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Seminar Schedule

Fall 2009
Location: 182 Farber Hall
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Organizer: Dr. Randolph Carter

Distinguished Scholars Lectures

DATE
SPEAKER
TOPIC
September 10th Speaker: Dr. Alan Hutson, Chair (Univ. at Buffalo, Dept. of Biostatistics) An "Exact" Two-Group Median Test with an Extension to Censored Data
September 24th Speaker: Dr. Ralitza Gueorguieva (Yale University) Correlated Probit Models for Joint Analysis of Repeatedly Measured Binary, Ordinal and Continuous Outcomes
October 1st Speaker: Dr. Xin-min Li (Univ. of Rochester Medical Center) Fiducial Generalized P-Value and Behrens-Fisher Problem
October 8th Speaker: Dr. Rongling Wu (Pennsylvania State University) Functional Mapping of Complex Dynamic Systems: A Differential Equation Framework
October 15th Speaker: Dr. Robert Strawderman (Cornell University) Conditional GEE for Recurrent Event Data
October 22nd Speaker: Terry Mashtare, Jr. (Univ. at Buffalo), PhD Defense Extensions for the Use of the Epsilon-Skew-Normal Distribution for Statistical Modeling
October 28th in Hohn Lecture Hall at 8:00 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Fleming (Univ. at Washington) Issues in Using PFS when Evaluating Oncology Products
October 29th in 144 Farber at 10:00 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Fleming (Univ. at Washington) Clinical Trials: Discerning Hype from Substance
November 5th Speaker: Dr. David Oakes (Univ. of Rochester) On the Role of Copula Models in Survival Analysis
November 12th Speaker: Dr. Li Yan (Univ. at Buffalo) Evaluating the Effectiveness of the National Child Outcomes Summary Form Rating Scale for Measuring Child Outcomes for the Early Intervention Program
November 13th (Fri. at 1:30 p.m. in 105 Harriman) Speaker: Dr. Richard E. Besser, Director (Senior Health and Medical Editor, ABC News)  
November 17th (Tues.) in Butler Aud. at 4:00 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Raymond Carroll (Texas A&M University) Robust Powerful Methods for Understanding Gene-Gene and Gene-Environment Interactions
December 3rd Speaker: Virginia Filiaci (Univ. at Buffalo), PhD Presentation Evaluation of Intermediate Endpoints for Their Departure From Perfect Surrogacy

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Richard Schmidt Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Student 2009 goes to Le Kang

Sidney Addelman Award for Outstanding Master's Student 2009 goes to Tingting Zhuang