ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL STATISTICIANS (ACTStat)

July 28th & 29th, 2018

Vancouver, Canada

Itinerary

Day 1 Program
Saturday, July 28th Fairmont Waterfront ‐ Mackenzie I
08:30 AM - 08:45 AM Check In/Registration (Coffee provided)
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM Welcoming Remarks,Rickey E. Carter, PhD
Orientation and Introduction,Heidi Spratt, PhD
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM Learning Health Systems
Moderator: Phillip Schulte, PhD
Speakers: Yates Coley, PhD and Frank Rockhold, PhD
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Fostering Effective Communication,
Leah Welty, PhD
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM Lightning Poster Presentations
Moderator: Jonathan D. Mahnken, PhD
11:55 AM - 01:00 PM Lunch and poster discussions
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM Precision Medicine and Risk Prediction
Gabriela Cohen Freue, PhD
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM Extending Analyses through TensorFlow,
Rickey Carter, PhD
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM Break
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM Dynamic treatment regimes in observational longitudinal studies,
Phillip Schulte, PhD
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM ACTStat Annual Business Meeting
06:00 PM - 09:30 PM ACTStat Annual Networking Dinner,
Joe Fortes, 777 Thurlow Street
Day 2 Program
Sunday, July 29th Fairmont Waterfront - Mackenzie I
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Breakfast, Networking, and Updates from Related Groups
8:30 BERD Special Interest Group
8:35 CTSA Consortium
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Presentation
Jenny Bryan, PhD
Workflow practices: tips for being more effective (and happier!) in your data analysis with R
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Early Career Award Presentation
Moderator: Jonathan D. Mahnken, PhD
11:00 AM - Noon Interim Analyses and Multiplicity
Moderator: Christopher Lindsell
Speakers: Tatsuki Koyama, Yue Shentu
Noon Closing Remarks
Rickey E. Carter, PhD

If you have any questions in regards to the ACTStat and or its annual meeting please contact Dr. Heidi Spratt (ACTStat Secretary) secretary@actstat.org

Registration details:

  • Full conference registration for both days, July 28th & 29th (includes lunch Saturday, the annual meeting dinner Saturday, and breakfast Sunday)
    • $425.00 for professional members
    • $350.00 for student members.
  • Single day registration for Saturday, July 28th only (includes lunch Saturday and the annual meeting dinner)
    • $300.00 for professional members
    • $250.00 for student member
  • Single day registration for Sunday, July 29th only (includes breakfast Sunday)
    • $175.00 for professional members
    • $150.00 for student members
  • Annual meeting dinner for guest Saturday, July 28th
    • $65.00 for each additional guest

  • All meals include entrée and non-alcoholic beverages.

  • Dietary restrictions please email Dr. Heidi Spratt (ACTStat secretary) secretary@actstat.org.

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If you have any questions in regards to the ACTStat and or its annual meeting please contact Dr. Heidi Spratt (ACTStat secretary) secretary@actstat.org.