Some of the purposes of these sessions are: to promote biostatistics and biostatistical methodology; serve as a learning opportunity for both students and faculty; foster communication, collaboration, professionalism, career development.ÌýThe format will be varied: seminar presentations, journal club, discussions of work in progress, interact with guest speakers, etc.
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Recording |
FALLÌý2024
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Sept 4, 2024 |
Lu Xia (Michigan State U) |
Estimating Equation-Based Approaches for Complex Longitudinal Data: High-Dimensional Inference and Transfer Learning |
N/A |
Sept 11, 2024 |
Huimin ChengÌý(Boston U) |
Graphon Cross-Validation with Application to Drug Repurposing |
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Sept 18, 2024
In-PersonÌý |
Audrey Beliveau (UÌýof Waterloo) |
A Penalization Method for Improving the Parsimony of Network Meta-Analysis Models |
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Sept 23, 2024
In-Person (Monday) |
Zhonghua LiuÌý(Columbia U) |
Integrating a novel robust Mendelian randomization method for proteomics data analysis and AlphaFold3 for predicting 3D structural alterations |
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OctÌý2, 2024
In-Person |
Rebecca Hubbard (BrownÌýU) |
Context is king: Addressing informed presence bias in EHR-based research |
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Oct 9, 2024
In-Person |
Eric Laber (Duke U) |
Bayesian Basket of Bandits |
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Oct 16, 2024Ìý |
NO SEMINARÌý- Thanksgiving Holiday & Reading Week - Oct 14-18, 2024 |
Ìý |
Oct 23, 2024
In-Person |
Alex StringerÌý(U of Waterloo) |
Two New Methods for Nonlinear Regression in Epidemiology and Environmental Toxicology |
N/A |
Oct 30, 2024 |
Guanghao Qi (UÌýof Washington) |
Understanding the genetics of complex traits through statistical integration of genetic and genomic data |
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Nov 6, 2024 |
Shu YangÌý(NCSU) |
Enhancing Statistical Validity and Power in Hybrid Controlled Trials: A Randomization Inference Approach with Conformal Selective Borrowing |
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Nov 13, 2024 |
Souvik Seal (MUSC) |
Studying molecular spatial co-expression in Spatial Omics datasets |
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Nov 20, 2024 |
Jack BowdenÌý(U of Exeter) |
Instrumental Variable methods to target Hypothetical Estimands with longitudinal repeated measures data: Application to the STEP 1 trial |
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Nov 27, 2024
In-Person |
James HanleyÌý(9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ) |
The first ‘nested case-control’ study and the first conditional logistic regression |
|
WINTER 2025
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Ìý |
Ìý |
Jan 8, 2025 |
Hengrui Cai (UCI) |
Towards Trustworthy Machine Learning: A Causal Lens on Learning Non-Spuriousness |
N/A |
Jan 15, 2025
In-Person |
Michal Abrahamowicz (9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ) |
Data-driven simulations:Ìýa new Quantitative Bias Analysis tool for real-world applications of survival analyses |
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Jan 24, 2025
Virtual (Friday)
Joint EBOH/CSMQ
|
Marie DavidianÌý(NCSU) |
A Generalized Logrank-type Test for Comparison of Treatment Regimes in Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials |
Ìý |
Jan 29,Ìý2025 |
PrasadÌýPatil (Boston U) |
Cross-site blending for generalizable prediction of UFP concentrations |
Ìý |
Feb 5, 2025 |
Zhana DurenÌý(IUSM) |
Computational Methods for Inference of Gene Regulatory Networks from spatial and single cell multi-omits |
Ìý |
Feb 12, 2025 |
Ashkan Ertefaie (UPenn) |
Constructing optimal treatment length strategies to maximize quality-adjusted lifetimes |
Ìý |
Feb 19, 2025
In-Person |
Luke Hagar/Chi-Kuang YehÌý(9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ) |
Sample Size Determination in Bayesian Clinical Trials with Clustered Data &Ìý
Positive and Unlabeled Data: Model, Estimation, Inference, and Classification |
N/A |
FebÌý26, 2025 |
Justin SlaterÌý(U of Guelph) |
Ìý |
Ìý |
Mar 5, 2025 |
NO SEMINARÌý- Spring Break March 3-7, 2025 |
Ìý |
Mar 12, 2025
In-Person |
Himchan Jeong (SFU) |
Ìý |
Ìý |
Mar 19, 2025
In-Person |
Iain PardoeÌý(TRU)
Andrea Benedetti/Qihuang Zhang (9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ) |
Oscar Award prediction competition
|
Ìý |
Mar 26, 2025 |
Yusha LiuÌý(UNC) |
Ìý |
Ìý |
Apr 2, 2025
In-Person |
Daiwei ZhangÌý(UNC) |
Ìý |
Ìý |