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---++ Biostatistics Seminars Attended
I didn't record this unitl 12 Mar 2012 when informed to keep the attendance records.

   1 14 Mar 2012: *Theory and application of statistical methods for causal mediation analysis*, Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, !PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University School of Public Health.
   1 15 Mar 2012: *Fat Chance: Adventures in Debunking*, Russell Lyons, !PhD, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington.
   1 21 Mar 2012: *Semiparametric Latent Variable Transformation Models for Multiple Outcomes of Mixed Types*, Anna Snavely, !PhD Candidate in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health.
   1 28 Mar 2012: *Estimating Covariate-Adjusted Log Hazard Ratios in Randomized Clinical Trials using Cox Proportional Hazards Models and Nonparametric Randomization Based Analysis of Covariance*, Ben Saville, !PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 11 Apr 2012: *Effectiveness of RSV immunoprophylaxis on RSV induced morbidity in high-risk infants*, Pingsheng Wu, !PhD, MS, Research Assistant Professor of Medicine & Biostatistics, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 20 Apr 2012: *Systems Genetics Approaches to Human Disease Susceptibility*, Jason H. Moore, !PhD, Professor of Genetics, Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School.
   1 25 Apr 2012: *Advances in Pure Likelihood Inference: The Abdication of Multiple Comparisons Adjustments*, Jeffrey D. Blume, !PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 2 May 2012: *Advances in Pure Likelihood Inference: Evidential Designs for Adaptive Phase Two Trials*, Gregory D. (Dan) Ayers, M.S., Senior Associate in Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 16 May 2012: *Identification of a set of signature cell-cycle genes whose relative order of phase is conserved across species*, Shyamal D. Peddada, !PhD, Principal Investigator, Biostatistics Branch National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH).
   1 23 May 2012: *Estimating treatment effects with treatment switching via semi-competing risks models: An application to a colorectal cancer study*, Qingxia (Cindy) Chen, !PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 6 June 2012: *Disk Diffusion Breakpoint Determination Using an Errors-in-Variables Model Approach*, Bruce A. Craig, !PhD, Professor, Department of Statistics, Purdue University.
   1 29 August 2012: *Modeling Pediatric Growth for Decision Support*, S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
   1 5 September 2012: *ROCKET – What's New and What's Next?*, Paul A. Harris, !PhD, Director, Office of Research Informatics Operations, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
   1 12 September 2012: *Basics of functional MRI and standard statistical approaches*, Baxter P. Rogers, !PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt Unitversity School of Engineering
   1 26 September 2012: *Temporal and Spatial Methods in Imaging Research*, Mark Fiecas, !PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego
   1 10 October 2012: *Unknowns*, Robert D. Collins, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
   1 17 October 2012: *“Multiple Decision-Making in the Face of Uncertainty*, Edsel A. Peña, !PhD, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina Columbia
   1 24 October 2012: *Combining computational models with physical observations for inference and prediction*, Dave Higdon, !PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory
   1 31 October 2012: *Utilizing external incidence information for risk prediction with cohort data: Application to WHI Colorectal Cancer Data*, Dandan Liu, !PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
   1 14 November 2012:  *R Package Development with RStudio*, Jeff Horner, B.S., Computer Systems Analyst III, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
   1 28 November 2012: *Cumulative incidence association models for bivariate competing risks data*, Yu Cheng, !PhD, Department of Statistics, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
   1 5 December 2012:  *Some New Directions in Statistical Computing*, Frank E. Harrell, Jr., !PhD, Professor & Chair and Jeff Horner, B.S., Computer Systems Analyst III, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
   1 12 December 2012: *Controlling Global Error Rates in fMRI Data Analysis*, Hakmook Kang, !PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

---++ MS Thursday Skills Workshops Attended
   1 8 Dec 2011: Continuing Education - *A predictive probability design for phase II cancer clinical trials*,  Li Wang, MS, Biostatistician III, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 15 Dec 2011: Continuing Education - *Multidimensional Poverty Measurement.*,  Meridith Blevins, MS, Biostatistician III, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 5 Jan 2012: Continuing Education - *Bayesian information criterion for longitudinal and clustered data*, Dr. Frank Harrell, !PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 9 Feb 2012: Continuing Education - *Analysis of Observation Studies in the Presence of Treatment Selection Bias*, Ayumi Shintani, !PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 29 Mar 2012: Continuing Education - *Applied Nonparametric Bootstrap with Hierarchical and Correlated Data*,  Matt Shotwell, !PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 19 Apr 2012:  Continuing Education - *An Introduction to Penalized Regression Methods*,  Pengcheng Lu, MS, Biostatistician III, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 16 Aug 2012:  Continuing Education - *Introduction to geospatial data visualization and geographically weighted regression (GWR)*,  Frank Fan, MS, Biostatistician II, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 20 Sep 2012:  Continuing Education - *Why the central limit theorem doesn't help*, Dr. Frank Harrell, !PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 11 Oct 2012:  Continuing Education - *Partly conditional survival models for longitudinal data*, Dr.Johnathan Schildcrout, !PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
  
---++ Communication Skills Workshops Attended
N/A

---++ Statistical Computing Series (R Clinics) Attended
   1 8 Dec 2011: *Programming Tips For Statisticians*, Dr. Robert Greevy, !PhD,  Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 9 Feb 2012: *Pandas: Powerful data structures for statistical analysis in Python*,  Chris Fonnesbeck, !PhD, Instructor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 16 Feb 2012: *Confidence estimates using rms*, Dr. Frank Harrell, !PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 1 Mar 2012: *Introduction to Bayesian Survival Modeling in JAGS*, Chris Fonnesbeck, !PhD, Instructor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 17 May 2012: *Speeding up statistical computations in Python using numexpr and cython*, Chris Fonnesbeck, !PhD, Instructor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 24 May 2012: *Integrating R and Markdown using knitr for elegant scientific documents*, Chris Fonnesbeck, !PhD, Instructor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 19 Oct 2012: *Five Favorite Functions*, Cole Beck, Computer Systems Analyst III, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
   1 2 Nov 2012: *How to Create Nomograms*,  Dr. Frank Harrell, !PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

---++ Biostatistics Clinics Attended
I didn't record this until 12 Mar 2012 when informed to keep the attendance records.

2012:

14 Mar, 21 Mar, 28 Mar, 30 Mar, 2 Apr, 11 Apr, 19 Apr, 26 Apr, 2 May, 10 May, 16 May, 17 May, 30 May, 4 June, (missed records during June and September 2012), 28 Sep, 3 Oct, 18 Oct, 2 Nov,

---++ Short Courses Attended
   1 *Bayesian data analysis*, Webinar taught by Dr. Jim Albert, 16 December 2011, 11 -1pm.
   1 *Introduction to Linux/Unix*, ACCRE Cluster Computing Classes, 12 December 2011, 2:30-5 p.m.
   1 *Introduction to the Compute Cluster*, ACCRE Cluster Computing Classes, 13 December 2011, 2:30-5 p.m.
   1 *Job Scheduler Details*, ACCRE Cluster Computing Classes, 11 January 2012, 2:30-5 p.m.
   1 *Regression Modeling Strategies*, taught by Dr. Frank Harrell, 7-9 Mar, 2012, 3 days.
   1 *Clinical trials and experimental design (BIOS 321)*, taught by Dr. Tatsuki Koyama, Spring 2012 (Audit).
   1 *Modern Applied Statistics with S*, taught by Dr. Bill Venables,  UseR! 2012, 11 June 2012, one day.
   1 *Fitting and evaluating mixed models using lme4*, taught by Dr. Douglas Bates, UseR! 2012, 12 June 2012, half day.
   1 *Design of the Survival Packages*, taught by Dr.Terry Therneau, UseR! 2012, 12 June 2012, half day.
   1 *STATA short course*, taught by Bill Rising, 25-26 June, 2012, 2 days.
   1 *Bayesian clinical trials*, JSM short course, taught by Scott Berry and Kert Viele, 31 July, 2012, 1 day.
   1 *Applied survival analysis (BIOS 323)*, taught by Dr. Cindy Chen, Fall 2012 (Audit).

---++ Grand Rounds and Other Seminars in Other Departments Attended
   1 15 Mar 2012: Primary Breast Cancer: Where we've been and where we're going: The Road to Personalized Medicine. Vandana Gupta Abramson, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine; Division of Hematology and Oncology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

---++ Relevant Books Read and Audiobooks Listened To
   1  Steven Piantadosi. *Clinical trials: A methodologic perspective (2nd).* 2005.
   1  James W. Hardin, Joseph M. Hilbe. *Generalized Estimating Equations.* 2003.
   1  Leon Gordis. *Epidemiology (3rd).* 2004.
   1  Frank E. Harrell, Jr. *Regression modeling strategies with applications to linear models, logistic regression, and survival analysis.* 2001.
   1 Robert H. Shumway, David S. Stoffer. *Time series analysis and its applications with R examples (3rd).* 2011.
   1 John P. Klein, Melvin L. Moeschberger. *Survival analysis: Techniques for censored and truncated data (2nd).* 2003.

---++ Relevant Papers and Online Material Read and Listened To
   1  Blume JD, Peipert JF. What your statistician never told you about P-values.The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists 12/2003; 10(4):439-44. 
   1  Blume JD, Su L, Olveda RM, McGarvey ST. Statistical evidence for GLM regression parameters: a robust likelihood approach. Stat Med. 2007 Jul 10;26(15):2919-36.
   1 Wagner AK, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D. Segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series studies in medication use research. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2002 Aug;27(4):299-309.
   1 Wilcox, Rand R. How many discoveries have been lost by ignoring modern statistical methods? American Psychologist, Vol 53(3), Mar 1998, 300-314.
   1 Kurian BT, Ray WA, Arbogast PG, Fuchs DC, Dudley JA, Cooper WO. Effect of regulatory warnings on antidepressant prescribing for children and adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jul;161(7):690-6.
   1 Zhang F, Wagner AK, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Methods for estimating confidence intervals in interrupted time series analyses of health interventions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Feb;62(2):143-8. Epub 2008 Nov 17.
   1 Shardell M, Harris AD, El-Kamary SS, Furuno JP, Miller RR, Perencevich EN. Statistical analysis and application of quasi experiments to antimicrobial resistance intervention studies. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 1;45(7):901-7. Epub 2007 Aug 23.
   1 Simon R. Optimal two-stage designs for phase II clinical trials. Control Clin Trials. 1989 Mar;10(1):1-10.
   1 Koyama T, Chen H. Proper inference from Simon's two-stage designs. Stat Med. 2008 Jul 20;27(16):3145-54.
   1 Shiquan Ren, Hong Lai, Wenjing Tong, Mostafa Aminzadeh, Xuezhang Hou and Shenghan Lai. Nonparametric bootstrapping for hierarchical data. Journal of Applied Statistics, 2010, vol. 37, issue 9, pages 1487-1498.
   1 Senn S. Testing for baseline balance in clinical trials. Stat Med. 1994 Sep 15;13(17):1715-26.
   1 Stukel TA, Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Alter DA, Gottlieb DJ, Vermeulen MJ. Analysis of observational studies in the presence of treatment selection bias: effects of invasive cardiac management on AMI survival using propensity score and instrumental variable methods. JAMA. 2007 Jan 17;297(3):278-85.
   1 Richard H. Jones. Bayesian information criterion for longitudinal and clustered data. Stat Med. 2011 Nov 10;30(25):3050-56.
   1 Hakmook Kang, Hernando Ombao, Crystal Linkletter, Nicole Long & David Badre. Spatio-Spectral Mixed-Effects Model for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data. JASA 2012, 107(498): 568-577.  

---++ Presentations
---++++ Neuroimaging study group
   1 *Characteristics of time series*. 19 July 2012.
   1 *ACF, PACF and estimation of ARMA*. 11 September, 9 October 2012  


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Topic revision: r27 - 13 Nov 2014, WillGray
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