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Sunday, 08/01/2010
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Novel Statistical Methods for Biomarker Selection with Application to an HIV Infection Data Set
Bosny J. Pierre-Louis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:05 PM
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Efforts to Adjust for Confounding by Neighborhood Using Complex Survey Data
Babette Brumback, University of Florida; Amy Dailey, University of Florida; Zhulin He, University of Florida; Lyndia C. Brumback, University of Washington; Melvin Livingston, University of Florida
4:35 PM
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Design of an Observational Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of IAP During Labor Against Early Onset Disease in Newborns
Donald B. Rubin, Harvard University; Stephanie J. Schrag, CDC; Elizabeth R. Zell, CDC
4:50 PM
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Multiplicative Semiparametric Regression Model for Relative Risk with Application to Air Pollution Exposure
Catherine Tuglus, University of California, Berkeley; Kristin E. Porter, University of California, Berkeley; Mark J. Van der Laan, University of California, Berkeley
5:20 PM
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Monday, 08/02/2010
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Variable Selection for Propensity Score Models in Multilevel Data
Bing Yu, University of Toronto; Guanglei Hong, The University of Chicago
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Causal Inference Using Semi-parametric Imputation
Andrea Piesse, Westat; David Judkins, Westat; Laura Alvarez-Rojas, Westat; William R. Shadish, University of California, Merced
8:35 AM
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Multiple Imputation for causal Inference
Irina Bondarenko, University of Michigan; Trivellore Raghunathan, University of Michigan
8:50 AM
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Do Comparison Group Methods Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates in an Education Setting? A Charter School Evaluation Example
Kenneth Fortson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Philip Gleason, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Emma Ernst, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
10:35 AM
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Causal Inference for the Comparison of Dynamic Treatment Regimens
Cecilia Cotton, University of Waterloo; Patrick Heagerty, University of Washington
2:55 PM
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Tuesday, 08/03/2010
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Bounds on Controlled Direct Effects Under Monotonic Assumptions About Mediators and Confounders
Yasutaka Chiba, Kinki University School of Medicine
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Model Selection for Causal Parameters in Structural Mean Models Based on a Quasi-Likelihood
Masataka Taguri, The University of Tokyo; Yutaka Matsuyama, The University of Tokyo; Yasuo Ohashi, The University of Tokyo
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Causal Inference in Observational Studies with Missing Data: A Bayesian Nonparametric Approach
Jennifer Hill, New York University; Jose Zubizarreta, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Assessing Concurrent Effects of Substance Abuse Treatment Modalities Using Marginal Structural Models
Beth Ann Griffin, RAND Corporation; Rajeev Ramchand, RAND Corporation; Cha-Chi Fan, RAND Corporation; Daniel Almirall, University of Michigan; Daniel F. McCaffrey, RAND Corporation
8:35 AM
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A Bayesian Semiparametric Approach to Causal Inference with Intermediate Variables
Fan Li, Duke University; Scott Schwartz, Duke University; Fabrizia Mealli, University of Florence
8:35 AM
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A Doubly Robust Estimator of the Attributable Benefit of a Dynamic Treatment Regime
Jason Brinkley, East Carolina University; Anastasios Tsiatis, North Carolina State University
8:50 AM
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Understanding Time-Varying Moderation Effects When Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Modalities Using Structural Nested Mean Models
Daniel Almirall, University of Michigan; Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University; Cha-Chi Fan, RAND Corporation; Beth Ann Griffin, RAND Corporation; Daniel F. McCaffrey, RAND Corporation
8:55 AM
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A New Method for Combining Experimental and Observational Data to Estimate Population Treatment Effects
Richard Grieve, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Erin Hartman, University of California, Berkeley; Jasjeet Sekhon, University of California, Berkeley
11:05 AM
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Nonidentifiability in the Context of Missing Confounders
Lawrence McCandless, Simon Fraser University
11:15 AM
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Evaluating the Effect of Early vs. Late ARV Regimen Change After Failing on an Initial Regimen: Results from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Study A5095
Li Li, Emory University; Brent Johnson, Emory University; Joseph Eron, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Heather Ribaudo, Harvard University; Roy Gulick, Cornell University
11:20 AM
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Near/Far Matching: Building a Stronger Instrument
Mike Baiocchi, University of Pennsylvania; Dylan Small, University of Pennsylvania; Scott Lorch, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Paul Rosenbaum, University of Pennsylvania
2:05 PM
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Ratio of Mediator Probability Weighting for Estimating Natural Direct and Indirect Effects
Guanglei Hong, The University of Chicago
2:25 PM
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Selection of Propensity Functions for Causal Inference
Wei (Peter) Yang, University of Pennsylvania; Marshall M. Joffe, University of Pennsylvania; Sean Hennessy, University of Pennsylvania
2:45 PM
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Principal Stratification Methods for Evaluating Immunological Surrogate Endpoints in a Vaccine Efficacy Trial
Peter Gilbert, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2:45 PM
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Causal Effect Estimation Allowing Covariate Measurement Error Using Propensity Score
Yi Huang, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Karen Bandeen-Roche, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
3:05 PM
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Wednesday, 08/04/2010
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Estimating Direct Effects on a Dichotomous Outcome Using Logistic Structural Direct Effect Models
Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University
8:35 AM
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Semiparametric Estimator for Differences in Restricted Mean Lifetimes in Observational Studies
Min Zhang, University of Michigan; Douglas E. Schaubel, University of Michigan
8:55 AM
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Matching Methods for Estimating the Effect on Survival of a Time-Dependent Treatment
Douglas E. Schaubel, University of Michigan; Yun Li, University of Michigan
9:15 AM
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Optimal G-Estimation Mediation Analyses Under Departure from Sequential Ignorability
Rongmei Zhang, University of Pennsylvania; Marshall M. Joffe, University of Pennsylvania; Thomas R. Ten Have, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
9:15 AM
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Adjusting for Treatment Disparities in Observational Research
Marshall M. Joffe, University of Pennsylvania
10:35 AM
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Collider Stratification Bias as a Threat to Validity in U.S.-Based Health Disparities Research
Whitney R. Robinson, University of Michigan; Jay Kaufman, McGill University
10:55 AM
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Does Retail Advertising Work? Measuring the Effects of Advertising on Sales via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo!
David Reiley, Yahoo! Research; Randall Lewis, Yahoo! Research
3:20 PM
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