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Monday, June 11, 2001
Lister Hill Center Auditorium, NIH campus Building 38A, Bethesda MD
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7:30 – 8:30
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:30 – 9:15
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Session I: Introduction
Chair: Edmund
A. Gehan, Georgetown University
Highlights of the Career of Sam Greenhouse
John M. Lachin,
George Washington University
Sam’s Early Career at the Census Bureau
Cynthia Clark,
Census Bureau
Sam’s Scholarly Contributions to Human Aging Studies
Robert Butler,
International Longevity Center and Mt Sinai School of Medicine
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9:15 – 10:15
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Session II: Contributions to Statistical Theory and Methods
Chair: Thomas
A. Louis, RAND Corporation
Some of Sam Greenhouse’s Contributions to Statistical Methods
Mitchell Gail,
National Cancer Institute
An Exegesis on Sampling the 2 x 2 Table
Seymour Geisser,
University of Minnesota
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10:15 – 10:45
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Refreshment Break
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10:45 – 11:45
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Session III: Design and Methods in Epidemiological
Research
Chair: Mitchell
Gail, National Cancer Institute
Has Epidemiology Lost Public Confidence?
Daniel Seigel,
formerly National Institutes of Health
Controversy and Insight in Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
Howard Hoffman, National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Quantifying Epidemiological Risk Factors Using Nonparametric Regression
Phil Rosenberg, National
Cancer Institute
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11:45 – 12:45
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Clinical Trials Methodology
Chair: Janet Wittes,
Statistics Collaborative
Developments in Sequentially Adaptive Allocation Designs
L. J. Wei, Harvard
University
Is a Sequential Boundary a Stopping Rule or a Guideline?
Gordon Lan, Pfizer
Company
Group Sequential K-df Chi-Square Tests for Multivariate Observations
Oliver Bautista,
George Washington University
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12:45 - 1:45
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Lunch (provided with registration)
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1:45 – 2:45
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Session V: Applications in the Behavioral Sciences
Chair: Sarah Fowler,
George Washington University Biostatistics Center
Reflections on Contributions in Clinical Research
Martin Katz, University
of Texas
Estimating Duplication Rates and Total Population Size Based Only on Birth Dates: Applications to Mental Health
Eugene Laska,
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Methodological Issues in the Design of Secondary Prevention Trials
Joel Greenhouse,
Carnegie Mellon University
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2:45 – 3:45
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Session VI: Clinical Trials Practical Applications
Chair:Paul Meier,
Columbia University
Contributions to Clinical Trials Coordinated by the GWU Biostatistics Center
Ray Bain, Merck
Company
A Clinical Trialist’s Education, or How I Came to Love Statistics
Conor Lundergan,
George Washington University Medical Center
The POSCH Study
Paul Meier, Columbia
University
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3:45 – 4:15
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Refreshment Break
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4:15 – 5:15
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Session VII: Biostatistical Education in the 21st Century
Chair: Robert
O’Neill, Food and Drug Administration
Training Biostatistical Scientists
Marvin Zelen,
Harvard University
Challenges in Biostatistical Consulting
Scott Zeger, Johns
Hopkins University
Closing Remarks
John M. Lachin,
George Washington University
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