Replicability of Scientific Results
IBS

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter(s): Marina Bogomolov, Qunhua Li, Daniel Yekutieli, Yoav Benjamini

Missing data in regression: beyond existing modeling assumptions
WNAR

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter(s): Peisong Han, Emily Berg, Gary Chan, Peng Ding

Recent Developments in Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling and Data Analysis
IBS

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): Hulin Wu, Martin Lysy, Jose Pinheiro, Sophie Donnet

Advances in methodology for causal inference
WNAR

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): David Benkeser, Alexander Luedtke, Forrest Crawford, James Robins

Two-part Models for the Analysis of Correlated Count and Semi-continuous Data with Excess Zeros
IBS

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Presenter(s): Geert Molenberghs, Brian Neelon, D. Leann Long, Valerie Smith

Recent methods development for cancer screening
WNAR

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Presenter(s): Theodore Holford, Summer Han, Carolyn Rutter, Nilanjan Chatterjee

A continuous approach to interpreting forensic DNA profiles
WNAR

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Presenter(s): David Balding, James Curran, Catherine Grgicak, Simone Gittelson

Recent Advances in Bayesian Methods for Causal Inference
IBS

Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Presenter(s): Jason Roy, Michael Elliott, Andrea Mercatanti, Lawrence McCandless

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Robust instrumental variable methods in Mendelian Randomization
IBS

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter(s): Simon Thompson, Maria Glymour, Stephen Burgess, Hyunseung Kang, Stijn Vansteelandt

Statistical Methods in Imaging Genomics and Brain Connectivity
IBS

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter(s): Farouk Nathoo, Linglong Kong, Marina Vannucci

Statistical methods to improve drug and vaccine safety surveillance using big healthcare data
WNAR

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter(s): Scott Emerson, Robert Platt, Andrea Cook, Mohammad Karim

Statistician and Scientist: A New Age in Collaboration
IBS

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): Katya Ruggiero, Adam Butler, Fred Van Eeuwijk

Advances in nonparametric and semiparametric statistics
WNAR

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): Marco Carone, Mark van der Laan, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Aditya Guntuboyina

Statistical innovation for network analysis
WNAR

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Presenter(s): Daniela Witten, Jacob Bien, Duo Jiang, Uri Eden

Development and Evaluation of Biomarkers for Predicting Treatment Effects in Clinical Trials: Methodology and Application
IBS

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Presenter(s): Parvin Tajik, Noah Simon, Eric Laber

Advances in Neuroimaging
IBS

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Presenter(s): Benjamin Cassidy, John Hughes, Galin Jones, Ani Eloyan

Regularization and Model Selection in Mixed Models
IBS

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Presenter(s): Francis Hui, Howard Bondell, Tonya Garcia

Friday, July 15, 2016

Novel Methods and Applications in Spatial and Spatiotemporal Statistics
IBS

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter(s): Cici Bauer, Alix Gittleman, Farouk Nathoo

Novel statistical methods for determination of patient classification in personalized medicine: illustrations in cystic fibrosis
WNAR

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter(s): Barbara Bailey, Sonya Heltshe, Rhonda Szczesniak, Brandie Wagner

Statistics and Fisheries
IBS

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): James Thorson, Pierre Gloaguen, Jean-Baptiste Lecomte

Statistics and human rights
WNAR

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presenter(s): Megan Price, Robin Mejia, Nicholas Jewell, Alicia Carriquiry