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3 * !
Mon, 8/3/2020,
10:00 AM -
11:50 AM
Virtual
Individualized Treatment Rules — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , Social Statistics Section, Health Policy Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Michael Lingzhi Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair(s): Kosuke Imai, Harvard University
10:05 AM
Synthetic Difference in Differences
David Abraham Hirshberg, Stanford GSB ; Dmitry Arkhangelsky, CEMFI Madrid; Susan Athey, Stanford University; Guido Imbens, Stanford GSB; Stefan Wager, Stanford University
10:30 AM
Improved Doubly Robust Estimation in Learning Optimal Individualized Treatment Rules
Yinghao Pan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte ; Yingqi Zhao, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
10:55 AM
Experimental Evaluation of Individualized Treatment Rules
Michael Lingzhi Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Kosuke Imai, Harvard University
11:20 AM
Online Reinforcement Learning with Applications to Mobile Health
Susan Murphy, Harvard University; Peng Liao, Harvard University ; Sabina Tomkins, Stanford University; Predrag Klasnja, University of Michigan
11:45 AM
Floor Discussion
27 * !
Mon, 8/3/2020,
10:00 AM -
11:50 AM
Virtual
Innovative Methods for Missing Data and Measurement Error in Health Research — Topic Contributed Papers
Health Policy Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Biometrics Section
Organizer(s): Jessica Roydhouse, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania; Michelle Shardell, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Chair(s): Roee Gutman, Brown University
10:05 AM
Examination of Missingness, Differential Reporting and Dropout When Patients Know Their Treatment Assignment in RCTs
Jessica Roydhouse, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
10:25 AM
Addressing Non-Ignorably Missing Proxy-Reported Exposure Data
Michelle Shardell, Institute for Genome Sciences University of Maryland School of Medicine
10:45 AM
Multiple Imputation for Nonignorable Item Nonresponse in Complex Surveys Using Auxiliary Margins
Presentation
Olanrewaju Akande, Duke University ; Jerry Reiter, Duke University
11:05 AM
Gamma Models for Estimating the Odds Ratio for a Skewed Biomarker Measured in Pools and Subject to Errors
Dane Van Domelen, Emory University; Emily Mitchell, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Neil Perkins, NICHD; Enrique Schisterman, NICHD; Amita Manatunga, Emory University; Eugene Huang, Emory University; Robert H. Lyles, Emory University
11:25 AM
Statistical Methods to Estimate Change in Incomplete Multivariate Ordinal Responses from Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Olawale Fatai Ayilara, University of Manitoba ; Tolulope T Sajobi, University of Calgary; Ruth Barclay, University of Manitoba; Mohammad Jafari Jozani, University of Manitoba; Lisa M Lix, University of Manitoba
11:45 AM
Floor Discussion
35 * !
Mon, 8/3/2020,
10:00 AM -
11:50 AM
Virtual
Imputing Race/Ethnicity to Understand Health Care Disparities Among Older Adults — Topic Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section , Health Policy Statistics Section, Government Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Amelia M Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University
Chair(s): David Choi, Carnegie Mellon University
10:05 AM
The Contribution of First-Name Information to the Accuracy of Racial and Ethnic Imputations Varies by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Amelia M Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University
10:25 AM
Socioeconomic Disparities in the Quality of Behavioral Health Care
Joshua Breslau, RAND Corporation
10:45 AM
Implicit Bias and Black-White Disparities in Health Care Among Older Adults
Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar, RAND Corporation
11:05 AM
Voluntary Disenrollment from Health Plans Is Higher Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Marc Elliott, RAND
11:25 AM
Discussant: John L Adams, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research
11:45 AM
Floor Discussion
83
Mon, 8/3/2020,
10:00 AM -
2:00 PM
Virtual
Contributed Poster Presentations: Health Policy Statistics Section — Contributed Poster Presentations
Health Policy Statistics Section
1:
Analysis of the Effect of Drug Induced Homicide Prosecution Media Reports on Drug Overdose Deaths
Kelly Kung, Boston University ; Leo Beletsky, Northeastern University; Judith Lok, Boston University Department of Mathematics & Statistics; Natasha Martin, University of California San Diego
2:
Sparse Regression for Skewed and Semi-Continuous Response
Xiaoqiang Wu, Florida State University ; yiyuan she, Florida State University; Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University
4:
The Impact of Restricting Antibiotic Use in Livestock Production
Peter Hovey, University of Dayton ; Mary Ellen Dillon, University Of Dayton
5:
An Integrated Approach to Osteoarthritis Condition Management: Linking Models of Social Determinants of Health, Geo-Spatial and Medical Data, and Consumer Insights
Anna Auguste, Cigna ; Arati Nair, Cigna; Robert Kramer, Cigna; Johanna Bell, Cigna
6:
Provider Profiling: Grouping Providers Treating Similar Populations of Patients
Gabriella Silva, Brown University ; Roee Gutman, Brown University; Amal Trivedi, Brown University
7:
Interventional Delivery for Hypertensive Disorders: A Causal Approach to Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes
Jerson Cochancela, Brown University ; Roee Gutman, Brown University
8:
Causal Inference with Cross-Temporal Design
Yi Cao ; Roee Gutman, Brown University
9:
Rasch Tree Bagging for the Detection of Differential Item Functioning
James Roddy ; Samantha Robinson, University of Arkansas
10:
Prediction of Intervention Effects in Healthcare Systems
Emily Scott ; Zhenke Wu, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Colantuoni, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Scott Zeger, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
11:
Estimating Sampling Weights for Convenience Samples Using NHANES
Olivia Bernstein, University of California, Irvine ; Dan Gillen, University of California, Irvine
12:
Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Undernutrition Among Ever Partnered Nepalese Women of Ages 15 to 49 Years
Janet Nakarmi, University of Central Arkansas ; Arun Chaudhary, Abiral Foundation
100 * !
Mon, 8/3/2020,
1:00 PM -
2:50 PM
Virtual
Statistical Innovations for Drug Approval and Reimbursement for Rare Disease — Invited Papers
International Indian Statistical Association , Biopharmaceutical Section, Health Policy Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Amit Bhattacharyya, Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Chair(s): Amit Bhattacharyya, Alexion Pharmaceuticals
1:05 PM
On Analysis of Single Arm Trial with Natural History Controls
Qing Liu, Quantitative and Regulatory Medical Science, LLC
1:25 PM
Challenges in Rare Disease Clinical Trials: The PREVENT Trial for NMOSD
Fanny O'Brien, Alexion
1:45 PM
Predictive Models in Rare Diseases: Risks and Opportunities in Clinical Trials, with Examples in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Alex Karanevich, EMB Statistical Solutions
2:05 PM
Innovative Designs and Rare Diseases: Bridging Information Through Evidence Synthesis
Satrajit Roychoudhury, Pfizer Inc.
2:25 PM
Use Case Scenario: Indirect Comparisons to Enhance Reimbursement Negotiations in Rare Disease
Jinesh Shah, CSL Behring
2:45 PM
Floor Discussion
108 * !
Mon, 8/3/2020,
1:00 PM -
2:50 PM
Virtual
Can't Shake That Feeling That You're Missing Something? — Invited Papers
Health Policy Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
Organizer(s): Lane Burgette, RAND Corporation
Chair(s): Joseph Pane, RAND
1:05 PM
The E-Value: Sensitivity Analyses for Unmeasured Confounding in Studies and Meta-Analyses
Maya Mathur, Stanford University
1:25 PM
Bootstrapping Sensitivity Analysis for Inverse Probability Weighting Estimators
Qingyuan Zhao, University of Cambridge ; Dylan Small, University of Pennsylvania; Bhaswar Bhattarcharya, University of Pennsylvania
1:45 PM
Efficient Sensitivity Analysis for Propensity Score Weighting
Lane Burgette, RAND Corporation ; Beth Ann Griffin, RAND; Joseph Pane, RAND; Daniel F McCaffrey, ETS
2:05 PM
The uniform general signed rank test and its design sensitivity
Presentation
Samuel Pimentel, University of California, Berkeley ; Steven R. Howard, The Voleon Group
2:25 PM
Discussant: Beth Ann Griffin, RAND
2:45 PM
Floor Discussion
128 * !
Mon, 8/3/2020,
1:00 PM -
2:50 PM
Virtual
Modeling for the Masses: Tackling Infectious Disease for the Public Good — Topic Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Health Policy Statistics Section, Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Marie V Ozanne, Mount Holyoke College
Chair(s): Jacob J Oleson, University of Iowa, Department of Biostatistics
1:05 PM
Strategies for Modeling Dynamics of Emerging Epidemics
Ali Arab, Georgetown University
1:25 PM
A Bayesian Latent Class Model for Identifying Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Absence of a Gold Standard
Marie V Ozanne, Mount Holyoke College
2:05 PM
Adaptively Stacked Ensembles for Influenza Forecasting with Incomplete Data
Thomas McAndrew, University of Massachusetts ; Nicholas G Reich, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
2:25 PM
Type-Specific Forecasts of Influenza-Like Illness Using Hierarchical Splines
Evan Ray, Mount Holyoke College ; Isabelle Beaudry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Graham C Gibson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nicholas G Reich, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
2:45 PM
Floor Discussion
130 * !
Mon, 8/3/2020,
1:00 PM -
2:50 PM
Virtual
Advances in Resource Allocation for Epidemic Control: Estimation, Optimization, and Counterfactuals — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Health Policy Statistics Section, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Organizer(s): Soheil Eshghi, Yale School of Public Health
Chair(s): David Kline, Ohio State University
1:05 PM
Testing Infection Graphs
Justin Khim, Carnegie Mellon Univ
1:25 PM
The Cost of Uncertainty in Curing Epidemics
Jessica Hoffmann, University of Texas At Austin
1:45 PM
Large-Scale Epidemic Control via Matrix Balancing
Van Sy Mai, National Institute of Standards and Technology ; Abdella Battou, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2:05 PM
Optimal Resource Allocation for Containment of Epidemics
Jorge Francisco Barreras, University of Pennsylvania ; Victor Miguel Preciado, University of Pennsylvania
2:25 PM
Dynamic Policy Counterfactuals: Evaluating Contact-Tracing in the EVD Outbreak in Liberia 2014-16
Soheil Eshghi, Yale School of Public Health ; Forrest W. Crawford, Yale University
2:45 PM
Floor Discussion
142 * !
Tue, 8/4/2020,
10:00 AM -
11:50 AM
Virtual
Fairness and Equity in Clinical Risk Prediction: Healthcare Data for the Public Good — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , Health Policy Statistics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Lifetime Data Science Section
Organizer(s): Yates Coley, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Chair(s): Maricela Cruz, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
10:05 AM
Assessing Racial and Ethnic Fairness of a Suicide Risk Prediction Model
Yates Coley, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute ; Eric Johnson, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; Susan Shortreed, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
10:25 AM
Can Individualized Risk Calculators Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Screening Guidelines?
Hormuzd Katki, US National Cancer Institute ; Corey Young, Morehouse School of Medicine; Li Cheung, US National Cancer Institute; Rebecca Landy, US National Cancer Institute
10:45 AM
Detecting Undercompensated Groups in Plan Payment Risk Adjustment
Presentation
Anna Zink, Harvard University ; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School
11:05 AM
Discussant: Kristian Lum, HRDAG
11:25 AM
Discussant: Ruth Pfeiffer, National Cancer Institute
11:45 AM
Floor Discussion
146 * !
Tue, 8/4/2020,
10:00 AM -
11:50 AM
Virtual
Methods to Evaluate and Correct for Bias in Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials: Advancing the Validity of Patient-Centric Drug Development — Invited Papers
Biopharmaceutical Section , Health Policy Statistics Section, Biometrics Section
Organizer(s): Joseph C. Cappelleri, Pfizer Inc.; Jessica Roydhouse, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
Chair(s): Demissie Alemayehu, Pfizer Inc.
10:05 AM
Addressing Bias in Responder Analyses of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Presentation
Joseph C. Cappelleri, Pfizer Inc.
10:30 AM
Evaluating the Effect of Interventions on Patient Function in Trials of Severely Ill Patients
Presentation
Elizabeth Colantuoni, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Daniel O Scharfstein, Johns Hopkins University; Ximin Li, Johns Hopkins University
10:55 AM
Assessing Open-Label Bias in Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cancer Trials
Jonathon Vallejo, FDA
11:20 AM
Discussant: Jessica Roydhouse, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
11:45 AM
Floor Discussion
149 * !
Tue, 8/4/2020,
10:00 AM -
11:50 AM
Virtual
Generating Data for the Public Good While Adhering to Confidentiality and Privacy Restrictions — Invited Papers
Health Policy Statistics Section , Government Statistics Section, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Organizer(s): Roee Gutman, Brown University
Chair(s): Mingyang Shan, Eli Lilly and Company
10:05 AM
Challenges of Propagating Record Linkage Uncertainty into Subsequent Analyses
Mauricio Sadinle, University of Washington
10:25 AM
A Bayesian Multi-Layered Record Linkage Procedure to Analyze Functional Status of Medicare Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Mingyang Shan, Eli Lilly and Company; Kali Thomas, Brown University; Roee Gutman, Brown University
10:45 AM
A Simple Strategy for Detecting Biases from Linkage Failures When Merging Different Data Sources
Presentation
Joerg Drechsler, Institute for Employment Research ; Johann Eppelsheimer, Institute for Employment Research; Joe Sakshaug, Institute for Employment Research
11:05 AM
Risk-Efficient Bayesian Data Synthesis for Privacy Protection
Jingchen (Monika) Hu, Vassar College ; Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Matthew Williams, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation
11:25 AM
Discussant: Ofer Harel, University of Connecticut
11:45 AM
Floor Discussion
153 * !
Tue, 8/4/2020,
10:00 AM -
11:50 AM
Virtual
Utilization of Historical Data for Confirmatory Trials — Topic Contributed Papers
Biopharmaceutical Section , Health Policy Statistics Section, Society for Clinical Trials
Organizer(s): Freda Cooner, Amgen Inc.
Chair(s): Freda Cooner, Amgen Inc.
10:05 AM
Use of Historical Data in Regulatory Applications – Advantages and Challenges
Shiowjen Lee, FDA/CBER/OBE/DB
10:25 AM
Statistical Considerations for Borrowing Historical Data in Small Populations
Fanni Natanegara, Eli Lilly and Company
10:45 AM
Historical Data Borrowing with Informative Inferential Prior for Bayesian Hypothesis Testing
Presentation
Hui Quan, Sanofi ; Bingzhi Zhang, Sanofi; Yu Lan, Sanofi; Xiaodong Luo, Sanofi; Xun Chen, Sanofi
11:05 AM
Improving Clinical Trial Efficiency Using Natural History Study Data and Innovative Trial Design
Presentation
Barbara Wendelberger, Berry Consultants, LLC ; Melanie Quintana, Berry Consultants; Scott Berry, Berry Consultants
11:25 AM
Discussant: Haijun Ma, NeKtar Therapeutics
11:45 AM
Floor Discussion