JSM Preliminary Online Program
This is the preliminary program for the 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado.

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Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter
Colorado Convention Center = “CC”, Hyatt = “HY”

419 Applied Session Theme Session Wed, 8/6/08, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-103
Disease Prediction and Model Validation: Tools for the Real World - Invited - Papers
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Section on Statisticians in Defense and National Security, WNAR, Section on Health Policy Statistics, Biometrics Section
Organizer(s): Heejung Bang, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Chair(s): Nancy R. Cook, Brigham & Women's Hospital
    2:05 PM   Statistical Applications in Elucidating the Epidemic of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and AdolescentsShumei S. Sun, Virginia Commonwealth University
    2:30 PM   Evaluation of Prognostic Models Using Area Between Curves (ABC)Mithat Gonen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    2:55 PM   Simple Algorithms To Predict Kidney Disease: Ready To Be Used in the Real World?Heejung Bang, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Madhu Mazumdar, Weill Cornell Medical College
     3:20 PM   Disc: Greg Ridgeway, RAND Corporation
     3:40 PM   Floor Discussion
 

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Revised September, 2008