EXCITING PROGRAM AT THE 2009 JSM
The theme of this year's Joint Statistical Meetings, August 2 – August 6 in Washington DC is "Statistics: From Evidence to Policy”. The Biometrics Section is proud to co-sponsor four short courses and a number of invited sessions. Additional information about the short courses will be provided in the May issue of the Biometrics Section News.
Invited Sessions
The Biometrics section is sponsoring an exciting program of invited sessions and talks spanning a broad range of topics in Biostatistics. The titles and organizers of the invited sessions are given below.
- Nonparametric approaches for high dimensional data, Organizer: Annie Qu ( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
- Recent developments in dimension reduction, Organizer: Wensheng Guo ( University of Pennsylvania ).
- Statistical issues and second code of life: epigenomics, Organizers: Rebecca Doerge ( Purdue University ) and Jaya Satagopan (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ).
- The issues of high dimensionality and missing data in complex epidemiological studies, Organizer: Samiran Sinha (Texas A&M).
- Statistical Challenges in Personalized Medicine and Genetic Guided Clinical Trials, Organizer: Colin Wu (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute).
The Biometrics Section would like to thank Jerry Heatley, our JSM Continuing Education Chair, and Wensheng Guo , our JSM Program Chair for their wonderful job in organizing the course and sessions. Check the online program at the 2009 JSM web site (available through the ASA web site www.amstat.org ) for updates on locations and times.
JSM 2010
It's already time to start thinking about invited sessions for next year's Joint Statistical Meetings, which will be held August 1 – August 5 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . Anyone who is interested in organizing an invited session or who has ideas for one, please contact our 2010 Program Chair, Hormuzd Katki , at katkih@mail.nih.gov .
A typical invited session consists of three 30-minute talks followed by a 10-minute invited discussion and 10 minutes of floor discussion. However, other formats are possible. The 2009 program is a good source for examples. Decisions will be made in July, so don't delay!