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101 *
Mon, 8/3/2020, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Virtual
Recent Advances in Statistical Modeling of Infectious Diseases — Invited Papers
SSC (Statistical Society of Canada), Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, Biometrics Section
Organizer(s): Mahmoud Torabi, University of Manitoba
Chair(s): Rhonda J. Rosychuk, University of Alberta
1:05 PM Geographically-Dependent Individual-Level Models for Infectious Disease Transmission
Rob Deardon, University of Calgary
1:30 PM Inference for Individual-Level Models of Infectious Diseases with Covariates Measurement Error
Leila Amiri, University of Manitoba; Mahmoud Torabi, University of Manitoba; Rob Deardon, University of Calgary
1:55 PM A logistic growth model with logistically varying carrying capacity for Covid-19 deaths using data from Ontario, Canada.
Charmaine Dean, University of Waterloo; Georges Bucyibaruta, University of Waterloo; Elizabeth Renouf, University of Waterloo
2:20 PM Zero-Inflated Models for Adjusting Varying Exposures: A Cautionary Note on the Pitfalls of Using Offset
Cindy Feng, University of Ottawa
2:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

245 *
Tue, 8/4/2020, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Virtual
New Innovations and Challenges in Survey Sampling — Invited Papers
Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, SSC (Statistical Society of Canada)
Organizer(s): David Haziza, Université de Montréal
Chair(s): David Haziza, Université de Montréal
1:05 PM Efficient Multiply Robust Imputation Procedures in the Presence of Influential Units
Sixia Chen, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; David Haziza, Université de Montréal; Victoire Michal, McGill University
2:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

251 * !
Tue, 8/4/2020, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Virtual
Statistical Advances in Microbiome Research from Theory to Application — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics, Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, ENAR
Organizer(s): Ni Zhao, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Chair(s): Xiang Zhan, Pennsylvania State University
1:05 PM Optimal Estimation of Wasserstein Distance on a Tree with an Application to Microbiome Studies
Shulei Wang, University of Pennsylvania; Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
1:25 PM A Powerful Microbial Group Association Test Based on the Higher Criticism Analysis
Ni Zhao, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Hyunwook Koh, Johns Hopkins University
1:45 PM Power of Microbiome Beta-Diversity Analyses Based on Standard Reference Samples
Mitchell H. Gail, National Cancer Institute; Yunhu Wan, Leidos Corporation
2:05 PM Models for Microbiome Epidemiology Presentation
Curtis Huttenhower, Harvard University
2:25 PM Discussant: Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
2:45 PM Floor Discussion