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CC-W = McCormick Place Convention Center, West Building,   CC-N = McCormick Place Convention Center, North Building
H = Hilton Chicago,   UC= Conference Chicago at University Center
* = applied session       ! = JSM meeting theme

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Register CE_03C
Sat, 7/30/2016, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CC-W471
Applied Longitudinal Analysis (ADDED FEE) — Professional Development Continuing Education Course
ASA , Biometrics Section
Instructor(s): Garrett Fitzmaurice , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
8:30 AM Applied Longitudinal Analysis (ADDED FEE) Garrett Fitzmaurice , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
 
 

Register CE_09C
Sun, 7/31/2016, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CC-W471
Regression Modeling Strategies (ADDED FEE) — Professional Development Continuing Education Course
ASA , Biometrics Section
Instructor(s): Frank Harrell, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
8:30 AM Regression Modeling Strategies (ADDED FEE) Frank Harrell, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
 
 

18 * !
Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W192b
Exploiting Low-Dimensional Structures: Recent Advances of Statistical Learning Methods in Genetics and Genomics — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Organizer(s): Irina Gaynanova, Texas A&M University
Chair(s): Ursula Mueller-Harknett, Texas A&M University
2:05 PM A Scalable Empirical Bayes Approach to Variable Selection Haim Y. Bar, University of Connecticut ; James Booth, Cornell University ; Martin T. Wells, Cornell University
2:25 PM Biclustered Matrix Completion Eric Chi, North Carolina State University
2:45 PM Canonical Variate Regression for Integrative Analysis of Genomics Data Kun Chen, University of Connecticut
3:05 PM Estimating High-Dimensional Multi-Layered Networks Through Penalized Maximum Likelihood George Michailidis, University of Florida
3:25 PM Discussant: Irina Gaynanova, Texas A&M University
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

28 * !
Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W193a
Recent Advances in Precision Medicine — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Neal Thomas, Pfizer
2:05 PM A Subgroup Identification Method Based on Quantitative Criteria Yan Sun, AbbVie ; Samad Hedayat, University of Illinois at Chicago
2:20 PM Personalized Time-to-Event Prediction in Intensive Care Yingying Xu ; Joel Dubin, University of Waterloo ; Joon Lee, University of Waterloo
2:35 PM Nonparametric Bayesian Accelerated Failure-Time Models for Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Individualized Treatment Decisions Nicholas Henderson, The Johns Hopkins University ; Ravi Varadhan, The Johns Hopkins University ; Thomas A. Louis, The Johns Hopkins University ; Gary Rosner, The Johns Hopkins University
2:50 PM Joint Dichotomization of Continuous Variables to Discriminate Disease Status Bethany Wolf, Medical University of South Carolina ; Sybil Prince-Nelson, Medical University of South Carolina ; Paul J. Nietert, Medical University of South Carolina ; Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, Medical University of South Carolina ; Paula S. Ramos, Medical University of South Carolina ; Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina
3:05 PM Adaptive Sampling for Subgroup Analyses Alexander Luedtke, University of California at Berkeley ; Antoine Chambaz, L'Université Paris Ouest Nanterre
3:20 PM Individualized Subgroup Variable Selection Xiwei Tang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:35 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

34 *
Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W193b
Advances in Analysis of Categorical Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Codruta Chiuzan, Columbia University
2:05 PM A Power Study of the GFfit Statistic as a Lack-of-Fit Diagnostic for Sparse Two-Way Subtables Junfei Zhu, ASU ; Mark Reiser, Arizona State University ; Silvia Cagnone, University of Bologna
2:20 PM On the Discovery and Use of Disease Risk Factors with Logistic Regression: New Prostate Cancer Risk Factors David Booth, Kent State University ; Venugopal Gopapalakrishna-Remani, The University of Texas at Tyler ; Matthew Cooper, Washington University ; Fiona Green, University of Manchester ; Margaret Rayman, University of Surrey
2:35 PM A Generalized Estimating Equations Framework for the Analysis of Intracellaur Cytokine Staining Data Amit Meir, University of Washington ; Raphael Gottardo, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Greg Finak, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2:50 PM A Latent Variable Poisson Model for Assessing Regularity of Circadian Pattern Over Time Sung Duk Kim, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ; Paul Albert, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
3:05 PM Confidence Intervals for the Difference Between Two Proportions for Correlated Binary Response Krishna Saha, Central Connecticut State University
3:20 PM Estimation for Zero-Inflated Over-Dispersed Count Data Model with Ignorable Missing Response Sudhir Paul, University of Windsor ; Rajibul Mian, University of Windsor
3:35 PM Sobol Sensitivity Indices Under Generalized Linear Models Rong Lu, The Ohio State University ; Grzegorz Rempala, The Ohio State University
 
 

48 * !
Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-W192a
Statistical Methods for Aging and Dementia — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University
Chair(s): Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University
4:05 PM Relevant Brain Region Selection for Predicting MCI to AD Conversion via Functional Data Analysis Approach Ah Yeon Park, University of Cambridge ; John Aston, University of Cambridge ; Frederic Ferraty, Toulouse Jean Jaures University
4:30 PM Dynamic Network Analysis in Resting-State fMRI for Alzheimer's Disease — Eric D. Kolaczyk, Boston University ; Heather Shappell, Boston University ; Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University ; Ron Killiany, Boston University
4:55 PM Alzheimer's Disease Severity, Objectively Determined and Measured Alden Gross, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Jeannie M. Leoutsakos, The Johns Hopkins University ; Marilyn Albert, The Johns Hopkins University ; Dan M. Mungas, University of California at Davis ; Richard Norman Jones, Brown University
5:20 PM Discussant: Richard Kryscio, University of Kentucky
5:40 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

66 *
Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-W194b
Kathryn Chaloner: Contributions and Reflections from Former Students and Colleagues — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Jeffrey D. Dawson, University of Iowa
Chair(s): Jeffrey D. Dawson, University of Iowa
4:05 PM Accounting for Uncertainty in the Design Sharon Lohr, Westat
4:25 PM Kathryn Chaloner: Contributions and Reflections from Former Students and Colleagues Gideon Zamba, University of Iowa
4:45 PM Prestige in Latent Social Space Gary Oehlert, University of Minnesota
5:05 PM A Bayesian Framework for Diagnosis of E2-Antibody Using ELISA Tests Without a Gold Standard Jingyang Zhang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
5:25 PM Accelerating Computation for Bayesian Spatial Modeling Mary Kathryn Cowles, University of Iowa
5:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

69 * !
Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-W193a
Novel Methods in Causal and Mediation Analysis — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Hrishikesh Chakraborty, University of South Carolina
4:05 PM Multiple Imputation Framework to Estimate Causal Effect of Testing on Treatment Decision Irina Bondarenko, University of Michigan ; Yun Li, University of Michigan
4:20 PM Causal Moderation Assessment with Zero-Inflated Data Robert Gallop ; Paul Crits-Christoph, University of Pennsylvania
4:35 PM Characterizing Causal Treatment Effect Heterogeneity with Conditional Inference Trees Julian Wolfson, University of Minnesota ; Lauren Erickson, HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research
4:50 PM Sharp Bounds of Causal Effects on Ordinal Outcomes Jiannan Lu, Microsoft ; Peng Ding, University of California at Berkeley ; Dasgupta Tirthankar, Harvard
5:05 PM Centering of Interactions in Lower-Level Mediation Models Haeike Josephy, UGent ; Tom Loeys, Ghent University
5:20 PM Nonlinear Structural Equation Models in Environmental Epidemiology Esben Budtz-Jørgensen
5:35 PM Integrative Genomic Association Testing via Kernel Machine Mediation Analysis Angela Hsiaohan Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Sihai Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
 

70 * !
Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-W191
Important Issues in Meta-Analysis and Clinical Trials — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Arkendu S. Chatterjee, Novartis
4:05 PM Detecting Publication Bias in Multivariate Random-Effects Meta-Analysis Chuan Hong, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Haitao Chu, University of Minnesota ; Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
4:20 PM Maximum Likelihood Estimation and EM Algorithm of Copas Selection Model for Publication Bias Correction Jin Piao, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Jing Ning, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
4:35 PM Integration of Significance Information from Independent Gene Expression Studies Nusrat Jahan, James Madison University ; Aylin Alin, Dokuz Eylul University
4:50 PM Falsification of Epidemiological Models from Ongoing Clinical Trials Sayan Dasgupta, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Jim P. Hughes, University of Washington
5:05 PM An Evaluation of Treatment Effect in Opt-In Versus Opt-Out Consent Frameworks Under a Mixture of Participant Motivation Levels Alessandra Valcarcel, University of Pennsylvania
5:20 PM Comparing Novel Approaches to Subgroup Analysis in Early-Phase Clinical Trials Marius Thomas, Novartis ; Björn Bornkamp, Novartis
5:35 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Sun, 7/31/2016, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CC-Hall F1 West
The Extraordinary Power of Data — Invited Poster Presentations
Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistical Graphics , Section on Statistics in Imaging , Business and Economic Statistics Section , Biometrics Section , ENAR , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Section on Statistics in Marketing , Social Statistics Section , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Tyler McCormick, University of Washington
1: Communicate Better with R, R Markdown, and Shiny Garrett Grolemund, RStudio
2: Spectral Filtering for Spatial-Temporal Dynamics Tian Zheng, Columbia University ; Lu Meng, Columbia University
3: A Mixed-Effects Modeling Approach to Study the Impact of Pesticides on Farmworkers' Brain Networks Using RS-fMRI Data Mohsen Bahrami, Virginia Tech ; Paul Laurienti, Wake Forest School of Medicine ; Thomas Arcury, Wake Forest School of Medicine ; Sean Simpson, Wake Forest School of Medicine
4: Cascaded High-Dimensional Histograms: A Generative Approach to Density Estimation Siong Thye Goh, MIT ; Cynthia Rudin, Duke University
5: TV Advertising's Impact on Online Searches Yonathan Schwarzkopf, Google ; Ying Liu, Google ; Makoto Uchida, Google ; Elissa Lee, Google ; Jim Koehler, Google
6: Modeling Connectivity in High-Dimensional Time Series Data via Factor Analysis Hernando Ombao, University of California at Irvine ; Yuxiao Wang, University of California at Irvine ; Chee-Ming Ting, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
7: Analysis of Longitudinal Multi-Sequence MRI in Multiple Sclerosis Elizabeth M. Sweeney, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Russell Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania ; John Muschelli, The Johns Hopkins University ; Daniel Reich , National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ; Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University ; Jonathan Gellar, Mathematica Policy Research ; Philip Reiss, New York University/University of Haifa ; Ani Eloyan, Brown University
8: Law, Order, and Algorithms Sharad Goel, Stanford University
9: Defining and Estimating Reliability in Hierarchical Logistic Regression Models for Health Care Provider Profiling — Jessica Hwang, RAND Corporation ; John Adams, Kaiser Permanente ; Susan M. Paddock, RAND Corporation
10: Probabilistic Cause-of-Death Assignment Using Verbal Autopsies Tyler McCormick, University of Washington ; Sam Clark, University of Washington ; Zehang Li, University of Washington
11: We Are What We Ask: Mapping the Ecosystem of Software Development Using Stack Overflow Data David G. Robinson, Stack Overflow
12: Data Science at Stitch Fix Hilary Parker, Stitch Fix
13: Text Mining on Domain Names Kenneth E. Shirley, Amazon
14: Fighting Fraud with Statistics! Alyssa Frazee, Stripe
15: Forecasting Seasonal Epidemics with Ensemble Methods and Collective Human Judgment Logan Conrad Brooks, Carnegie Mellon University ; Sangwon Hyun, Carnegie Mellon University ; Ryan Tibshirani, Carnegie Mellon University
16: Geometric Methods for Network Comparison and Multilevel Modeling Anna Smith, The Ohio State University ; Catherine Calder, The Ohio State University
17: Mixed-Effects Models for Resampled Network Statistics Improve Statistical Power to Find Differences in Functional Brain Connectivity Manjari Narayan, Rice University ; Genevera Allen, Rice University
18: Estimating the Causal Impact of Recommendation Systems from Observational Data Amit Sharma, Microsoft Research ; Jake Hofman, Microsoft Research ; Duncan Watts, Microsoft Research
19: The Future of the Journal Biostatistics — Dimitris Rizopoulos, Erasmus University Medical Center ; Jeffrey Leek, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
20: Sample Size Calculations for Micro-Randomized Trials in MHealth Peng Liao, University of Michigan ; Ji Sun, University of Michigan ; Susan A. Murphy, University of Michigan
 
 

Register CE_14C
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CC-W470b
Designs for Phase I Oncology Trials (ADDED FEE) — Professional Development Continuing Education Course
ASA , Biometrics Section
Instructor(s): Alexia Iasonos, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Nolan Wages, University of Virginia
8:00 AM Designs for Phase I Oncology Trials (ADDED FEE) Alexia Iasonos, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ; Nolan Wages, University of Virginia
 
 

107 * !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W184bc
Joint Modeling of Survival Time with Another Outcome in Clinical Trials or Observation Studies — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association , Committee on Applied Statisticians
Organizer(s): Tianle Hu, Eli Lilly and Company
Chair(s): Tianle Hu, Eli Lilly and Company
8:35 AM Bayesian Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data with Treatment Switches — Fan Zhang, University of Connecticut ; Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut ; Qingxia Chen, Vanderbilt University ; Xiuyu Julie Cong, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
9:00 AM Joint Modeling of Survival Time and Longitudinal Outcomes with Flexible Random Effects Jianwen Cai, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jaeun Choi, Albert Einstein College of Medicine ; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Andy Olshan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:25 AM Joint Modeling of Survival Time with Another Outcome in Clinical Trials or Observational Studies Ross L. Prentice, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Shanshan Zhao, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
9:50 AM Analysis of Proportional Hazards Model with Sparse Longitudinal Covariates Jason Fine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

111 * !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W187c
Recent Statistical Developments in Cancer Research — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Sujay Datta, University of Akron
Chair(s): Sujay Datta, University of Akron
8:35 AM Normalization for Single-Cell RNA-Seq Christina Kendziorski, University of Wisconsin ; Rhonda Bacher, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Li-Fang Chu, Morgridge Institute for Research ; James Thomson, Morgridge Institute for Research ; Ron Stewart, Morgridge Institute for Research
8:55 AM Statistical Issues in Single-Cell Analysis for Cancer Research Omar De La Cruz Cabrera, Case Western Reserve University
9:15 AM Residual-Based Trees for Clustered Binary Data Mousumi Banerjee, University of Michigan ; Rong Xia, University of Michigan
9:35 AM Cancer Mortality in USA, 1999--2012: A Review and Inter-State Comparisons Desale Habtzghi, DePaul University
9:55 AM Discussant: Sunil Mathur, Georgia Regents University
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

125 *
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W187a
Statistical Methods for Functional Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Nonparametric Statistics , Section on Statistics in Imaging
Chair(s): Andrada E. Ivanescu, Montclair State University
8:35 AM Fast Covariance Estimation for Sparse Functional Data Cai Li, North Carolina State University ; Luo Xiao, North Carolina State University ; William Checkley, The Johns Hopkins University ; Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University
8:50 AM Estimation of Functional Connectivity Among Neuron Ensembles via Hawkes Processes Shizhe Chen, University of Washington ; Eric Shae-Brown, University of Washington ; Ali Shojaie, University of Washington ; Daniela Witten, University of Washington
9:05 AM Classification of Multivariate EEG Records via $\Epsilon$-Complexity of Continuous Vector-Functions Alexandra Piryatinska, San Francisco State University ; Boris Darkhovsky, Institute for Systems Analysis ; Nathanael Aff, San Francisco State University
9:20 AM Statistical Model Selection in Differential Equations Using PACE Software for Functional Regression. Charles Smith, North Carolina State University
9:35 AM Penalized Regression Method for Finding Differences in Brain Connectome Graphs Donghyeon Yu, Keimyung University
9:50 AM Tensor Regression with Functionally Linked Parameters Su Chen, University of Memphis ; Ebenezer Olusegun George, University of Memphis
10:05 AM Functional Mixed-Effects Models for Longitudinal Data: An Application to Electrical Impedance Myography Data Kush Kapur, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School ; Rajesh Selukar, SAS Institute ; Basil Darras, Boston Children's Hospital ; Seward Rutkove, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
 
 

126 *
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W186b
Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Kuolung Hu, Amgen
8:35 AM EigenPrism: Inference for High-Dimensional Signal-to-Noise Ratios Lucas Janson ; Emmanuel Candes, Stanford University ; Rina Foygel Barber, The University of Chicago
8:50 AM Genomic Determination Index Cheng Cheng, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ; Robert J. Autry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ; Wenjian Yang, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ; Steven Paugh, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ; William E. Evans, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
9:05 AM Group Feature Screening via F-Test Won Chul Song, Purdue University ; Jun Xie, Purdue University
9:20 AM Modeling Micronuclei Count Data Using the Generalized Monotone Incremental Forward Stagewise Method: Application in Women with Breast Cancer Rebecca Lehman, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Colleen Jackson-Cook, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Kellie J. Archer, Virginia Commonwealth University
9:35 AM Annotation Regression of Genome-Wide Association Studies with Multiple Phenotypes Sunyoung Shin, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Sunduz Keles, University of Wisconsin - Madison
9:50 AM Stochastic Optimization for High-Dimensional Mixed Effect Generalized Linear Models Jun Guo, University of Michigan ; Yves F. Atchade, University of Michigan
10:05 AM Truncation-Based Nearest Neighbors Imputation for High-Dimensional Data with Detection Limit Thresholds Jasmit Shah, University of Louisville ; Guy N. Brock, The Ohio State University ; Shesh N. Rai, University of Louisville ; Aruni Bhatnagar, University of Louisville
 
 

163 * !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W187c
Biometrics Section Student Paper Award Session 1 — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University
Chair(s): Colin O. Wu, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
10:35 AM Fast Approximation of Small P-Values in Permutation Tests by Partitioning the Permutation Space Brian Segal ; Hui Jiang, University of Michigan ; Thomas Braun, University of Michigan
10:55 AM Multivariate Functional Principal Component Analysis for Data Observed on Different (Dimensional) Domains Clara Happ, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich ; Sonja Greven, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
11:15 AM Sequential BART for Imputation of Missing Covariates Dandan Xu, University of Florida ; Michael Daniels, The University of Texas at Austin ; Almut G. Winterstein, University of Florida
11:35 AM Recurrent Event Data Analysis with Intermittently Observed Time-Varying Covariates Shanshan Li, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health ; Yifei Sun, The Johns Hopkins University ; Chiung-Yu Huang, The Johns Hopkins University ; Dean Follmann, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ; Richard Krause, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
11:55 AM Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Interval-Censored Competing Risks Data Lu Mao, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Danyu Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

172 *
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W186b
Bayesian Analysis with Health Applications — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
Chair(s): RAJARSHI GUHANIYOGI, University of California at Santa Cruz
10:35 AM Bayesian Variable Selection for Multivariate Count Data with Excess Zeros: Application to the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study Kyu Ha Lee, The Forsyth Institute ; Brent Coull, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Jacqueline R. Starr, The Forsyth Institute
10:50 AM Semiparametric Bayesian Analysis of High-Dimensional Censored Outcome Chetkar Jha, University of Missouri ; Yi Li, University of Michigan ; Steven Melly, Harvard ; Dr Subharup Guha, University of Missouri
11:05 AM Practical Considerations in Analyzing Adverse Events with a Robust Mixture Prior Jerry Weaver, Celgene ; Jixian Wang, Celgene
11:20 AM Data-Driven Confounder Selection via Markov and Bayesian Networks Jenny Haggstrom, Umea University
11:35 AM A Bayesian Approach for the Integrative Analysis of Omics Data Thierry Chekouo Tekougang, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Francesco Stingo, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Kim-Anh Do, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; James Doecke, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
11:50 AM Sparse Latent Class Regression for Multivariate Binary Data: A Bayesian Approach Zhenke Wu, The Johns Hopkins University ; Scott L. Zeger, The Johns Hopkins University
12:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

177 *
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W186a
New Challenges in Complex Data Modeling I — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Xiujuan Wang, Dow AgroSciences
10:35 AM A Two-Stage Model for Wearable Device Data Jiawei Bai, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Yifei Sun, The Johns Hopkins University ; Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University ; Mei-Cheng Wang, The Johns Hopkins University
10:50 AM Sample-Size Calculations for Stratified Micro-Randomized Trials in Mhealth Walter Dempsey, University of Michigan ; Peng Liao, University of Michigan ; Susan A. Murphy, University of Michigan
11:05 AM Graphical LASSO with Auxiliary Information: Application to Neural Connectivity Giuseppe Vinci, Carnegie Mellon University ; Robert Kass, Carnegie Mellon University ; Valerie Ventura, Carnegie Mellon University ; Matthew A. Smith, University of Pittsburgh
11:20 AM Modeling Nonlinearity Using Splines: Applications and Simulations Leila Amorim, UFBA ; Maristela Dias Oliveira, Universidade Federal da Bahia ; Daniele B. Trindade, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
11:35 AM Binary Exposure and Longitudinal Cognition Outcomes in the Presence of Noningorable Dropout and Death Maria Josefsson, CEDAR
11:50 AM Biologically Pathway Information Incorporated Structured Model Xuebei An, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Jianhua Hu, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Kim-Anh Do, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

Register CE_20C
Mon, 8/1/2016, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CC-W470b
Patient-Reported Outcomes: Measurement, Implementation, and Interpretation (ADDED FEE) — Professional Development Continuing Education Course
ASA , Biometrics Section
Instructor(s): Joseph Cappelleri, Pfizer, Andrew Bushmakin, Pfizer
1:00 PM Patient-Reported Outcomes: Measurement, Implementation, and Interpretation (ADDED FEE) Andrew Bushmakin, Pfizer ; Joseph Cappelleri, Pfizer
 
 

231 * !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W193a
Application of Novel Methods in Clinical Trials: Case Study Approaches — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association , Committee on Applied Statisticians
Organizer(s): Arkendu S. Chatterjee, Novartis
Chair(s): Soumi Lahiri, GlaxoSmithKline
2:05 PM Some New Metrics to Test for Biosimilarity Sujit K. Ghosh, North Carolina State University ; Yifang Li, Novartis
2:25 PM BOIN: A Simple, Ethical Bayesian Optimal Design for Phase I Oncology Trials Ying Yuan, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Suyu Liu, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:45 PM Early-Phase Designs for Targeted and Immunotherapeutic Agents Codruta Chiuzan, Columbia University
3:05 PM Using Surrogate Marker Information to Test for a Treatment Effect Layla Parast, RAND Corporation ; Tianxi Cai, Harvard ; Lu Tian, Stanford University
3:25 PM A Note on Posterior Predictive Assessment to Assess Model Fit Arkendu S. Chatterjee, Novartis ; Dandan Xu, University of Florida ; Michael Daniels, The University of Texas at Austin
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W196c
Mediation Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis in Advanced Settings — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Statistics in Imaging , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Chanmin Kim, Harvard, Corwin Zigler, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Chair(s): Chanmin Kim, Harvard
2:05 PM Sparse Mediation Analysis for High-Dimensional Mediators with Application of Neuroimaging and Methylation Data Seonjoo Lee, Columbia University
2:25 PM Meta-Mediation Analysis for Generating Mechanistic Hypotheses John Jackson, Harvard ; Tyler J. VanderWeele, Harvard
2:45 PM Region-Based Hypothesis Test of Mediation Effect with Epigenomic Data Using Kernel Machine Regression Jincheng Shen, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:05 PM The Impact of Exposure Measurement Error in Mediation Analyses for Environmental Epigenetic Studies Linda Valeri, Harvard ; Brent Coull, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:25 PM Sharp Sensitivity Bounds for Mediation Under Unmeasured Mediator-Outcome Confounding Peng Ding, University of California at Berkeley
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

242 *
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W193b
Methods for Genetics and Genomics Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Himel Mallick, Harvard
2:05 PM Case-Oriented Pathways Analysis in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Yen-Yi Ho, University of Minnesota ; Timothy K. Starr, University of Minnesota ; Rebecca S. LaRue, Minnesota Super Computing Institute ; David A. Largaespada, University of Minnesota
2:20 PM A Bayesian GWAS Method Utilizing Haplotype Clusters for a Composite Breed Population Danielle Wilson-Wells, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Stephen D. Kachman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:35 PM Region-Level Differential Methylation Testing with Smoothed Functional Principal Component Analysis Mohamed Milad ; Gayla R. Olbricht, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2:50 PM Mapping Three-Dimensional Organization in Repetitive Regions of the Genomes Ye Zheng, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Sunduz Keles, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Ferhat Ay, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
3:05 PM Genomic Data Integration for GWAS and EQTL Analysis Constanza Rojo, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Sunduz Keles, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Qi Zhang, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
3:20 PM Fast and Accurate Power Calculation Methods for Rare-Variant Association Tests Andriy Derkach, National Cancer Institute ; Nilanjan Chatterjee, The Johns Hopkins University
3:35 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

250 *
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W194a
Time-to-Event Data: New Horizons — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Yang Liu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2:05 PM Survival Trees for Left-Truncated and Right-Censored Data, with Application to Time-Varying Covariate Data Wei Fu ; Jeffrey Simonoff, New York University
2:20 PM A Pairwise Likelihood-Augmented Estimator for Left-Truncated Data with Time-Dependent Covariates Fan Wu, University of Michigan ; Sehee Kim, University of Michigan ; Yi Li, University of Michigan
2:35 PM Induced Smoothing and Efficient Variance Estimation for the Accelerated Gap Times Model with Recurrent Events Data Tianmeng Lyu, University of Minnesota ; Gongjun Xu, University of Minnesota ; Chiung-Yu Huang, The Johns Hopkins University ; Xianghua Luo, University of Minnesota
2:50 PM Semiparametric Estimation of the Accelerated Failure Time Model with Partly Interval-Censored Data Fei Gao ; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Danyu Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3:05 PM Data-Transformation Approach to Lifetimes Data Analysis Kobby Asubonteng, AstraZeneca ; Govind Mudholkar, University of Rochester
3:20 PM Regression Analysis of Clustered Failure Time Data with Informative Cluster Size Under the Additive Transformation Models Ling Chen, Washington University in St. Louis ; Yanqin Feng, Wuhan University ; Jianguo Sun, University of Missouri
3:35 PM Analysis of Restricted Mean Survival Time for Length-Biased Data Chi Hyun Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Yu Shen, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Jing Ning, MD Anderson Cancer Center
 
 

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Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-Hall F1 West
Contributed Poster Presentations: Biometrics Section — Contributed Poster Presentations
Biometrics Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
1: Model Selection for Marginal Regression Analysis of Longitudinal Data with Missing Observations and Covariate Measurement Error Chung Wei Shen
2: Impact of the Violation of Independent Censoring Assumptions in Restricted Mean Survival Data Analysis for Time-to-Event Data Eisuke Inoue, National Center for Child Health and Development
3: Efficient Estimation of Partially Linear Single-Index Models for Unbalanced Longitudinal Data Quan Cai, Texas A&M University
4: Estimation of Entropy Rate of a Finite Markov Process in a Biological System Brian Vegetabile, University of California at Irvine ; Hal Stern, University of California at Irvine
5: Assess the Effects of Cold Ischemia on Tumor Protein Phosphorylation Analysis Using Time-Course Data You Wu
7: Interval-Censored Proportional Hazard Regression Model Hung-Mo Lin, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ; John Michael Williamson, CDC ; Hae-Young Kim, New York Medical College
8: Risk-Based Monitoring Rules for Binomial and Poisson Outcomes in Clinical Trials with Software Implementation in JMP Anastasia Dmitrienko ; Richard C. Zink, JMP Life Sciences, SAS Institute
9: Stratified Exact Test and Confidence Interval for Causal Effects on a Binary Outcome Based on Principal Stratification Yasutaka Chiba
10: A Likelihood-Based Approach Using Shared Latent Random Variable Between Longitudinal Process and Censoring Mechanism Miran Jaffa, American University of Beirut ; Ayad A. Jaffa, American University of Beirut
11: On Growth Patterns of Japanese Boys and Girls Koji Kanefuji, Institute of Statistical Mathematics
12: Statistical Model for the Separation Process of Chromatography Xueyi Chen, University of Kansas Medical Center ; Jonathan D. Mahnken, University of Kansas Medical Center
13: Random Forests for Survival Analysis Using Maximally Selected Rank Statistics Marvin N. Wright, University of Lübeck ; Theresa Dankowski, Universität zu Lübeck ; Andreas Ziegler, University of Lübeck
14: Relative Performance of Heterogeneity Variance Estimators in Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis — Kepher H. Makambi, Georgetown University ; Hanfei H. Xu, Georgetown University
15: Cluster-Level Dynamic Treatment Regimens and Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trials: Estimation and Sample-Size Considerations Timothy NeCamp, University of Michigan ; Amy Kilbourne, University of Michigan Medical School ; Daniel Almirall, University of Michigan Survey Research Center
16: Use Nonlinear Mixed Effects Model to Predict Unobservable AD Symptom Duration Ho-Lan Peng ; Wenyaw Chan, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Rachelle S. Doody, Baylor College of Medicine
17: Evaluation of Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) Difference Between Two Measurement Techniques Huining Kang, University of New Mexico ; Yang Shi, University of New Mexico ; Ji-Hyun Lee, University of New Mexico
18: Multivariate Two-Part Statistics for Analysis of Correlated Mass Spectrometry Data from Multiple Biological Matrices Kyoungmi Kim, University of California at Davis ; Sandra L. Taylor, University of California at Davis
19: A New Resampling Method in Linear Regression Model with Application in Cancer Statistics Huann-Sheng Chen, National Cancer Institute
20: Enhancing Box-Cox Transformation with Simulation of the Normal Distribution: 2007--2010 What We Eat in America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Flavonoids Data Theophile Murayi, USDA/ARS ; Joseph D. Goldman, USDA/ARS ; Rhonda G. Sebastian, USDA/ARS ; Alanna J. Moshfegh, USDA/ARS
21: Applying Functional Principal Component Analysis to Improve Life Span Prediction from Sleep Properties in the Fly Luyang Wang, Missouri University of Science and Technology ; Courtney Fiebelman, Missouri University of Science and Technology ; Rachel Craft, Missouri University of Science and Technology ; V A Samaranayake, Missouri University of Science and Technology ; Gayla R. Olbricht, Missouri University of Science and Technology ; Matthew S. Thimgan, Missouri University of Science and Technology
22: Genome-Wide Transcription Regulation Discovery for Breast Cancer Cell Lines Zangdong He, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health ; Lang Li, Indiana University School of Medicine ; Changyu Shen, Indiana University School of Medicine
 
 

213685
Mon, 8/1/2016, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM H-Marquette
Biometrics Section Mixer and Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Biometrics Section
Chair(s): Debashis Ghosh, Colorado School of Public Health
 
 

302 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W193a
Advanced Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional Microbiome Data Analysis — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Organizer(s): yilong zhang, New York University Langone Medical Center
Chair(s): Huilin Li , New York University Langone Medical Center
8:35 AM Kernel-Based Association Test in Microbiome-Profiling Studies with Multivariate Outcomes Xiang Zhan, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
8:55 AM A Model for Paired-Multinomial Data and Its Application to Analysis of Data on a Taxonomic Tree Pixu Shi ; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
9:15 AM Microbial Dynamical Systems INference Engine (MDSINE) Georg Gerber, Harvard Medical School ; Vanni Bucci, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth ; Belinda Tzen, Harvard Medical School
9:35 AM MiCAM: A Powerful Microbial Association Test and Its Comprehensive Mapping Capability Hyunwook Koh, New York University ; Martin J. Blaser, New York University ; Huilin Li , New York University Langone Medical Center
9:55 AM Learning the Structure of Biological Networks Richard Bonneau, New York University ; Christian Müller, Simons Foundation
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

309 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W193b
Case-Control, Case-Cohort and Other Epidemiological Designs — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Y. Ann Chen, Moffitt Cancer Center
8:35 AM Shrinkage in Reduced-Rank Case-Control Regression: An Application in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Ananda Sen, University of Michigan ; Jaya M. Satagopan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
8:50 AM Re-Use of Nested Case-Control Studies for Semi-Competing Risks Analysis Ina Jazic, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Sebastien Haneuse, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
9:05 AM Discriminating Among Correlated Aspects of Exposure Robert Hirsch, Stat-Aid Consulting
9:20 AM Logistic Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies with Augmentation Sampling Involving Re-Stratification and Population Expansion Barry Graubard, National Cancer Institute ; Yan Li, Joint Program in Survey Methodology ; Mahboobeh Safaeian, National Cancer Institute ; Hilary Robbins , The Johns Hopkins University
9:35 AM Enhancing Power of Case-Control Studies by Using Prevalent Cases Marlena Maziarz, National Cancer Institute ; Jing Qin, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ; Ruth Pfeiffer, National Cancer Institute
9:50 AM Using Whole-Cohort Information in Case-Control Studies Alastair Scott, University of Auckland ; Christopher Wild, University of Auckland ; Gustavo Amorim, Ghent University
10:05 AM Measurement Error Models in the Case-Cohort Design Klaus Holst
 
 

311 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W194a
All About Binary and Binomial Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Iryna Lobach, University of California at San Francisco
8:35 AM Comparative GQL and GMM Bootstrap Methods for Hierarchical Data Bei Wang, Arizona State University
8:50 AM A Finite Mixture Model for Clustered Bivariate Binary Data: Application to Ophthalmologic Data Structures John Kwagyan, Howard University College of Medicine
9:05 AM Modeling Clustered Bivariate Binary Outcome Edmund Ameyaw, Howard University ; Paul Bezandry, Howard University ; Victor Apprey, Howard University ; John Kwagyan, Howard University College of Medicine
9:20 AM Joint Modeling for Logistic Regression Models with Generalized Method of Moments Estimators Katherine Cai, Arizona State University ; Jeffrey Wilson, Arizona State University
9:35 AM Multiple Intraclass Correlations for Higher-Level Nested Logistic Regression Kyle Irimata, Arizona State University ; Jeffrey Wilson, Arizona State University
9:50 AM Surrogate Aided Unsupervised Recovery of Sparse Signals in Single Index Models for Binary Outcomes Using Extreme Sampling Abhishek Chakrabortty, Harvard ; Tianxi Cai, Harvard
10:05 AM Mean-Minimum Exact Confidence Intervals for a Binomial Probability Joseph Lang, University of Iowa
 
 

Register CE_26C
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CC-W470b
An Introduction to the Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data, with Applications in R (ADDED FEE) — Professional Development Continuing Education Course
ASA , Biometrics Section
Instructor(s): Dimitris Rizopoulos, Erasmus University Medical Center
8:30 AM An Introduction to the Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data, with Applications in R (ADDED FEE) Dimitris Rizopoulos, Erasmus University Medical Center
 
 

327 !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W196c
Statistics in Personalized Medicine — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Tyler J. VanderWeele, Harvard
Chair(s): Linda Valeri, Harvard
10:35 AM Selecting Optimal Subgroups for Treatment Using Many Covariates Tyler J. VanderWeele, Harvard
11:00 AM Statistics in Personalized Medicine Mark van der Laan, University of California at Berkeley ; Alexander Luedtke, University of California at Berkeley
11:25 AM Individualized Treatment of Depression in the Military Ronald C. Kessler, Harvard Medical School
11:50 AM Discussant: James Robins, Harvard
12:10 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

341 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W193a
Functional and Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Organizer(s): Andrada E. Ivanescu, Montclair State University
Chair(s): Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University
10:35 AM Variable Selection in the Concurrent Functional Linear Model Jeff Goldsmith, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
10:55 AM Functional Nearest Neighbor Ensembles with Application to Water Quality Monitoring Jan Gertheiss, Clausthal University of Technology ; Karen Fuchs, Siemens AG
11:15 AM Dynamic Child Growth Prediction: A Comparative Methods Approach Andrada E. Ivanescu, Montclair State University ; Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University ; William Checkley, The Johns Hopkins University
11:35 AM Joint Modeling of Noncommensurate Sparse Functional Predictors with an Application to Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health ; Fei He, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health ; Armando Teixeira-Pinto, University of Sydney
11:55 AM Dynamic Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease Risk Based on Longitudinal Biomarkers and Functional Data Sheng Luo, The University of Texas at Houston ; Kan Li, The University of Texas at Houston
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

352
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W183b
SPEED: Advances in Biometrics — Contributed Speed
Biometrics Section
Chair(s): Debashree Ray, University of Michigan
10:35 AM An Approach for Estimating Adjusted Probabilities When Only Marginal Covariate Distributions Are Observed Yifei Wang, University of California at Davis
10:40 AM Learning Parameter Heterogeneity in Data Integration Lu Tang, University of Michigan ; Peter X. K. Song, University of Michigan
10:50 AM A Conceptual Framework for Initial Data Analysis Marianne Huebner, Michigan State University ; Saskia le Cessie, Leiden University Medical Center ; Werner Vach, University of Freiburg Medical Center
10:55 AM Modeling Heterogeneity in Motor Learning Using Heteroskedastic Functional Principal Components Daniel Backenroth, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ; Jeff Goldsmith, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ; Tomoko Kitago, Columbia University Medical Center ; John Krakauer, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
11:00 AM Comparing Models for the Heaping Mechanism with Cigarette Count Data Chelsea McCarty Allen, Southern Methodist University ; Daniel F. Heitjan, Southern Methodist University
11:05 AM Statistical Learning Methods for Record Linkage: A Pioneer Mortality Example Kristina Murri, Brigham Young University
11:10 AM Supervised Integrated Principal Component Analysis Gen Li, Columbia University ; Sungkyu Jung, University of Pittsburgh
11:15 AM Increasing Awareness of Careers and an Education in Biostatistics Among Quantitatively Talented Under-Represented High-School Students Mallorie Fiero, University of Arizona ; Kevin Doubleday, University of Arizona ; Grant Schissler, University of Arizona ; Joseph Watkins, University of Arizona ; Melanie L. Bell, University of Arizona
11:20 AM Improved Phylogenetic Ordinations for Microbiome Data Julia Fukuyama, Stanford University
11:30 AM Non-Gaussian Penalized PARAFAC Analysis of fMRI Data Jingsai Liang ; Don Hong, Middle Tennessee State University
11:35 AM Adjusting Published Estimates for Exploratory Biases Using the Truncated Normal Distribution Travis Loux, Saint Louis University ; Orlando Davy, Saint Louis University
11:40 AM Modeling Variation in Diversity Michael Anderson, The University of Texas at San Antonio
11:45 AM Fish Cliques: Evidence of Social Groups from Sparse Observations in Time and Space Jean Adams, USGS Great Lakes Science Center ; Stephen Riley, USGS Great Lakes Science Center ; Charles Krueger, Michigan State University ; Tom Binder, USGS Great Lakes Science Center ; Taaja Tucker, USGS Great Lakes Science Center
11:50 AM Statistics and Biology: Stories with Heart Elizabeth Ribble, Metropolitan State University of Denver
11:55 AM Efficient Mean Structure Estimation Using Matrix Variate Data Michael Hornstein, University of Michigan ; Kerby Shedden, University of Michigan ; Shuheng Zhou, University of Michigan
12:00 PM Zero-Truncated Multiple-Inflation Count (ZTMIC) Models Arvind Tripathi, Takeda ; Kui Zhang, Michigan Technological University ; Xiaogang Su, The University of Texas at El Paso
12:10 PM Controlling for Confounders in a Parkinson's Disease Study Ruosha Li, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
12:15 PM The Impact of Misspecification on the Homogeneity Tests for Zero-Inflated Models NADEESHA R. MAWELLA, Kansas State University ; Siyu Gao, Kansas State University ; WEI-WEN HSU, Kansas State University ; David Todem, Michigan State University
 
 

356 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W193b
Methods for Next-Generation Sequencing Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Jen-hwa Chu, Yale University
10:35 AM Excess False Positives in Negative-Binomial-Based Analysis of Data from RNA-Seq Experiments David Rocke, University of California at Davis ; Yilun Zhang, University of California at Davis
10:50 AM Power Analysis for RNA-Seq Differential Expression Studies Lianbo Yu, The Ohio State University ; Soledad Fernandez, The Ohio State University ; Guy N. Brock, The Ohio State University
11:05 AM A Bayesian Hypothesis-Testing Framework for Detecting Differentially Expressed Genes Claudio Fuentes, Oregon State University ; Luis Leon Novelo, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Sarah Emerson, Oregon State University
11:35 AM Moving Beyond the Single Gene: Integrative Pathway Analysis for RNA-Seq Andrew Aschenbrenner, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Yun-Xin Fu, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; David Loose, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
11:50 AM Improving the Power of the Benjamini-Hochberg Procedure for Discrete Data Sebastian Doehler, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
12:05 PM Analysis Pipeline to Investigate Diversity and Dynamics of Next-Generation Sequencing--Based T Cell Repertoire Data Li Zhang, University of California at San Francisco ; Jason Cham, University of California at San Francisco ; Nadeem Sheikh, Dendreon Corporation ; Lawrence Fong, University of California at San Francisco
 
 

357 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W194a
Advances in Statistical Genetics and Genomics — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Chao Xing, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
10:35 AM Integrative Analysis of Omics Data Across Multiple Conditions Using Tensor Decomposition and Regularization Eun Jeong Min, Emory University ; Yijuan Hu, Emory University ; Qi Long, Emory University
10:50 AM Detecting Low Allele Fraction Variants Using Targeted DNA Sequencing with Molecular Barcodes Chang Xu, Qiagen Sciences ; Mohammad R. Nezami Ranjbar, Qiagen Sciences ; John Dicarlo, Qiagen Sciences ; Yexun Wang, Qiagen Sciences
11:05 AM Inferring Spatial Organizations of Chromosomes from Hi-C Data via Poly-Helix Model Rongrong Zhang, Purdue University ; Ming Hu, New York University ; Yu Zhu, Purdue University
11:20 AM Analysis of Variance Components for Genetic Markers with Unphased Genotypes Tao Wang, Medical College of Wisconsin
11:35 AM Powerful Test Based on Multivariate Joint Effect for Genome-Wide Screening Yaowu Liu, Purdue University ; Jun Xie, Purdue University
11:50 AM Robust Approaches for the Analysis of High-Throughput Proteomic Data Naim Rashid
12:05 PM Genomic Prediction Models on Wheat Doubled Haploid Population Xiaowei Hu, Oklahoma State University ; Lan Zhu, Oklahoma State University ; Charles Chen, Oklahoma State University
 
 

418 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W193a
Biometrics Section Student Paper Award Session 2 — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University
Chair(s): Ronald Gangnon, University of Wisconsin
2:05 PM A Class of Semiparametric Tests of Treatment Effect Robust to Measurement Error of a Confounder Caleb Miles, University of California at Berkeley ; Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Harvard
2:45 PM Sure Screening for Transelliptical Graphical Models Yuxiang Xie, University of Washington ; Chengchun Shi, North Carolina State University ; Rui Song, North Carolina State University ; Daniela Witten, University of Washington
3:05 PM Nonparametric Bayesian Learning of Heterogeneous Dynamic Transcription Factor Networks Xiangyu Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ; Yingying Wei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
3:25 PM ScDD: A Statistical Approach for Identifying Differential Distributions in Single-Cell RNA-Seq Experiments Keegan Korthauer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ; Michael Newton, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Christina Kendziorski, University of Wisconsin
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

428 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W193b
Recent Challenges in -Omics Sciences — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Sheng Luo, The University of Texas at Houston
2:05 PM Robust Heritability and Predictive Accuracy Estimation in Plant Breeding Vanda Lourenco, Universidade Nova de Lisboa ; Hans-Peter Piepho, University of Hohenheim ; Joseph Ochieng Ogutu, University of Hohenheim
2:20 PM Using IMRE and Dual KS to Select MicroRNAs for Predicting Prostate Cancer Yarong Yang, North Dakota State University
2:35 PM Module-Based Reconstruction of Gene Regulatory Network into Predictive Modeling for High-Dimensional Genomic Data Rui Zhong, AbbVie ; Xin Huang, AbbVie ; Viswanath Devanarayan, AbbVie
2:50 PM PROMISE-ME: A Robust Method for Integrated Analysis of DNA Methylation, Gene Expression, and Multiple Biologically Related Clinical and Pharmacological Outcomes Stanley Pounds, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ; Xueyuan Cao, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ; Tong Lin, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
3:05 PM Relative Quantification of mRNA Expression Based on Dynamics of QRT-PCR Efficiency Inna Chervoneva, Thomas Jefferson University
3:35 PM Evaluating Imputation Methods for Integrating Proteomics Data Sets Yian Chen, Moffitt Cancer Center ; Kate Fisher, PAREXEL ; Eric A. Welsh, Moffitt Cancer Center ; Steven Eschrich, Moffitt Cancer Center
 
 

430 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W191
Longitudinal Data Analysis — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Charles Smith, North Carolina State University
2:05 PM Detecting Treatment Differences in Group Sequential Longitudinal Studies with Covariate Adjustment Neal Jeffries, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ; James Troendle, National Institutes of Health ; Nancy L. Geller, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
2:20 PM Inference for Nonlinear Panel/Longitudinal Data Carles Breto, University of Michigan ; Edward L. Ionides, University of Michigan ; Aaron A. King, University of Michigan
2:35 PM Estimating Onset Time from Longitudinal Data with Application to Estimating Gestational Age from Maternal Anthropometry During Pregnancy Ana Maria Ortega-Villa, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ; Paul Albert, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2:50 PM Power Analysis for Longitudinal Data Niloofar Ramezani, University of Northern Colorado
3:05 PM Multivariate Copula-Based Regression Models for Longitudinal Data Xin Tian, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ; Colin O. Wu, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
3:20 PM Generalized Semiparametric Varying-Coefficient Models for Longitudinal Data Li Qi, Sanofi US ; Yanqing Sun, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte ; Peter Gilbert, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
3:35 PM Model Estimation and Dynamic Prediction for Subject-Specific Event Probability in Joint Modeling Using Longitudinal Quantile Regression Ming Yang, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Sheng Luo, The University of Texas at Houston ; Stacia DeSantis, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
 
 

448
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Advances in Biometrics, Part 2A — Contributed Poster Presentations
Biometrics Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
1: An Approach for Estimating Adjusted Probabilities When Only Marginal Covariate Distributions Are Observed Yifei Wang, University of California at Davis
2: Learning Parameter Heterogeneity in Data Integration Lu Tang, University of Michigan ; Peter X. K. Song, University of Michigan
4: A Conceptual Framework for Initial Data Analysis Marianne Huebner, Michigan State University ; Saskia le Cessie, Leiden University Medical Center ; Werner Vach, University of Freiburg Medical Center
5: Modeling Heterogeneity in Motor Learning Using Heteroskedastic Functional Principal Components Daniel Backenroth, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ; Jeff Goldsmith, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ; Tomoko Kitago, Columbia University Medical Center ; John Krakauer, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
6: Comparing Models for the Heaping Mechanism with Cigarette Count Data Chelsea McCarty Allen, Southern Methodist University ; Daniel F. Heitjan, Southern Methodist University
7: Statistical Learning Methods for Record Linkage: A Pioneer Mortality Example Kristina Murri, Brigham Young University
8: Supervised Integrated Principal Component Analysis Gen Li, Columbia University ; Sungkyu Jung, University of Pittsburgh
9: Increasing Awareness of Careers and an Education in Biostatistics Among Quantitatively Talented Under-Represented High-School Students Mallorie Fiero, University of Arizona ; Kevin Doubleday, University of Arizona ; Grant Schissler, University of Arizona ; Joseph Watkins, University of Arizona ; Melanie L. Bell, University of Arizona
10: Improved Phylogenetic Ordinations for Microbiome Data Julia Fukuyama, Stanford University
The oral portion will take place during Session 213147
 
 

451
Tue, 8/2/2016, 3:05 PM - 3:50 PM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Advances in Biometrics, Part 2B — Contributed Poster Presentations
Biometrics Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
1: Non-Gaussian Penalized PARAFAC Analysis of fMRI Data Jingsai Liang ; Don Hong, Middle Tennessee State University
2: Adjusting Published Estimates for Exploratory Biases Using the Truncated Normal Distribution Travis Loux, Saint Louis University ; Orlando Davy, Saint Louis University
3: Modeling Variation in Diversity Michael Anderson, The University of Texas at San Antonio
4: Fish Cliques: Evidence of Social Groups from Sparse Observations in Time and Space Jean Adams, USGS Great Lakes Science Center ; Stephen Riley, USGS Great Lakes Science Center ; Charles Krueger, Michigan State University ; Tom Binder, USGS Great Lakes Science Center ; Taaja Tucker, USGS Great Lakes Science Center
5: Statistics and Biology: Stories with Heart Elizabeth Ribble, Metropolitan State University of Denver
6: Efficient Mean Structure Estimation Using Matrix Variate Data Michael Hornstein, University of Michigan ; Kerby Shedden, University of Michigan ; Shuheng Zhou, University of Michigan
7: Zero-Truncated Multiple-Inflation Count (ZTMIC) Models Arvind Tripathi, Takeda ; Kui Zhang, Michigan Technological University ; Xiaogang Su, The University of Texas at El Paso
9: Controlling for Confounders in a Parkinson's Disease Study Ruosha Li, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
10: The Impact of Misspecification on the Homogeneity Tests for Zero-Inflated Models NADEESHA R. MAWELLA, Kansas State University ; Siyu Gao, Kansas State University ; WEI-WEN HSU, Kansas State University ; David Todem, Michigan State University
The oral portion will take place during Session 213147
 
 

484 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W176a
Recent Advances in Computer-Intensive Methods for Analyzing Oral Health Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Organizer(s): Elizabeth G. Hill, Medical University of South Carolina
Chair(s): Tanujit Dey, Cleveland Clinic
8:35 AM Nonparametric Spatial Models for Clustered Ordered Periodontal Data Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Antonio Canale, University of Turin/Collegio Carlo Alberto
8:55 AM A Bayesian Multiscale Ordinal Latent Class Model for Dysphagia Severity Elizabeth G. Hill, Medical University of South Carolina ; Kent Armeson, Medical University of South Carolina ; Elizabeth Slate, Florida State University ; Bonnie Martin-Harris, Medical University of South Carolina
9:15 AM Cluster-Adjusted Regression for Displaced Subject Data (CARDS): Marginal Inference Under Potentially Informative Temporal Cluster Size Profiles Somnath Datta, University of Florida ; JOE BIBLE, National Institutes of Health ; JAMES BECK, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:35 AM Continuous Time Causal Mediation Analysis with Application to Longitudinal Dental Caries Data Jeffrey Albert, Case Western Reserve University ; Yiying Liu, Case Western Reserve University ; Suchitra Nelson, Case Western Reserve University
9:55 AM Marginal Mean Models for Zero-Inflated Count Data with Spline-Based Semiparametric Estimation David Todem, Michigan State University ; Yifan Yang, Michigan State University
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

490
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W181a
SPEED: Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials and Longitudinal Analysis — Contributed Speed
Biopharmaceutical Section , Biometrics Section
Chair(s): Kevin Lawson, PPD
8:35 AM Statistical Inference of Covariate-Adjusted Response-Adaptive Randomized Clinical Trials Wanying Zhao, The George Washington University
8:45 AM Adaptive Estimation of Personalized Maximum Tolerated Doses in Cancer Phase I Clinical Trials According to All Toxicities and Individual Characteristics Zhengjia Chen, Emory University ; Zheng Li, Penn State University ; Ying Yuan, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Michael Kutner, Emory University ; Taofeek Owonikoko, Emory University ; Walter J. Curran, Emory University ; Jeanne Kowalski, Emory University
8:50 AM Small Sample Inference in Imbalanced Cluster Randomized Clinical Trials with Binary Outcomes Dong Hyun Ahn, New York University ; Judith D. Goldberg, New York University School of Medicine
8:55 AM Robust Generalized Multivariate Bioequivalence Srinand Ponnathapura Nandakumar, Quintiles
9:00 AM Explore Methodologies for Extrapolation of Efficacy from the Adult to the Specific Pediatric Population Yao Li, AbbVie ; Bidan Huang, AbbVie
9:05 AM A Clinical Trial Design Based on the Concept of Relative Time Using the Generalized Gamma Ratio Distribution Milind Phadnis, University of Kansas Medical Center
9:10 AM Improved Methods for the Marginal Analysis of Longitudinal Data in the Presence of Time-Dependent Covariates I-Chen Chen, University of Kentucky ; Philip Westgate, University of Kentucky
9:15 AM Proportional Likelihood Ratio Mixed Model Hongqian Wu, University of Iowa ; Michael Jones, University of Iowa
9:20 AM Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Assessing SNP Effects on Treatment Efficacy Yushi Liu ; Jason C. Hsu, Eli Lilly and Company/The Ohio State University
9:30 AM Dangers of Misusing Ordinal Data Ivy Liu, Victoria University of Wellington ; Daniel Fernandez Martinez, New York University ; Peter Yongqi Gu, Victoria University of Wellington
9:35 AM A Simulation-Based Method for Detecting the Best Treatment in Clinical Trials Yan Zhao, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ; Roy Tamura, University of South Florida ; Michael Brown, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
9:45 AM A Small N Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial for Use in Rare Disease Research Roy Tamura, University of South Florida
9:50 AM The Impact of Model Misspecification on Repeated Measures Analysis Yingmei Xi, Vertex Pharmaceuticals ; John Jiang, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
9:55 AM Correlates of Time to Sexual Debut in 15--19-Year-Olds in the Jamaica Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey 2006: A Survival Analysis Tamika Royal-Thomas, University of the West Indies ; Novie Younger-Coleman, University of the West Indies ; Jan Van den Broeck, University of Bergen ; Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University ; Daniel McGee , Florida State University ; Shelly McFarlane, University of the West Indies ; Damian Francis, University of the West Indies ; Rainford Wilks, University of the West Indies
10:05 AM Applying Statistical Design to Improve Target Selection: An Example from Whole-Genome SiRNA Screens Mandy Bergquist ; Katja Remlinger, GlaxoSmithKline
10:10 AM Good Practices and Implementation Methods for Optimally Stratified Randomization Jonathan Chipman, Vanderbilt University ; Cole Beck, Vanderbilt University ; Robert Greevy, Vanderbilt University
 
 

495 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W176b
Random Effects and Mixed Models — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Yifei Sun, The Johns Hopkins University
8:35 AM A Computationally Efficient Algorithm for Random Effects Selection in Linear Mixed Models Mihye Ahn, University of Nevada, Reno ; Helen Zhang, University of Arizona ; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
8:50 AM Random-Effects Models in Genetics: Theoretical and Computational Tools for Modern Applications Lee Dicker, Rutgers University
9:05 AM Restricted Maximum Likelihood Approaches for Linear Mixed Models: AREML and BREML Erning Li, University of Iowa ; Dale Zimmerman, University of Iowa
9:20 AM Confidence Intervals for Variance Components in Mixed-Effects Models: A Likelihood-Based Approach Gaurav Sharma, The EMMES Corporation ; Lihan Yan, FDA
9:35 AM Drug Interaction Assessment with Repeated Measurements in Fixed Ray Design Shouhao Zhou, MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:50 AM Multidimensional Latent Trait Linear Mixed Model with an Application in Clinical Trials Jue Wang, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Sheng Luo, The University of Texas at Houston
10:05 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

496 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W177
New Methods for Competing Risks and Multistate Models — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Chiung-Yu Huang, The Johns Hopkins University
8:35 AM A Bivariate Lehmann Model for Semi-Competing Risks Data David Oakes, University of Rochester Medical Center
8:50 AM Semiparametric Models of Bivariate Times-to-Event Data with a Semi-Competing Risk Ran Liao, Indiana University ; Sujuan Gao, Indiana University
9:05 AM Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Recurrent Gap Times in the Presence of Competing Risks Chia-Hui Huang, National Taipei University ; Yi-Hau Chen, Academia Sinica
9:20 AM Instrumental Variable with Competing Risk Model Cheng Zheng, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ; Ran Dai, The University of Chicago ; Parameswaran Hari, Medical College of Wisconsin ; Mei-Jie Zhang, Medical College of Wisconsin
9:35 AM Doubly Robust Regression Trees Under Competing Risks Youngjoo Cho, University of Rochester Medical Center ; Robert Strawderman, University of Rochester Medical Center
9:50 AM On the Choice of Time Scales in Competing Risks Predictions Minjung Lee, Kangwon National University ; Natalia A. Gouskova, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Eric J. Feuer, National Cancer Institute ; Jason Fine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:05 AM A Semiparametric Multi-State Survival Model for Correlated Interval-Censored Life History Data in Caries Research Daewoo Pak, Michigan State University ; Chenxi Li, Michigan State University ; David Todem, Michigan State University
 
 

511 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W185a
Statistical Methods for Analyzing Microbiome Data — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Sanjay Shete, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Chair(s): Sanjay Shete, MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:35 AM Bayesian Variable Selection Models for Microbiome Data Integration — Marina Vannucci, Rice University ; Michele Guindani ; Duncan Wadsworth, Rice University
11:00 AM Statistical Methods for Integrating the Phylogenetic Tree in Microbiome Data Analysis Jun Chen, Mayo Clinic ; Jian Xiao, Mayo Clinic
11:25 AM Kernel Penalized Regression Models for Microbiome Data Timothy Randolph, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Ali Shojaie, University of Washington ; Sen Zhao, University of Washington
11:50 AM Analysis of Composition of Microbiome with Structural Zeros (ANCOMSZ) — Abhishek Kaul, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ; Siddhartha Mandal, Public Health Foundation of India ; Shyamal Peddada, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

531 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W186c
Time-to-Event Models for Studies with Informative Censoring, Truncation, or Drop-Out — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Michael Pennell, The Ohio State University
Chair(s): Brittney Bailey, The Ohio State University
10:35 AM Bayesian Threshold Regression for Multivariate Current Status Data with Informative Censoring Michael Pennell, The Ohio State University ; Tao Xiao, Shenzhen University
10:55 AM Analyzing Semi-Competing Risks Data with Missing Cause of Informative Terminal Event Hong Zhu, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ; Renke Zhou, Baylor College of Medicine ; Melissa Bondy, Baylor College of Medicine ; Jing Ning, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:15 AM Model Diagnostics of a Class of Joint Dynamic Models of Recurrent Competing Risks and a Terminal Event Piaomu Liu, Bentley University ; Edsel Aldea Pena, University of South Carolina
11:35 AM Adjusting for Dependent Truncation with Inverse Probability Weighting Jing Qian, University of Massachusetts - Amherst ; Rebecca Betensky, Harvard
11:55 AM Joint Partially Linear Model for Longitudinal Data with Informative Drop-Outs Sehee Kim, University of Michigan ; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jeremy M. G. Taylor, University of Michigan
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

538 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W186a
Methods for Risk Prediction — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Rebecca Scherzer, University of California at San Francisco
10:35 AM Dynamic Scheduling of the Next Exam in Cancer Screening Dongfeng Wu, University of Louisville
10:50 AM Evaluating Probability Forecasts Shulamith Gross, Baruch College
11:05 AM Comparisons of Statistical Methods for Determining Gene Expression Signatures to Predict Prostate Cancer Response — Dirk Moore, Rutgers School of Public Health ; Qian Dong, Celgene
11:20 AM Estimating HIV Relative Risk in India Using CAR Models Kaushik Ghosh, University of Nevada, Las Vegas ; Chandrasekaran Kandhasamy, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
11:35 AM A Latent-Variable Approach to Derive a Pediatric Cardiac Inotrope Score Associated with Congenital Heart Surgery Mallikarjuna Rettiganti, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ; Avishek Chakraborty, University of Arkansas ; Punkaj Gupta, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
11:50 AM Semiparametric Estimation and Inference for Partial AUC of Biomarkers Subject to Limit of Detection Lixuan Yin, George Mason University ; Guoqing Diao, George Mason University ; Aiyi Liu, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
12:05 PM Missing Data and Prediction Models Sarah Fletcher, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ; Jeffrey David Blume, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
 
 

542 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W186b
Semiparametric Methods for Longitudinal and Event Time Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Jing Wang, St. Louis University
10:35 AM A Semiparametric Joint Model for Terminal Trend of Quality of Life and Survival in Palliative Care Research Zhigang Li ; H. Rob Frost, Dartmouth College ; Lihui Zhao, Northwestern University ; Lei Liu, Northwestern University ; Kathleen Lyons, Dartmouth College ; Huaihou Chen, University of Florida ; Bernard Cole, University of Vermont ; David Currow, Flinders University ; Marie Bakitas, University of Alabama at Birmingham ; Tor Tosteson, Dartmouth College
10:50 AM Semiparametric Structural Equation Models with Latent Variables for Right-Censored Data Kin Yau Wong, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Danyu Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:05 AM Classification of Longitudinal Data Using P-Splines and Correlated Mixed-Effects Models Applied to Predict Pregnancy Outcomes Cristian Meza, Universidad de Valparaiso ; Ana Arribas-Gil, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ; Rolando De la Cruz, P. Universidad Católica de Valparaíso ; Claudio Fuentes, Oregon State University
11:20 AM Semiparametric Spatial Model for Interval-Censored Data with Time-Varying Covariate Effect YUE ZHANG, University of Cincinnati ; Xia Wang, University of Cincinnati ; Bin Zhang, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
11:35 AM Pseudo-Value Method for Ultra-High-Dimensional Semiparametric Models with Life-Time Data Tony Sit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
11:50 AM A Semiparametric Survival Model with a Time-Dependent Cure Process Sophie Yu-Pu Chen, University of Michigan ; Alex Tsodikov, University of Michigan
12:05 PM A General Semiparametric Accelerated Failure Time Model Imputation Approach for Censored Covariate Shengchun Kong, Gilead Sciences ; Ying Ding, University of Pittsburgh ; Shan Kang, Robert Bosch LLC
 
 

559
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials and Longitudinal Analysis, Part 2A — Contributed Poster Presentations
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
1: Statistical Inference of Covariate-Adjusted Response-Adaptive Randomized Clinical Trials Wanying Zhao, The George Washington University
3: Adaptive Estimation of Personalized Maximum Tolerated Doses in Cancer Phase I Clinical Trials According to All Toxicities and Individual Characteristics Zhengjia Chen, Emory University ; Zheng Li, Penn State University ; Ying Yuan, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Michael Kutner, Emory University ; Taofeek Owonikoko, Emory University ; Walter J. Curran, Emory University ; Jeanne Kowalski, Emory University
4: Small Sample Inference in Imbalanced Cluster Randomized Clinical Trials with Binary Outcomes Dong Hyun Ahn, New York University ; Judith D. Goldberg, New York University School of Medicine
5: Robust Generalized Multivariate Bioequivalence Srinand Ponnathapura Nandakumar, Quintiles
6: Explore Methodologies for Extrapolation of Efficacy from the Adult to the Specific Pediatric Population Yao Li, AbbVie ; Bidan Huang, AbbVie
7: A Clinical Trial Design Based on the Concept of Relative Time Using the Generalized Gamma Ratio Distribution Milind Phadnis, University of Kansas Medical Center
8: Improved Methods for the Marginal Analysis of Longitudinal Data in the Presence of Time-Dependent Covariates I-Chen Chen, University of Kentucky ; Philip Westgate, University of Kentucky
9: Proportional Likelihood Ratio Mixed Model Hongqian Wu, University of Iowa ; Michael Jones, University of Iowa
10: Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Assessing SNP Effects on Treatment Efficacy Yushi Liu ; Jason C. Hsu, Eli Lilly and Company/The Ohio State University
The oral portion will take place during Session 213149
 
 

562
Wed, 8/3/2016, 11:35 AM - 12:20 PM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials and Longitudinal Analysis, Part 2B — Contributed Poster Presentations
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
1: Dangers of Misusing Ordinal Data Ivy Liu, Victoria University of Wellington ; Daniel Fernandez Martinez, New York University ; Peter Yongqi Gu, Victoria University of Wellington
2: A Simulation-Based Method for Detecting the Best Treatment in Clinical Trials Yan Zhao, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ; Roy Tamura, University of South Florida ; Michael Brown, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
4: A Small N Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial for Use in Rare Disease Research Roy Tamura, University of South Florida
5: The Impact of Model Misspecification on Repeated Measures Analysis Yingmei Xi, Vertex Pharmaceuticals ; John Jiang, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
6: Correlates of Time to Sexual Debut in 15--19-Year-Olds in the Jamaica Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey 2006: A Survival Analysis Tamika Royal-Thomas, University of the West Indies ; Novie Younger-Coleman, University of the West Indies ; Jan Van den Broeck, University of Bergen ; Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University ; Daniel McGee , Florida State University ; Shelly McFarlane, University of the West Indies ; Damian Francis, University of the West Indies ; Rainford Wilks, University of the West Indies
8: Applying Statistical Design to Improve Target Selection: An Example from Whole-Genome SiRNA Screens Mandy Bergquist ; Katja Remlinger, GlaxoSmithKline
9: Good Practices and Implementation Methods for Optimally Stratified Randomization Jonathan Chipman, Vanderbilt University ; Cole Beck, Vanderbilt University ; Robert Greevy, Vanderbilt University
The oral portion will take place during Session 213149
 
 

580 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W184d
Statistical and Computational Advances in Microbiome and Metagenomic Studies — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section
Organizer(s): Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
Chair(s): Jun Chen, Mayo Clinic
2:05 PM COCACOLA: Binning Metagenomic Contigs Using Sequence COmposition, Read CoverAge, CO-Alignment, and Paired-End Read LinkAge Fengzhu Sun, University of Southern California ; Yang Lu, University of Southern California ; Ting Chen, University of Southern California ; Jed Fuhrman, University of Southern California
2:30 PM The Need for Parametric Statistics in Microbiome Research Bill Shannon, Washington University/Biorankings ; Sharina Carter, BioRankings
2:55 PM Resolving Heteroscedasticity Issues in Multivariate Analysis of Microbiome Data Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Medical University of South Carolina
3:20 PM Discussant: Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
3:40 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

599 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W184a
Bayesian Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods for Causal Inference — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Nonparametric Statistics , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Kirsten J. Lum, University of Pennsylvania
Chair(s): Jason Roy, University of Pennsylvania
2:05 PM Accounting for Uncertainty in Confounder and Effect Modifier Selection When Estimating Average Causal Effects in Generalized Linear Models Chi Wang, University of Kentucky ; Francesca Dominici, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Giovanni Parmigiani, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Corwin Zigler, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2:25 PM A Dirichlet Process Functional Approach to Heteroscedastic-Consistent Covariance Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis of Causal Effects George Karabatsos, University of Illinois at Chicago
2:45 PM A Bayesian Nonparametric Causal Inference Model for Comparative Effectiveness Research Chenguang Wang, The Johns Hopkins University
3:05 PM Bayesian Semiparametric Latent Mediation Model Chanmin Kim, Harvard ; Michael Daniels, The University of Texas at Austin ; Yisheng Li, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:25 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

603 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W186c
Missing Data Methodology — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Vered Madar, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
2:05 PM Testing for Missing Always at Random and Row Exchangeability in Multivariate Data with Missing Values Iavor Bojinov, Harvard ; Natesh Pillai, Harvard ; Donald B. Rubin, Harvard
2:20 PM Testing Treatment Effect in Clinical Trials with Patient Dropout Using Latent Mixture Models Fanhui Kong, FDA ; Yeh-Fong Chen, FDA
2:35 PM Design of Primary and Sensitivity Analyses for Handling Nonfuture Dependence Missing Data in Clinical Trials with an Emphasis on the Type I Error Rate Using Pattern Mixture Model Lixian Peng, Celgene ; Weichung J. Shih, Rutgers University
2:50 PM A Multivariate Selection Model for Cluster-Level Outcome-Dependent Missing Data Jiebiao Wang, The University of Chicago ; Pei Wang, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ; Lin Chen, The University of Chicago
3:20 PM Missing Data Approaches in Categorical Latent Growth and Multilevel Proportional Odds Models Karen Traxler, University of Northern Colorado ; Niloofar Ramezani, University of Northern Colorado
3:35 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

607 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W186b
New Frontiers in Survival Analysis, Copula, and Clustered Data — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Usha Govindarajulu, SUNY Downstate
2:05 PM Latent Promotion Time Cure Rate Model Using Dependent Tail-Free Mixtures Li Li, University of New Mexico
2:20 PM Hierarchical Archimedian Copula Models for the Analysis of Familial Binary Data Yihao Deng, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
2:35 PM Improved Computation of Full Data Likelihood Estimates in the Cox Proportional Hazards Model Xiao Fang, The University of Texas Medical Branch ; Kristofer Jennings, The University of Texas Medical Branch
2:50 PM Reversed Hazard Parametric Regression Model to Analyze Left-Censored HIV Data Md Akhtar Hossain, University of South Carolina ; Hrishikesh Chakraborty, University of South Carolina
3:05 PM Estimation of Rank Correlation for Clustered Data Bernard Rosner, Harvard Medical School ; Robert Glynn, Harvard Medical School
3:20 PM Considerations for Analysis of Time-to-Event Outcomes Measured with Error Eric Oh, University of Pennsylvania ; Pamela A. Shaw, University of Pennsylvania
3:35 PM Model Validation for Regression with Covariates Subject to Fixed or Random Censoring Paul Bernhardt, Villanova University
 
 

629 *
Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W184d
Statisticians and Multiple Sclerosis Research — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , Section on Statistics in Imaging
Organizer(s): Elizabeth M. Sweeney, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Chair(s): Amanda Mejia, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
8:35 AM Statistical Segmentation of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions on Structural Magnetic Resonance Images Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University
9:00 AM Depression Trajectories in Multiple Sclerosis Patients for Treatment Decision Making Douglas Gunzler, Case Western Reserve University
9:25 AM Development of a Neuroimaging Biomarker for Lesion Recovery in Multiple Sclerosis Elizabeth M. Sweeney, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Michelle Ross , University of Pennsylvania ; John Muschelli, The Johns Hopkins University ; Benjamin Risk , Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute ; Daniel Reich , National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ; Ani Eloyan , Brown University ; Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University ; Russell Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania
9:50 AM Mediation Analysis of Multiple Sclerosis and Depression for Complex Longitudinal Clinical Data Nathan Morris, Case Western Reserve University
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

644 *
Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W186c
Integrative Approaches for Genomics Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Organizer(s): Marinela Capanu, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Chair(s): Marinela Capanu, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
8:35 AM Meta-Analysis for Discovering Rare-Variant Associations Zheng-Zheng Tang, Vanderbilt University
8:55 AM Integrative Analysis of Sequencing and Array Genotype Data for Discovering Disease Associations with Rare Mutations Yijuan Hu, Emory University ; Yun Li, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Paul Auer, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ; Danyu Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:15 AM Pedigree-Based Imputation from Sequencing Data and Its Applications Dan Nicolae, The University of Chicago
9:35 AM Integrated Analysis of Germline, Omic, and Disease Data David Conti, University of Southern California ; Zhao Yang, University of Southern California ; Duncan Thomas, University of Southern California
9:55 AM Discussant: Colin Begg, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

649 *
Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W186a
Clustering, Classification, and Dimension Reduction Techniques — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Susheela Singh, North Carolina State University
8:35 AM Integrative Subtype Analysis of Ovarian Cancer Using Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Prabhakar Chalise, University of Kansas Medical Center ; Ellen L. Goode, Mayo Clinic ; Brooke L. Fridley, University of Kansas Medical Center
8:50 AM Dynamic Functional Classification and Clustering — J. Richard Landis, University of Pennsylvania ; Wensheng Guo, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine ; Xiaoling Hou, University of Pennsylvania
9:05 AM Clustering with Non-Convex Penalized Gaussian Graphical Models for Simultaneous Parameter Estimation and Pursuit of Sparseness Chen Gao, University of Minnesota ; Wei Pan, University of Minnesota ; Xiaotong Shen, University of Minnesota ; Yunzhang Zhu, The Ohio State University
9:20 AM Methods for Joint Clustering of Longitudinal HIV Biomarker Trajectories in the Presence of Missing and Censored Observations Miranda Lynch, University of Connecticut Health Center ; Marianna Baum, Florida International University ; Vladimir Novitsky, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Victor De Gruttola, Harvard
9:35 AM Classification of Multivariate Time Series Data with Applications to ECIS Laura Tupper, Cornell University ; David Matteson, Cornell University
9:50 AM Classification of Mixed Binary Outcomes Using Biomarker Information Feng-Chang Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Quefeng Li, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:05 AM Optimal Decision Rule for Multiple Biomarkers Combined as Tree-Based Classifiers Yuxin Zhu, The Johns Hopkins University ; Mei-Cheng Wang, The Johns Hopkins University
 
 

654 *
Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W186b
Survival Analysis with Health Applications — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Chair(s): Jack Follis, University of St. Thomas
8:35 AM Attributable Excess Time Function for Censored Time-to-Event Yixin Wang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Ying Qing Chen, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
8:50 AM The Reflected-Shifted-Truncated Gamma Distribution with Application to Left-Skewed Survival Data Sophia Waymyers, University of South Carolina ; Hrishikesh Chakraborty, University of South Carolina ; Sanku Dey, St. Anthony's College
9:05 AM A New Estimator of Baseline Hazard Function in Bivariate Frailty Models Antai Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology ; Xieyang Jia, New Jersey Institute of Technology
9:20 AM Two-Step Parsimonious Variable Selection for Right-Censored Survival Time Models Anju Menon, University of Wyoming ; A. Gregory DiRienzo
9:35 AM Subgroup Identification and Sample-Size Calculation for the Proportional Hazard Model Suhyun Kang, North Carolina State University ; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
9:50 AM Efficient Methods for Fitting Bayesian Semiparametric Models to Partly Interval-Censored Data Haiming Zhou, Northern Illinois University ; Timothy Hanson, University of South Carolina
10:05 AM Generalized Estimating Equations for Restricted Mean Survival Time Under General Censoring Mechanisms Xin Wang, University of Michigan ; Douglas Schaubel, University of Michigan
 
 

689 *
Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W184d
Recent Developments in Restricted Mean Survival Time — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section
Organizer(s): Lihui Zhao, Northwestern University
Chair(s): Lei Liu, Northwestern University
10:35 AM Restricted Mean Survival Time: Does Covariate Adjustment Improve Precision in Randomized Clinical Trials? Theodore Karrison, The University of Chicago ; Masha Kocherginsky, The University of Chicago
10:55 AM Issues of Conventional Meta-Analysis for Time-to-Event Outcomes Using Reported Hazard Ratios or Relative Risks from Independent Studies Hajime Uno, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ; Masayuki Kaneko, Kitasato University
11:15 AM Estimating the Optimal Treatment Regime for Time-to-Event Data Min Zhang, University of Michigan ; Baqun Zhang, Renmin University of China
11:35 AM Restricted Mean Event Time in the Presence of Multiple Endpoints Lihui Zhao, Northwestern University ; Lu Tian, Stanford University ; Lee-Jen Wei, Harvard
11:55 AM Discussant: Lu Tian, Stanford University
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

698 * !
Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W186c
New Challenges in Complex Data Modeling II — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Chinese Statistical Association
Chair(s): Gu Mi, Eli Lilly and Company
10:35 AM Inference of an Additive Transient Binding Model Jason Bernstein
10:50 AM Stable Balancing Weights for Marginal Structural Models Maria de los Angeles Resa Juarez, Columbia University ; Jose Zubizarreta, Columbia University
11:05 AM Constrained Inference for Double Cone Alternatives Xuechan Li, Duke University ; Janice McCarthy, Duke University ; Zhiguo Li, Duke University ; Andrew Allen, Duke University ; Kouros Owzar, Duke University
11:20 AM An Instrumental Variable Approach to Generalizing Experimental Results Chaitra Nagaraja, Fordham University ; Dylan Small, University of Pennsylvania
11:35 AM A Factor Analysis Model for Estimating the Structure of Related Covariance Matrices Teal Guidici ; George Michailidis, University of Florida
11:50 AM Quantification of Imbalances in Baseline Covariates in Observational Studies Adin-Cristian Andrei, Northwestern University
12:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

699 !
Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W187a
General Methodology and Applications in Biostatistics — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Mallikarjuna Rettiganti, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
10:35 AM False Discovery Rate Control for Identifying Simultaneous Signals Sihai Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:50 AM Pearson's Chi-Square Test and Rank Correlation Inferences for Clustered Data Joanna Shih, National Cancer Institute ; Michael Fay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
11:05 AM Increasing the Power of the Mann-Whitney Test in Randomized Experiments Through Flexible Covariate Adjustment Karel Vermeulen, Ghent University ; Olivier Thas, Ghent University ; Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University
11:20 AM Power Calculations for Statistics Based on Orthogonal Components of Pearson's Chi-Square Maduranga Dassanayake, Arizona State University ; Mark Reiser, Arizona State University
11:35 AM Covariate-Adjusted ROC Analysis Using Covariate Balancing Propensity Score Seungbong Han, Gachon University
11:50 AM HIV kit lot related shifts in RNA using external control samples: the Virology Quality Assurance Program Daniel Zaccaro, RTI International ; Amy Couzens, RTI International ; Donald Brambilla, RTI International ; Cheryl Jennings, Rush University Medical Center ; James Bremer, Rush University Medical Center
12:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

700 * !
Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W187b
Survival Data: New Directions — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Statistics Without Borders
Chair(s): Shouhao Zhou, MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:35 AM Concordance Index for Composite Disease Outcomes Li Cheung, The George Washington University ; Qing Pan, The George Washington University ; Hormuzd Katki, National Cancer Institute
10:50 AM Study Design for Interval-Censored Outcomes Yibai Zhao, University of Massachusetts - Amherst ; Xiangdong Gu, University of Massachusetts - Amherst ; Raji Balasubramanian, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
11:05 AM Sample Size Methods for Validating Treatment Selection Cancer Biomarkers from Right-Censored Survival Data Kevin Dobbin, University of Georgia ; Lisa M. McShane, National Cancer Institute
11:20 AM An Empirical Saddlepoint Approximation--Based Method for Smoothing Survival Functions Under Right Censoring Pratheepa Jeganathan, Texas Tech University ; Alexandre Trindade, Texas Tech University ; Robert Paige, Missouri University of Science and Technology
11:35 AM How to Control for Unmeasured Confounding in an Observational Time-to-Event Study with Exposure Incidence Information: The Treatment Choice Cox Model James Troendle, National Institutes of Health ; Zhiwei Zhang, FDA/CDRH ; Eric Leifer, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ; Song Yang, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ; Michael Sklar, University of Pennsylvania ; Heather Jerry, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
11:50 AM On Propensity Score Weighting Approaches to Observational Studies with Survival Outcome Huzhang Mao ; Liang Li, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:05 PM Estimating Mortality Hazard Ratios Using Cross-Sectional Data from Maternal Birth Histories Philimon Gona, University of Massachusetts ; Janet Dzangare, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare ; Vasco Chikwasha, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences ; Sowmya Rao, Boston University
 
 
 
 
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