Legend: 
        CC  = Baltimore Convention Center,    
H  = Hilton Baltimore
		
		* = applied session       ! = JSM meeting theme
	
 
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			3 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-338 
		 
	 
	
		
			Statistical Methods for Health Economics and Applied Econometrics in Health Policy — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   , Business and Economic Statistics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Sherri  Rose, Harvard Medical School 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Haochang  Shou, University of Pennsylvania 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Computational Health Economics for Health Care Spending  
							— 
							 Sherri  Rose, Harvard Medical School   ; Savannah  Bergquist, Harvard University ; Tim  Layton, Harvard Medical School 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:30 PM 
						 
						
							Technical Solutions for Practical Problems in Accounting for Medical and Non-Medical Risk in Massachusetts' Medicaid Program  
							— 
							 Arlene  S. Ash, University of Massachusetts Medical School   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:55 PM 
						 
						
							Statistical Methods for Developing Cost-Effective Biomarker Combinations for Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis  
							— 
							 Aasthaa  Bansal, University of Washington   ; Patrick  Heagerty, University of Washington ; Lotte  Steuten, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							Meta-Learners for Estimating Conditional Average Treatment Effects Using Machine Learning  
							— 
							 Sören  Künzel, UC Berkeley   ; Jasjeet  Sekhon, UC Berkeley ; Peter  Bickel, UC Berkeley ; Bin  Yu, University of California, Berkeley 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			59 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				4:00 PM -
				5:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-338 
		 
	 
	
		
			Evidence-Generation via Big Data in the Real-World Setting — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Stats. Partnerships Among Academe, Indust. & Govt. Committee   , Health Policy Statistics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Kelly H. Zou, Pfizer Inc 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Aiyi   Liu, National Institutes of Health/NICHD 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							4:05 PM 
						 
						
							Automated Learning Techniques for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Unstructured Notes  
							— 
							Michael  Sanky, Optum ;  Balaji  Ramesh, Optum   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:25 PM 
						 
						
							Evaluation the Quality of Electronic Health Record Data  
							— 
							 Ying  Lu, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine   ; Hui  Wang, Palo Alto VA Health Care System ; Jennifer  Shuwen Lee, Stanford University and VA Palo Alto Health Care System ; Phiip S Tsao, Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Health Care System 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:45 PM 
						 
						
							Leverage Real World Data to Support Drug Safety Surveillance: Cases Studies of the Applications   
							— 
							 Xiaofeng  Zhou, Pfizer Inc   ; Andrew  Bate, Pfizer 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:05 PM 
						 
						
							Drug Safety and Comparative Effectiveness at Massive Scale  
							— 
							 Yuxi  Tian, David Geffen School of Medicine At UCLA   ; Marc A. Suchard, University of California, Los Angeles ; Martijn  Schuemie, Janssen Research and Development 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:25 PM 
						 
						
							Combining Clinical and Nonclinical Big Data from Multiple Sources  
							— 
							 Javier  Cabrera, Rutgers University   ; Birol  Emir, Pfizer Inc ; Demissie  Alemayehu, Pfizer Inc 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			5:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			72 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				4:00 PM -
				5:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-313 
		 
	 
	
		
			Methods for Causal and Integrative Analysis in Health Studies — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jane  Lange, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							4:05 PM 
						 
						
							An Evaluation of Bias in Propensity Score Adjusted Nonlinear Regression Models  
							— 
							 Fei  Wan, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences   ; Nandita  Mitra, University of Pennslyvania 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:20 PM 
						 
						
							A Bayesian Approach for Correcting Exposure Misclassification in Meta-Analysis  
							— 
							 Qinshu  Lian, University of Minnesota-Twin cities   ; Haitao  Chu, University of Minnesota 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:35 PM 
						 
						
							Matching Estimators for Causal Effects of Multiple Treatments  
							— 
							 Anthony  Scotina, Brown University   ; Roee  Gutman, Brown University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:50 PM 
						 
						
							Data Integration Enhancements to Project Data Sphere's Analytic Capacity and Utility   
							— 
							 Steven  Cohen, RTI International   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:05 PM 
						 
						
							ESTIMATION of AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTS AMONG MULTIPLE TREATMENT GROUPS by USING ADAPTIVE ENSEMBLE METHOD  
							— 
							 Maiying  Kong, University of Louisville   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:20 PM 
						 
						
							Integrating the Evidence from Evidence Factors in Observational Studies  
							— 
							 Bikram  Karmakar, University of Pennsylvania   ; Benjamin   French, Radiation Effects Research Foundation ; Dylan  Small, University of Pennsylvania 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:35 PM 
						 
						
							Marginal Meta-Analysis for Combining Multiple Randomized Clinical Trails with Rare Events  
							— 
							 Yun-Ju UMBC Cheng, UMBC   ; Yi  Huang, UMBC ; Elande  Baro, FDA ; Guoxing  Soon, FDA 
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			104 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-321 
		 
	 
	
		
			How Funding Agencies and Journals Are Encouraging Reproducible Research and the Role of Statisticians — Invited Panel 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Committee on Funded Research   , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Health Policy Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Ming-Wen  An, Vassar College 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Karen  Bandeen-Roche, Johns Hopkins University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							
                            8:35 AM
						 
						
							How Funding Agencies and Journals Are Encouraging Reproducible Research and the Role of Statisticians  
						 
					 
					
						
							Panelists:
						 
						
						
							Jeremy  Berg, Science magazine Meredith  LeMasurier, Nature Research Michael  Lauer, Extramural Research, NIH Richard  Nakamura, Center for Scientific Review, NIH  
					 
				
	
		
			10:10 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			115 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-347 
		 
	 
	
		
			HPSS Student Paper Competition Winners: Statistics Advancing Health Policy — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Cory  Zigler, Harvard School of Public Health 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Cory  Zigler, Harvard School of Public Health 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Estimating Average Treatment Effects with a Response-Informed Calibrated Propensity Score  
							— 
							 David  Cheng, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health   ; Abhishek  Chakrabortty, University of Pennsylvania ; Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, Massachusetts General Hospital ; Tianxi  Cai, Harvard University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:55 AM 
						 
						
							Abstract for Dynamic Multi-Resolution Smoothing Using Multi-Source Exchangeability Models  
							— 
							 Alexander  Kaizer   ; Joseph  Koopmeiners, University of Minnesota ; Brian P. Hobbs, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:15 AM 
						 
						
							Joint Indirect Standardization When Only Marginal Distributions Are Observed in the Index Population  
							— 
							 Yifei  Wang, University of California, Davis   ; Diana  Miglioretti, University of California, Davis ; Daniel  Tancredi, University of California, Davis 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:35 AM 
						 
						
							Estimating Causal Effects from a Randomized Clinical Trial When Noncompliance Is Measured with Error  
							— 
							 Jeffrey  Boatman   ; David  Vock, University of Minnesota ; Joseph  Koopmeiners, University of Minnesota ; Eric  Donny, University of Pittsburgh 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:55 AM 
						 
						
							Bayesian Nonparametric Policy Search with Application to Periodontal Recall Intervals  
							— 
							 Qian  Guan, North Carolina State University   ; Brian  Reich, NCSU ; Eric  Laber, North Carolina State University ; Dipankar  Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			135 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-343 
		 
	 
	
		
			Novel Non/Semiparametric Developments for Risk Perception with Censored and/or Missing Data — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Risk Analysis   , Health Policy Statistics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Jiwei  Zhao, State University of New York at Buffalo 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Guan  Yu, State University of New York at Buffalo 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							A Nonparametric Approach for Partial Areas Under ROC Curves  
							— 
							Hanfang  Yang, Renmin Univeristy of  China ; Kun  Lu, Princeton University ;  Yichuan  Zhao, Georgia State University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:55 AM 
						 
						
							Risk Prediction from the Combination of Longitudinal Biomarkers Subject to Informative Missingness  
							— 
							 Jiwei  Zhao, State University of New York at Buffalo   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:15 AM 
						 
						
							Testing Causative Hypotheses in Nonparametric Models with a Mismeasured or Coarsened Confounder  
							— 
							 Wang  Miao, Peking University   ; Lan   Liu, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Estimation of the Cumulative Incidence Function Under Multiple Dependent and Independent Censoring Mechanisms   
							— 
							Judith  Lok, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health ;  Shu   Yang, North Carolina State University   ; Brian  Sharkey, NA ; Michael   Hughes, Harvard 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:55 AM 
						 
						
							Semiparametric Odds Ratio Model for Multivariate Survival Times  
							— 
							 Hua Yun  Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			136 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-308 
		 
	 
	
		
			Toward a Learning-Health System: Methods and Strategies for Data-Driven Health Care — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   , Society for Medical Decision Making , Biometrics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Rebecca Yates  Coley, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Zhenke  Wu, University of Michigan 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Improving Dynamic Predictions from Joint Models of Longitudinal and Survival Data Using Time-Varying Effects  
							— 
							 Dimitris   Rizopoulos, Erasmus University Medical Center   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:00 AM 
						 
						
							Sending Analysis to the Data: Optimizing Information Exchange in the Learning Health Care System  
							— 
							 Darren  Toh, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:25 AM 
						 
						
							Learning Health Care Systems in Context: The Information, Economic, and Ethical Considerations Revolutionizing Medicine  
							— 
							 Mary Helen Cooke, The Johns Hopkins Health System   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Statisticians Leading the Way: Advocating for Learning Health Systems and Collaborating Effectively with Clinical Stakeholders  
							— 
							 Rebecca Yates  Coley, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute   ; Scott  Zeger, Johns Hopkins University 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			162 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-326 
		 
	 
	
		
			SPEED: Government Statistics, Health Policy, and Marketing — Contributed Speed 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Government Statistics Section   ,  Health Policy Statistics Section   ,  Section on Statistics in Marketing   , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Social Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Cynthia  Rush, Columbia University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Using Interrupted Time Series to Examine the Validity of the Surveillance Definition of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in U.S. Hospitals  
							— 
							 Minn  Soe, Surveillance Branch, DHQP, NCEZID, CDC   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:40 AM 
						 
						
							Comparisons of Calibration Methods for the RECS Engineering End-Use Estimates  
							— 
							 Shaofen Grace Deng, U.S. Energy Information Administration   ; Greg  Lawson , U.S. Energy Information Administration ; Chrishelle  Lawrence, U.S. Energy Information Administration 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:45 AM 
						 
						
							Demonstrating the Usefulness of the National Hospital Care Survey to Track Patients Who Used Outpatient Department and Other Hospital Services Over Time   
							— 
							 Geoffrey  Jackson, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC   ; Margaret  Hall, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC ; Alexander  Schwartzman, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							Imputing Water Consumption in Large Commercial Buildings in the 2012 CBECS  
							— 
							 Jay  Olsen, EIA Dept of Energy   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:55 AM 
						 
						
							Methodologies for Clinical Trials Using Historical Control  
							— 
							 Yeh-Fong  Chen, US Food and Drug Administration   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:00 AM 
						 
						
							Forced Migration: Visualizing Patterns of Refugee Movements  
							— 
							 Jacquelyn  Neal, Vanderbilt University   ; Hannah E Weeks, Vanderbilt University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							Raking Weighting Methodology: Reweight Combined Multiple Years of Child Data, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-Back Survey   
							— 
							 Xiaoting  Qin, Center for Disease Control Prevention   ; Hatice S Zahran, Center for Disease Control Prevention ; Cathy M Bailey, Center for Disease Control Prevention 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:10 AM 
						 
						
							Beneath the Veneer of Healthcare Quality Measurement: Sample Size Estimation  
							— 
							 Adeline  Wilcox, Retired   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disability Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Communities: ACS 2012-2015  
							— 
							 Loida  Tamayo, CMS Office of Minortiy Health   ; Shondelle  Wilson-Frederick, CMS Office of Minority Health ; Elsa  Haile, CMS Office of Minority Health ; Cara  James, CMS Office of Minority Health 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:25 AM 
						 
						
							Child Abuse on Trial: a Statistical Analysis of Shaken Baby Syndrome  
							— 
							 Maria  Cuellar, Carnegie Mellon University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:30 AM 
						 
						
							A Terminal Trend Model for Longitudinal Medical Cost Data and Survival  
							— 
							 Qian  Yang, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire   ; Tor D. Tosteson, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire ; Anna N. A. Tosteson, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire ; Jeffrey C.  Munson, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire ; Zhigang  Li, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Quantifying the Value of Research: Identifying and Measuring Treatment Effect Modifiers  
							— 
							 Katherine  Lofgren, Harvard University   ; Daniel  Kramer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ; Joshua  Salomon, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Laura Anne Hatfield, Harvard Medical School 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:40 AM 
						 
						
							A Case Study in Adaptive LASSO Logistic Regression: Factors Related to Cyclist Death When Drivers Are Distracted  
							— 
							 Lysbeth  Floden, University of Arizona   ; Patrick Anthony O'Connor, University of Arizona ; Melanie  Bell, University of Arizona 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:45 AM 
						 
						
							Biomarker-Based Cross-Sectional Incidence Estimation with Incomplete Data  
							— 
							 Douglas Ezra Morrison, UCLA   ; Ron  Brookmeyer, UCLA ; Oliver  Laeyendecker, Johns Hopkins University ; Jacob  Konikoff 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							An Integrated Analysis and Reporting System for Data Science Teams  
							— 
							 Iyue  Sung, Press Ganey   ; David  Klotz, Press Ganey ; Jacob  Cheng, Press Ganey ; Wei-Han  Chen, Press Ganey ; Nikolas  Matthes, Press Ganey ; Peggy  Miller, Press Ganey 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:55 AM 
						 
						
							A Community and Node Attribute-Corrected Stochastic Blockmodel  
							— 
							Kristen M.  Altenburger, Stanford University ; W. Philip  Kegelmeyer, Sandia National Laboratories ; Ali  Pinar, Sandia National Laboratories ; Jeremy D.  Wendt, Sandia National Laboratorie ;  Cliff  Anderson-Bergman, Sandia National Laboratories   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							12:00 PM 
						 
						
							Analysis of the Australian Election Study Using Bayesian Quantile Regression Models  
							— 
							 Charles  Au, University of Sydney   ; S. T. Boris  Choy, University of Sydney 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							12:05 PM 
						 
						
							AARP 2016 Master Model Building and Validation  
							— 
							 Renting  Xu, AARP   ; Jared  Weiss, AARP, Inc ; Paul  Maiste, Lityx,LLC ; Jerrod  Begora, Lityx,LLC ; Roger  Marcus, Lityx,LLC 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:10 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			169 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-304 
		 
	 
	
		
			Making Better Models for Health Studies — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Joseph  Antonelli 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Splice Plots for Assessing the Fit of Proportional Hazards Models  
							— 
							 David  Nelson, Dept Veterans Affairs, Univ Minnesota   ; Siamak  Noorbaloochi, VA Health Care System 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							Developing and Assessing Fit of Examination Forms to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Blueprints: a Case-Series Simulation Study  
							— 
							 Gerald  Arnold, American Board of Internal Medicine   ; Jerome  Clauser, American Board of Internal Medicine 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							Diagnosing the Diagnostic: a Simulation Study of the Omnibus Test for Covariate Balance  
							— 
							 Lauren  Vollmer, Mathematica Policy Research   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							A Markov Model for Transitions Between Tobacco Product Use Categories  
							— 
							 Alice  Hinton   ; Haikady  Nagraja, The Ohio State University ; Mary Ellen  Wewers, The Ohio State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Analyzes of Nighttime Seat Belt Usage Based on Gender, Vehicle Type, and Geography  
							— 
							Kwaku  Boakye, University of Tennessee, Knoxville ; Shashi  Nambisan, University of Alabama ;  Mack  Shelley, Iowa State University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Factors Associated with Missed Opportunities for Simultaneous Administration of the Fourth Dose of PCV for Children in the United States  
							— 
							 Zhen  Zhao, CDC   ; Philip J. Smith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Holly A. Hill, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							12:05 PM 
						 
						
							Endpoints Options and Considerations for Selection  
							— 
							 Laura Lee  Johnson, USFDA   
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			208 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-322 
		 
	 
	
		
			Substantial Evidence Using Bayesian Statistics in New Drug Approvals — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Bayesian Statistical Science   , Health Policy Statistics Section , Statistics and Public Policy 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Fanni  Natanegara, Eli Lilly and Company 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Fanni  Natanegara, Eli Lilly and Company 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							A Global Oncology Platform Trial for Personalized Medicine: GBM AGILE  
							— 
							 Jason  Connor, Berry Consultants   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:20 PM 
						 
						
							Predictive Evidence Threshold Scaling: Does the Evidence Meet a Confirmatory Standard?  
							— 
							 Satrajit  Roychoudhury, Pfizer Inc   ; Beat   Neuenschwander, Novartis Pharma AG ; Michael   Branson, Novartis Pharma AG 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:35 PM 
						 
						
							Shedding a Bayesian Light on the Evidence-Based Medicine  
							— 
							 J. Jack  Lee, UT MD Anderson Cancer Ctr.   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:50 PM 
						 
						
							Re-Analyzing Clinical Trials Through the Bayesian Lens  
							— 
							 Margaret   Gamalo-Siebers, Eli Lilly   ; Karen  Price, Eli Lilly ; Stephen J Ruberg, Eli Lilly and Co 
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				3:05 PM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Stephen J Ruberg, Eli Lilly and Co
			 
		 	
	
		
			
				3:20 PM
			 
			
				Discussant:  John  Scott, FDA
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			3:35 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			217 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-337 
		 
	 
	
		
			Recent Developments in Spatial Statistics — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 SSC   , Health Policy Statistics Section 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Mahmoud  Torabi, University of Manitoba 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Joel A Dubin, University of Waterloo 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							A Spatio-Temporal Cluster Process for Modeling Storm Cells  
							— 
							Charmaine  Dean, University of Waterloo ;  Alisha  Albert-Green, University of Toronto   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:25 PM 
						 
						
							Individual Level Infectious Disease Models Incorporating Aggregate Level Spatial Structure  
							— 
							 Rob  Deardon, University of Calgary   ; MD  Mahsin, University of Calgary 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:45 PM 
						 
						
							Spatio-Temporal Models with Excess Zeros  
							— 
							 Mahmoud  Torabi, University of Manitoba   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:05 PM 
						 
						
							Assessing NARCCAP Climate Model Effects Using Spatial Confidence Regions   
							— 
							 Joshua  French, University of Colorado Denver   ; Seth  McGinnis, National Center for Atmospheric Research ; Armin  Schwartzman, University of California, San Diego 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:25 PM 
						 
						
							Impact of Misspecified Covariance Structure on the Parameter Estimates in a Shared Spatial Frailty Model  
							— 
							 Cindy  Feng, University of Saskatchewan   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			253 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				3:05 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-Halls A&B 
		 
	 
	
		
			SPEED: Government Statistics, Health Policy, and Marketing — Contributed Poster Presentations 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Government Statistics Section   ,  Health Policy Statistics Section   ,  Section on Statistics in Marketing   , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Social Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jessi  Cisewski, Yale University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							15:
							  
						 
						
							Using Interrupted Time Series to Examine the Validity of the Surveillance Definition of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in U.S. Hospitals  
							— 
							 Minn  Soe, Surveillance Branch, DHQP, NCEZID, CDC   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							16:
							  
						 
						
							Comparisons of Calibration Methods for the RECS Engineering End-Use Estimates  
							— 
							 Shaofen Grace Deng, U.S. Energy Information Administration   ; Greg  Lawson , U.S. Energy Information Administration ; Chrishelle  Lawrence, U.S. Energy Information Administration 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							17:
							  
						 
						
							Demonstrating the Usefulness of the National Hospital Care Survey to Track Patients Who Used Outpatient Department and Other Hospital Services Over Time   
							— 
							 Geoffrey  Jackson, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC   ; Margaret  Hall, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC ; Alexander  Schwartzman, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							18:
							  
						 
						
							Imputing Water Consumption in Large Commercial Buildings in the 2012 CBECS  
							— 
							 Jay  Olsen, EIA Dept of Energy   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							19:
							  
						 
						
							Methodologies for Clinical Trials Using Historical Control  
							— 
							 Yeh-Fong  Chen, US Food and Drug Administration   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							20:
							  
						 
						
							Forced Migration: Visualizing Patterns of Refugee Movements  
							— 
							 Jacquelyn  Neal, Vanderbilt University   ; Hannah E Weeks, Vanderbilt University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							21:
							  
						 
						
							Raking Weighting Methodology: Reweight Combined Multiple Years of Child Data, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-Back Survey   
							— 
							 Xiaoting  Qin, Center for Disease Control Prevention   ; Hatice S Zahran, Center for Disease Control Prevention ; Cathy M Bailey, Center for Disease Control Prevention 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							22:
							  
						 
						
							Beneath the Veneer of Healthcare Quality Measurement: Sample Size Estimation  
							— 
							 Adeline  Wilcox, Retired   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							23:
							  
						 
						
							Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disability Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Communities: ACS 2012-2015  
							— 
							 Loida  Tamayo, CMS Office of Minortiy Health   ; Shondelle  Wilson-Frederick, CMS Office of Minority Health ; Elsa  Haile, CMS Office of Minority Health ; Cara  James, CMS Office of Minority Health 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							24:
							  
						 
						
							Child Abuse on Trial: a Statistical Analysis of Shaken Baby Syndrome  
							— 
							 Maria  Cuellar, Carnegie Mellon University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							25:
							  
						 
						
							A Terminal Trend Model for Longitudinal Medical Cost Data and Survival  
							— 
							 Qian  Yang, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire   ; Tor D. Tosteson, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire ; Anna N. A. Tosteson, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire ; Jeffrey C.  Munson, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire ; Zhigang  Li, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							26:
							  
						 
						
							Quantifying the Value of Research: Identifying and Measuring Treatment Effect Modifiers  
							— 
							 Katherine  Lofgren, Harvard University   ; Daniel  Kramer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ; Joshua  Salomon, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Laura Anne Hatfield, Harvard Medical School 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							27:
							  
						 
						
							A Case Study in Adaptive LASSO Logistic Regression: Factors Related to Cyclist Death When Drivers Are Distracted  
							— 
							 Lysbeth  Floden, University of Arizona   ; Patrick Anthony O'Connor, University of Arizona ; Melanie  Bell, University of Arizona 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							28:
							  
						 
						
							Biomarker-Based Cross-Sectional Incidence Estimation with Incomplete Data  
							— 
							 Douglas Ezra Morrison, UCLA   ; Ron  Brookmeyer, UCLA ; Oliver  Laeyendecker, Johns Hopkins University ; Jacob  Konikoff 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							29:
							  
						 
						
							An Integrated Analysis and Reporting System for Data Science Teams  
							— 
							 Iyue  Sung, Press Ganey   ; David  Klotz, Press Ganey ; Jacob  Cheng, Press Ganey ; Wei-Han  Chen, Press Ganey ; Nikolas  Matthes, Press Ganey ; Peggy  Miller, Press Ganey 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							30:
							  
						 
						
							A Community and Node Attribute-Corrected Stochastic Blockmodel  
							— 
							Kristen M.  Altenburger, Stanford University ; W. Philip  Kegelmeyer, Sandia National Laboratories ; Ali  Pinar, Sandia National Laboratories ; Jeremy D.  Wendt, Sandia National Laboratorie ;  Cliff  Anderson-Bergman, Sandia National Laboratories   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							31:
							  
						 
						
							Analysis of the Australian Election Study Using Bayesian Quantile Regression Models  
							— 
							 Charles  Au, University of Sydney   ; S. T. Boris  Choy, University of Sydney 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							32:
							  
						 
						
							AARP 2016 Master Model Building and Validation  
							— 
							 Renting  Xu, AARP   ; Jared  Weiss, AARP, Inc ; Paul  Maiste, Lityx,LLC ; Jerrod  Begora, Lityx,LLC ; Roger  Marcus, Lityx,LLC 
						 
					 				
				
			
				
					The Speed portion will take place during  Session 214530
 
  
				  
			 
		
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			311 *  
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-349 
		 
	 
	
		
			Overcoming Practical Challenges in the Design and Analysis of Medical Studies Using Electronic Health Records — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   , ENAR , WNAR 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Rebecca  Hubbard, University of Pennsylvania 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Ruth  Etzioni, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Optimal Individualized Early Warning for Inpatient Adverse Events  
							— 
							Hossein  Soleimani, Johns Hopkins University ;  Suchi  Saria, Johns Hopkins University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:55 AM 
						 
						
							Harnessing Diverse Data from a Healthcare Systems Network for Early Identification of Pediatric Diabetes   
							— 
							 Rebecca  Hubbard, University of Pennsylvania   ; Grace  Choi, University of Pennsylvania ; Arman  Oganisian, University of Pennsylvania ; Yong  Chen, University of Pennsylvania ; Jing  Huang, University of Pennsylvania 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:15 AM 
						 
						
							Informed Presence Bias in the Analysis of Electronic Health Records  
							— 
							 Benjamin  Goldstein, Duke University - Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics   ; Matthew  Phelan, Duke Clinical Research Institute - Center for Predictive Medicine ; Nrupen  Bhavsar, Duke University - General Internal Medicine 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Using Historical, Electronic Health Record Data to Bolster a Cluster Randomized Trial of Early Childhood Obesity  
							— 
							 Jonathan  Schildcrout, Vanderbilt University Medical Center   ; Aihua  Bian, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				11:55 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Patrick  Heagerty, University of Washington
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			421 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-Halls A&B 
		 
	 
	
		
			Contributed Poster Presentations: Health Policy Statistics Section — Contributed Poster Presentations 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jessi  Cisewski, Yale University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							52:
							  
						 
						
							Medicare Risk Adjustment with Systematically Missing Data  
							— 
							 Savannah  Bergquist, Harvard University   ; Tim  Layton, Harvard Medical School ; Thomas G.  McGuire, Harvard Medical School ; Sherri  Rose, Harvard Medical School 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							53:
							  
						 
						
							A Bayesian Approach for Instrumental Variable Analysis  
							— 
							 Samrachana  Adhikari, Harvard Medical School   ; Sharon-Lise  Normand, Harvard Medical School 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							54:
							  
						 
						
							State Health Compare - Data Access Tool  
							— 
							 Joanna  Turner, University of Minnesota, SHADAC   ; Xuyang  Tang, University of Minnesota, SHADAC ; Brett  Fried, University of Minnesota, SHADAC 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							55:
							  
						 
						
							Evidence Collection and Evaluation on Acrolein Biomarkers in Urine Resulting from Exposure to Tobacco and Non-Tobacco Products  
							— 
							 Juan  Vivar, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products   ; Qian  Li, Food and Drug Administration ; Eric  Backlund, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products ; Derick  Rivers, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							56:
							  
						 
						
							Conceptualizing Ethics in Statistics as a System for Guiding Dual-Objective Decisions Involving Trust and Understanding  
							— 
							 Thomas  Belin, University of California, Los Angeles   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							57:
							  
						 
						
							Air Quality and Lung Cancer: Analysis via Local Control  
							— 
							 Mithun Kumar Acharjee, Lamar University   ; Kumer  Das, Lamar University ; S. Stanley  Young, CGStat LLC 
						 
					 				
				
			
				
					
				 
			 
		
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			438 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-308 
		 
	 
	
		
			Real-World Evidence in Clinical Trial: New Era of Informed Decision Making Session — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Biopharmaceutical Section   , Health Policy Statistics Section , Society for Medical Decision Making , Section on Medical Devices and Diagnostics 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Satrajit  Roychoudhury, Pfizer Inc 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Margaret   Gamalo-Siebers, Eli Lilly 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Real World Evidence to Support Accelerated Approval Processes  
							— 
							Sebastian  Schneeweiss, Harvard Medical School ;  Jessica  Franklin, Harvard Medical School   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:00 AM 
						 
						
							Assessing the impact of informative censoring on overall survival in a RWD source.    
							— 
							  Bill  Capra, Genentech Inc.   ; Gillis  Carrigan, Genentech Inc. ; Michael  Taylor, Genentech Inc. ; Brandon  Arnieri, Genentech Inc. ; Melissa  Curtis, Flatiron Health ; Sandy  Griffith, Flatiron Health ; Aracelis  Torres, Flatiron Health ; Philip  Hofmeister, Flatiron Health ; Anala  Gossai, Flatiron Health ; Samuel  Whipple, Genentech Inc ; Peter  Lambert, Genentech Inc 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:25 AM 
						 
						
							Statistical Design Considerations for Utilizing Real World Data in Premarket Evaluation of Medical Devices  
							— 
							 Yunling  Xu, CDRH/FDA   ; Nelson  Lu, CDRH/FDA ; Lilly  Yue, Division of Biostatistics, CDRH/ U.S. FDA ; Ram  Tiwari, FDA/CDRH 
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				9:50 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Douglas  E  Faries, Eli Lilly
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			443 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-327 
		 
	 
	
		
			Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in Health Care Provider Performance Assessment — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Susan M. Paddock, RAND Corporation 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Susan M. Paddock, RAND Corporation 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in Health Care Provider Performance Assessment  
							— 
							 Meredith B. Rosenthal, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:00 AM 
						 
						
							Should Quality Ratings Be Adjusted for Effects of Patient Socioeconomic Characteristics?   
							— 
							 Alan M. Zaslavsky, Harvard University Medical School   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:25 AM 
						 
						
							Accounting for Socioeconomic Status in Medicare Payment Programs: ASPE's Work Under the IMPACT Act  
							— 
							 Rachael B Zuckerman, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation   ; Karen E Joynt, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:50 AM 
						 
						
							Validation and Application of the Medicare Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (MBISG) Version 2.0  
							— 
							 Marc N Elliott, RAND Corporation   ; Amelia M Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University ; Ann  Haas, RAND Corporation ; John L Adams, Kaiser Permanente ; Jacob W Dembosky, RAND Corporation ; Shondelle  Wilson-Frederick, CMS Office of Minority Health ; Joshua  Mallet, RAND Corporation ; Sarah  Gaillot , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ; Samuel  C Haffer , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			494 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-311 
		 
	 
	
		
			Statistical Methodologies for Identifying, Modeling, and Managing Subpopulations at Risk — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistics in Epidemiology   , Health Policy Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): howard  burkom, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Suchi  Saria, Johns Hopkins University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Data Analysis Techniques for Large and Changing Populations  
							— 
							 Jason  Lee, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:55 AM 
						 
						
							Machine Learning Methods in the Statistical Prediction of Health Outcomes  
							— 
							 William  Padula, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:15 AM 
						 
						
							A Comparison of Risk Adjustment Models Based on Traditional Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques  
							— 
							 Hong  Kan   ; Hsien-Yen  Chang, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Hadi  Kharrazi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Combining Multiple Sources of Public Health Surveillance Information with Analytic Methods  
							— 
							 howard  burkom, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				11:55 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Hadi  Kharrazi, Center for Population Health IT, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			564 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-347 
		 
	 
	
		
			Statistical Integrity of Health Services: Detecting Fraud and Improving Data Quality — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   , Government Statistics Section , Social Statistics Section 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Frank  Yoon, IBM Watson Health 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Frank  Yoon, IBM Watson Health 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							The Evolution of Fraud Detection Models  
							— 
							 Brian  Hochrein, IBM Watson Health   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:25 PM 
						 
						
							Network Assortativity of Physicians Who Account for Extreme Amounts of Medicare Spending  
							— 
							 James  O'Malley, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth   ; Thomas  Bubolz, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth ; Jonathan  Skinner, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:45 PM 
						 
						
							Assessing the Size and Significance of Provider Variability in Payment Bundles  
							— 
							 Peter  Bouman, IBM   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:05 PM 
						 
						
							Assessing Data Quality of EHR Outcomes: a Case Study from Clinical Oncology  
							— 
							 Sandra  Griffith, Flatiron Health   ; Paul  You , Flatiron Health ; Elizabeth   Sweeney, Flatiron Health ; Geoff  Calkins, Flatiron Health ; Amy  Abernethy, Flatiron Health 
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				3:25 PM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Joseph  Meko, State of Tennessee, Division of Health Care Finance & Administration
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			593 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-328 
		 
	 
	
		
			Multiple Imputation for Complex Health Survey Data — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Government Statistics Section   , Health Policy Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Joseph  Kang, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Yulei  He, National Center for Health Statistics 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Enhancing the NHANES CMS Medicaid Linked Data with Multiple Imputation  
							— 
							 Jennifer R Rammon, National Center for Health Statistics   ; Jennifer  Parker, National Center for Health Statistics ; Yulei  He, National Center for Health Statistics 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:00 AM 
						 
						
							Calibrated Multiple Imputation  
							— 
							 Joseph  Kang, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention   ; Yulei  He, National Center for Health Statistics ; Precious  Esie, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB ; Jaeyoung  Hong, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB ; Kyle  Bernstein, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:25 AM 
						 
						
							Gaussian-based routines for imputing categorical variables in complex data  
							— 
							 Recai M. Yucel, SUNY-Albany   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				9:50 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Nathaniel  Schenker, Retired
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			597 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-331/332 
		 
	 
	
		
			New Development for Causal Inference in Health Policy Statistics: A Bayesian Perspective — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Bo  Lu, The Ohio State University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Bo  Lu, The Ohio State University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Mortality Rate Estimation and Standardization for Public Reporting: Medicare's Hospital Compare  
							— 
							 Edward I. George, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania   ; Veronika  Rockova, University of Chicago ; Paul  Rosenbaum, University of Pennsylvania ; Ville  Satopaa, INSEAD ; Jeffrey  Silber, University of Pennsylvania 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:00 AM 
						 
						
							Does Hospice Reduce End-Of-Life Medical Costs? Evidence from a Bayesian Analysis  
							— 
							 Fan  Li, Duke University   ; Jerry  Reiter, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University ; David  Klemish, Duke University ; Don  Taylor, Duke University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:25 AM 
						 
						
							Estimating Heterogeneous Causal Effects: a Bayesian Nonparametric Approach  
							— 
							 Xinyi  Xu, Ohio State University   ; Ling  Wang, Ohio State University ; Bo  Lu, The Ohio State University ; Steven   MacEachern, The Ohio State University 
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				9:50 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Alan M. Zaslavsky, Harvard University Medical School
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			10:10 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			606 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-337 
		 
	 
	
		
			Meta-Analysis Has Moved Beyond Its Original Niche as a Method to Provide a Summary of the Average Effect of an Intervention on an Outcome — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistics in Epidemiology   , Health Policy Statistics Section , Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Christopher  Schmid, Brown University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Thomas  Trikalinos, Brown University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Robust Network Meta-Analysis: a Confidence Distribution Approach  
							— 
							 Dungang  Liu, University of Cincinnati   ; Guang   Yang, Jet.com ; Minge  Xie, Rutgers University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:55 AM 
						 
						
							A Robust Pseudolikelihood-Based Inference of Personalized Utility Functions Through Multiple Outcomes Network Meta-Analysis  
							— 
							 Yong  Chen, University of Pennsylvania   ; Rui  Duan, University of Pennsylvania 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:15 AM 
						 
						
							Breaking the Myth of Breaking Randomization: a Causal Examination of Arm-Based Meta-Analysis  
							— 
							 Russell  Steele, McGill University   ; Mireille  Schnitzer, Université de Montréal ; Ian  Shrier, Lady Davis Institute and McGill University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:35 AM 
						 
						
							Hierarchical Models for Combining N-Of-1 Trials  
							— 
							 Youdan  Wang   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				9:55 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Christopher  Schmid, Brown University
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			642 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-349 
		 
	 
	
		
			Data-Driven Modeling in Medical and Health Policy Decision Making — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistics in Epidemiology   , Health Policy Statistics Section , Biometrics Section , ENAR , Section on Medical Devices and Diagnostics 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Chenyang  Gu, Harvard Medical School, Liangyuan  Hu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai  
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Chenyang  Gu, Harvard Medical School 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Leveraging Flexible Modeling Techniques in Data-driven Analytics   
							— 
							 Liangyuan  Hu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai   ; Madhu  Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:00 AM 
						 
						
							Analytic Approaches to Decision Support at the Policy and Patient Level: a Case Study in HIV Treatment Monitoring in Kenya  
							— 
							 Tao  Liu, Brown University, Dept of Biostatistics   ; Joseph  Hogan, Brown University, Dept of Biostatistics ; Rami  Kantor , Brown Univeresity School of Medicine 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:25 AM 
						 
						
							Multi-Arm Bayesian Designs for Clinical Trials  
							— 
							 Lorenzo  Trippa, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Optimizing Patient Selection for Chemoprevention Through Predictive Modeling  
							— 
							 Xi Kathy K Zhou, Weill Cornell Medical College   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			664 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-330 
		 
	 
	
		
			Three Pillars of Successful Health Studies: Inclusion, Design, and Measurement — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Health Policy Statistics Section   , International Indian Statistical Association , Government Statistics Section 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Ruth  Etzioni, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Where and Who: Complex and Varying Definitions of Eligibility in a Longitudinal Study  
							— 
							Megan  Stead, NORC ;  Nicholas  Davis, NORC   ; Christopher  Ward, NORC ; Cheryl L. Sharpless, CMS 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							Evaluating Imaging Inclusion Criteria for Stroke Clinical Trials: Appropriate Enrichment Versus Cherry Picking  
							— 
							 Robyn L Ball, Stanford University   ; Bin  Jiang, Stanford University ; Manisha  Desai, Stanford University ; Max  Wintermark, Stanford University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							Data Harmonization and Common Measure Construction in HIV Adherence Studies  
							— 
							 Yan  Wang, UCLA   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							The Design of the School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) 2015-2016 Study  
							— 
							 Adriana  Perez, Univ of Texas At Houston Health Sci Ctr   ; Nalini  Ranjit, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Ramah  Leith, Title V-Maternal and Child Health Office ; Debra  Saxton, Texas Department of State Health Services ; James  Custer, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living ; Deanna  Hoelscher, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Examining Agreement Between Responses to Independent Sets of Disability Measures: a Comparison of the American Community Survey and Washington Group Short Set Questions  
							— 
							 James  Dahlhamer, National Center for Health Statistics   ; Julie  Weeks, National Center for Health Statistics ; Jennifer  Madans, National Center for Health Statistics 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Methods for Collecting State-Wide Prevalence of Bonded Labor in Tamil Nadu, India, Inside Worksites  
							— 
							 Andrea  Parks, International Justice Mission   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:05 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion