This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Sunday, 08/01/2010
Rethinking John Snow: The Statistics of Cholera
Tom Koch, The University of British Columbia; Kenneth Denike, The University of British Columbia
2:05 PM

Statistical Issues of Measuring and Monitoring Childhood Obesity from Administrative Records: The New York City FITNESSGRAM
Kevin J. Konty, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2:20 PM

Monday, 08/02/2010
The Role of Statistics and the Statistician in Public Health Surveillance
Myron Katzoff, CDC; Taha Kass-Hout, CDC


Teaching to Diversity
Patrick Arbogast, Vanderbilt University; Nora Donaldson, Kings College London Dental Institute; Jodi Lapidus, Oregon Health & Science University; Gary Shapiro, Statistics Without Borders; Violeta Alicia Nolberto Sifuentes, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
10:35 AM

Tuesday, 08/03/2010
Life and Work of Barry H. Margolin: An Appreciation
Pranab Kumar Sen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:05 PM

Wednesday, 08/04/2010
A Statistician at the Policy Table: Integrating Modeling in the Development of Public Health Guidelines
Ruth Etzioni, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center


Electronic Medical Data, Public Health Decisions, and Statisticians: An FDA Perspective
Robert T. O'Neill, FDA
8:35 AM

Age-Specific Differences in the Epidemic Curves for Influenza A Virus: Do School Children Drive the Spread of Influenza Epidemics?
Dena Lynn Schanzer, Public Health Agency of Canada
8:50 AM

Use of CUSUM Control Charts When Population Size Changes Over Time
J. Brooke Marshall, Merck Research Laboratories; Dan J. Spitzner, University of Virginia
9:20 AM

Teaching Statistics in Master of Public Health Programs: The Opportunities and Challenges of an Online Format
Suhwon Lee, University of Missouri
12:05 PM

Noncoverage Bias in Household Landline Telephone Surveys: The BRFSS Experience
Lina Balluz, CDC; Shaohua Sean Hu, CDC; Michael P. Battaglia, Abt Associates, Inc.; Martin R. Frankel, Baruch College, CUNY
2:35 PM

Thursday, 08/05/2010
Risk Models for Deciding Whether to Take Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer and for Allocating Public Health Resources
Mitchell H. Gail, National Cancer Institute
8:35 AM

Using Cardiovascular Disease Risk Functions in Public Health and Clinical Trial: The Framingham Study Experience
Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr., Boston University
9:25 AM




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