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Colorado Convention Center = “CC”, Hyatt = “HY”

242 Tue, 8/5/08, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-F Lobby
Contributed Poster Presentations - Contributed - Poster Presentations
Biometrics Section, Biopharmaceutical Section, ENAR, Section on Health Policy Statistics, Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, WNAR
Organizer(s): John Castelloe, SAS Institute Inc.
Chair(s): John Castelloe, SAS Institute Inc.
Poster Topic: Biometrics, bioinformatics, computational biology:
01: Bayesian Array Analysis To Assess the Effects of Nutrient Deficiencies in White LupinRobert Norton, California State University, East Bay; Mousumi Rath, California State University, East Bay; Bandita Parhy, California State University, East Bay; Claudia Stone, California State University, East Bay
02: Spatial Event Cluster Detection Using a Normal ApproximationRhonda Rosychuk, University of Alberta; Mahmoud Torabi, University of Alberta
03: Statistical Methods for Automated Drug Susceptibility Testing: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Prediction from Growth CurvesXi (Kathy) Zhou, Cornell University; Merlise Clyde, Duke University; James Garrett, Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems; Viridiana Lourdes, Morgan Stanley; Michael O'Connell, Insightful Corporation; Giovanni Parmigiani, Johns Hopkins University; David J. Turner, Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems; Timothy M. Wiles, Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems
04: Comparisons of Titer Estimation Methods for Multiplexed Pneumococcal Opsonophagocytic Killing AssayDeli Wang, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
05: A New Bi-Model Classifier for Predicting Outcomes of Prostate Cancer PatientsZhenyu Jia, University of California, Irvine; Yipeng Wang, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; James Koziol, The Scripps Research Institute; Michael McClelland, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center ; Dan Mercola, University of California, Irvine
06: Locating DNA Copy Number Changes by Using a Statistical Change Point ModelPaul Plummer, University of Missouri-Kansas City
07: Estimating the Proportion of Differentially Expressed Genes in Comparative DNA Microarray ExperimentsChing-Ray Yu, Pfizer, Inc.
08: Discovery of Novel Protein Domains: The Parasitic ConnectionIan Lee, National University Hospital
09: Identifying Allele-Specific Gene Expression in Human Brains Using the Illumina Sentrix Array Matrix and the Goldengate AssayXin V. Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Terence P. Speed, University of California, Berkeley; Charles E. Glatt, Cornell Medical School
10: A Genetical Genomics Approach to Genome Scans for Complex TraitsGuoying Sun, The University of Georgia; Paul Schliekelman, The University of Georgia
11: Rediscovering the Power of Well-Planned Comparisons: Normalization and Analysis of cDNA Microarray Using Linear CombinationsLiping Huang, University of Kentucky; Naoki Miura, University of Kentucky; Michael Mienaltowski, University of Kentucky; James MacLeod, University of Kentucky; Arnold Stromberg, University of Kentucky; Arne Bathke, University of Kentucky; Constance Wood, University of Kentucky
13: A Method for Learning Gene Association Networks from High-Dimensional Data — Jie Cheng, GlaxoSmithKline; Xiwu Lin, GlaxoSmithKline R&D; Kwan Lee, GlaxoSmithKline
14: Mining Illumina Chip Time Course Microarray Data: Assessment of Normalization Methods and Pattern-Based Clustering of Genes Using Contrast AnalysisSuman Duvvuru, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
17: Statistics in Evaluating Trauma Center (TC) PerformanceWei Xiong, University of Toronto; Khumar Huseynova, University of Toronto; Sandra Goble, NTDB, American College of Surgeons; Avery Nathens, University of Toronto
18: Evaluating the Hawaii Demonstration To Maintain Independence and EmploymentTammy Tom, University of Hawaii
20: Fitting a Semi-Markov Process Model to Data on Transitions Between Health States in the Presence of Left CensoringNathaniel Schenker, National Center for Health Statistics; Liming Cai, National Center for Health Statistics; James Lubitz, National Center for Health Statistics (retired)
21: Individualized Absolute Risks from Epidemiologic DataAnne S. Reiner, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Colin B. Begg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Elyn Riedel, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Marinela Capanu, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Jonine Bernstein, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
22: A Statistical Model for Real-Time Estimation of the Cumulative Confirmed DenguePei-Hung Chuang, National Yang-Ming University; I-Feng Lin, National Yang-Ming University; Jen-Hsiang Chuang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiwan
23: Lots of Data, Not Very Many People: Analysis of Multidimensional Profiles with Small Sample SizesLeann Myers, Tulane University; Margo A. Sidell, Tulane University; Michael J. Ferris, The Research Institute for Children
24: Distributions for Case Mortality Rate Based on Historic Pandemic Influenza Death RatesEmily J. Powell, University of California, Santa Cruz
25: Syndromic Surveillance Monitoring of Influenza Activity in Los Angeles CountyEmily Kajita, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Akbar Sharip, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Patricia Araki, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Long Tai, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Bessie Hwang, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
26: Estimating Risk for Transmission of Expanded Repeats Among Male Carriers of Intermediate Huntington Gene AllelesAudrey E. Hendricks, Boston University School of Public Health; Jeanne Latourelle, Boston University School of Medicine; Kathryn Lunetta, Boston University School of Public Health; Marcy MacDonald, Harvard Medical School; Adrienne Cupples, Boston University School of Public Health; James Gusella, Harvard Medical School; Richard Myers, Boston University School of Medicine
27: Risk Factors Associated with Young Adults Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use (NMPDU) Using a National Sample: A Comparison of Recursive Partitioning Trees and Logistic RegressionsLirong Zhao, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Linda Simoni-Wastila, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Zhenqiu Liu, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Ming T. Tan, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
28: Methods To Model the Impact of Respiratory Viruses on Asthma RiskPingsheng Wu, Vanderbilt Univrsity Medical Center; Tebeb Gebretsadik, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; William Dupont, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Kecia Carroll, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Marie Griffin, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Tina Hartert, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
29: Comparative Simulation Analysis of Modeling Heterogeneity in Closed Population Capture-Recapture StudiesRob C. Wild, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
31: Geotemporal Spread of Influenza A in Canada and United StatesDena L. Schanzer, Public Health Agency of Canada; Trevor Dummer, Dalhousie University; Joanne Langley, Dalhousie University; Samina Aziz, Public Health Agency of Canada; Brian Winchester, Public Health Agency of Canada; Theresa Tam, Public Health Agency of Canada
 

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