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Washington Convention Center = “CC”, Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel = “RH”

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440 Wed, 8/5/09, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-Hall D
Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology - Contributed - Poster Presentations
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Chair(s): Lara Schmidt, RAND Corporation
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
77: Clusters and Hot Spots in the Distribution of Mortality: U.S.A., 2003-2005Jay H. Kim, CDC/NCHS; Rong Wei, National Center for Health Statistics
Poster Topic: Applications and case studies:
78: Children's Health: The Effect of Air PollutionElizabeth A. Stanwyck, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Bimal Sinha, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
79: Application of an Extended Poisson Process to Model Cardiovascular EventsPaul Kolm, Christiana Care Health System; Zugui Zhang, Christiana Care Health System; Edward Ewen, Christiana Care Health System; James Bowen, Christiana Care Health System
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
80: A Comparison of Methods for Analysis of Multidimensional ProfilesMargo A. Sidell, Tulane University
Poster Topic: Linear models, GLMs, parametric methods:
81: Test Coefficients Regression When the Variables Are Not Independent from Each Other — Leann Myers, Tulane University; Adriana C. Dornelles, Tulane University
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
82: Confidence Interval for the Product of a Relative Risk and a ProbabilityWilliam M. Reichmann, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Charles R. Horsburgh, Jr., Boston University School of Public Health; David Gagnon, Boston University School of Public Health; Elena Losina, Boston University
83: Distributions of Pediatric Blood Pressure Index and Percentiles: Implications as Diagnostic ToolsCynthia Bell, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Alisa Acosta, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Karen McNiece, University of Arkansas Medical School/Arkansas Children's Hospital; Ronald Portman, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Joshua Samuels, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
85: Analyses of the Accuracy of Cancer Mortality as Measured by Death Certificates Data — Ronaldo Iachan, Macro International, Inc.; Aliza Fink, Macro International, Inc.
Poster Topic: Graphics, visualization:
86: Using L'Abbe Plots, Event Rate Migration Analysis/Event Rate Curves to Report BMI Results from the Medical College of Georgia FitKid ProjectJohn Hanes, Regent University
Poster Topic: Longitudinal data, repeated measurements, and meta-analysis:
87: Quantitative Synthesis of Dichotomous Data: Avoiding Dominance of a Single StudyKepher H. Makambi, Georgetown University Medical Center
88: Application of Joint Modeling for Growth Model and Time-to-Event AnalysisWan-Ling Hsu, Radiation Effects Research Foundation; Kazuo Neriishi, Radiation Effects Research Foundation; Tatsuyuki Kakuma, Kurume University; Yuko Araki, Kurume University
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
89: A Two-Component Mixture Model for Characterizing the Age Distribution of Pertussis Infant Mortality in the United StatesAndrew L. Baughman, CDC; Tracy Pondo, CDC; Barry Sirotkin, CDC; Tejpratap Tiwari, CDC; Charles E. Rose, CDC; Margaret M. Cortese, CDC
Poster Topic: Longitudinal data, repeated measurements, and meta-analysis:
90: Bayesian Longitudinal Plateau Model of Adult Grip Strength with Multiple Imputation for Missing Response and CovariatesRamzi W. Nahhas, Lifespan Health Research Center; Stefan A. Czerwinski, Lifespan Health Research Center
Poster Topic: Bayesian statistics, hierarchical models:
91: Interval Estimators for Directly Standardized RatesTracy Pondo, CDC; Charles E. Rose, CDC; Amanda C. Cohn, CDC; Elizabeth R. Zell, CDC
Poster Topic: Longitudinal data, repeated measurements, and meta-analysis:
92: How to Improve a Biomarker's Efficacy Using Longitudinal Data: Application to Prostate CancerAnna E. Kettermann, Johns Hopkins University; Luigi Ferrucci, National Institute on Aging; E. Jeffrey Metter, National Institute on Aging; H. Ballentine Carter, Johns Hopkins University
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
93: A Mean Test for Relative-PairsQimei He, Pacific Health Research Institute
94: Prevalence of Diabetes in Low-Income and First Nations People in Alberta, CanadaGreg M. Hugel, University of Alberta; Jeffrey A. Johnson, University of Alberta;
Poster Topic: Linear models, GLMs, parametric methods:
95: Association Study with Multiple Markers on a Candidate Region and Disease via Generalized Partial Least Squares ApproachHyonho Chun, Yale University
Poster Topic: Biometrics, bioinformatics, computational biology:
97: Detecting Association with Rare Genetic Variants in Common DiseasesYali Li, Case Western Reserve University; Tao Feng, Case Western Reserve University; Xiaofeng Zhu, Case Western Reserve University
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
98: Stomach Cancer Risk in Hodgkin Lymphoma and Testicular Cancer SurvivorsJulia T. Molony, The University of Minnesota; Ethel Gilbert, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
Poster Topic: Reliability and survival modeling, risk analysis:
99: Penalized Splines in the Time-Varying Coefficient Rates ModelLeila D. Amorim, Universidade Federal da Bahia; Jianwen Cai, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mauricio L. Barreto, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
100: Identification of the Most Appropriate ICD Version for Epidemiologic Studies: Description of a Statistical MethodJa K. Gu, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Luenda E. Charles, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Cecil M. Curchfiel, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Michael E. Andrew, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; John M. Violanti, State University of New York at Buffalo
Poster Topic: Biometrics, bioinformatics, computational biology:
101: A Score-Based Combinatorial Approach to Detecting Gene-Gene Interactions in Nuclear FamiliesXiaoqi Cui, Michigan Technological University; Huann-Sheng Chen, Michigan Technological University
 

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