ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL STATISTICIANS (ACTS)
July 28 –29, 2012
Hilton Bayfront San Diego, Aqua 308
Saturday, July 28
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM – 12:40 PM Welcome
12:40 PM – 1:30 PM Meta-analysis of Safety for Low Event-Rate Binomial Trials
Jon Shuster (U Florida)
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Database Approaches for Clinical Translational Research
Brad Pollock (UT HSC San Antonio)
Matt Mayo (U Kansas Medical Center)
Eileen King (U Cincinnati)
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee break
Statistical and Practical Challenges in Alzheimer's Disease Research
Mike Donohue (UC San Diego)
4:00 PM –5:30 PM ACTS Business
Treasurer’s Report
Incorporation of the ACTS
Relationship between ACTS and the new “Association of Clinical
Translational Science”
Other business
6:30 PM –9:00 PM Cocktail Hour and Dinner (Blue Point Coastal Cuisine)
Sunday, July 29
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM Breakfast / Poster session
09:00 AM –11:00 AM Ethics in Biostatistical Practice
Jon Gelfond (UT HSC San Antonio)
Shelley Hurwitz (Harvard)
Bill Barry (Duke)
11:00 AM –11:45 AM Utilization of Structural Equation Models to Elucidate Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcomes
Terry Hyslop (Thomas Jefferson University)
11:45 AM – 12:00 AM What’s New with the CTSAs?
Brad Pollock (UT HSC San Antonio)
12:00 noon –1:00 PM Lunch