You are here:
Vanderbilt Biostatistics Wiki
>
Main Web
>
DeptOps
>
DeptNews
>
DeptNewsAug2010
(15 Nov 2011,
ColeBeck
)
(raw view)
E
dit
A
ttach
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Good news</span></strong> <ul type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Hank Domenico has accepted our offer as Biostatistician II and will begin work on Sept 1.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Hui Nian has accepted our offer as Biostatistician II and will begin work on Sept. 1.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Ning Chen has accepted our offer as Biostatistician II and has a tentative start date of Oct. 1.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Lynette Zickl turned down our offer and accepted a job at Harvard.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Frank mentioned that we had a good presence at JSM this year.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Steven Chen’s proposal has been funded.</span> </li> </ul> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">People</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Yu Shyr</span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> has been named an American Statistical Association fellow. </span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; color: black;">According to the association by-laws, “each year the Committee on Fellows can elect no more than one-third of one percent of the total ASA membership as Fellows. Individuals are nominated for the honor by fellow members and must have an established reputation and made outstanding contributions in some aspect of statistical work to be selected.”</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; color: black; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Please welcome, Michael Matheny, who joined our department as an adjunct faculty member.</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: blue; font-size: small;"><a target="_blank" href="https://email.vanderbilt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=61c05156333b4a7e82bb2fb5f5277599&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbiostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu%2fMichaelMatheny">http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/MichaelMatheny</a></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; color: black; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Announcements</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">The department summer picnic/ potluck party planned for earlier this month was postponed until September given the extremely hot weather.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Service</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">If anyone has borrowed a book from the department library, please return until we complete an audit and reorganize.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Quality</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Linda gave a report on Vanderbilt’s Export Compliance policy. When inviting a speaker from abroad or traveling internationally, make sure a knowledgeable administrative person is involved in the planning to ensure compliance. Facts to consider include the following:</span> <ul type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">There is a list of persons denied entry to the United States. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">When traveling internationally, one may have to bring clean laptop / cell phones / PDAs provided by Vanderbilt. This step is required to prevent a security breach and to ensure compliance (e.g., installed software on a computer may not be licensed for use in a certain country). </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Attention to compliance is especially important to if you are traveling to an unfriendly country. Information is available at <a target="_blank" href="https://email.vanderbilt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=61c05156333b4a7e82bb2fb5f5277599&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.vanderbilt.edu%2fexportcompliance%2f"> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exportcompliance/</a>.</span> </li> </ul> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">In addition, all faculty and staff must register for Vanderbilt’s “Travel Registration Program” before traveling internationally. Information and registration is available here: <a target="_blank" href="https://email.vanderbilt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=61c05156333b4a7e82bb2fb5f5277599&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.vanderbilt.edu%2fvio%2f"> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vio/</a> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Audrey presented a report on the status of the Biostatistics Department library. Her findings included the following:</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <ul type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">The majority of the library’s periodical holdings are incomplete.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Some books are missing.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">The library contains obsolete manuals (e.g., "Using Microsoft Windows 97").</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">The list of the library’s journals is available online on the "ResResource" page of the Biostat Wiki: <a target="_blank" href="https://email.vanderbilt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=61c05156333b4a7e82bb2fb5f5277599&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbiostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu%2fResResource">http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/ResResource</a>.</span> </li> </ul> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">It was noted that perhaps we should go paperless on journals available electronically and devote space to books. Some journals, however, have lags before recent issues become available online.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Linda also presented a report on travel policy.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Effective 5/1/2010, the Department of Finance requires that requests for a prepaid travel expense (e.g. airfare, registration fee) be made at least 30 days prior to the travel. This only applies to reimbursement before the travel.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Other recent changes in travel policy include the following:</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <ul type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">An itemized receipt is required for any expense over $25. Below $25, a credit card statement still suffices.</span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Some department members feel per diem reimbursement would be better. Linda will check if Vanderbilt policy allows per diem reimbursement and will explore an increase in meal allowances.</span> </li> </ul> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">The recent R conference held in Gaithersburg, MD, was a success, with about 500 participants. Frank attended, along with Diane. Our department will host the UseR conference in 2012. We plan to have the event in the spring of 2012. The conference will be held on campus and hotels within walking distance will be reserved for attendees.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Faculty and staff biostatisticians should be on the alert for investigators “shopping” for a statistician who is willing to perform a requested analysis that may be inappropriate for the study design or objectives.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Innovation</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">A new policy is being drafted for scientific observational research (Trash.MainObsResProc). Under the policy, we will require statistical analysis plans to be developed and documented before actual analysis takes place, to avoid “fishing expeditions.” A team consisting of Chris Slaughter, Mario Davidson, Dan Byrne, Chris Fonnesbeck, and one additional member to be named will review and finalize the policy.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Please review the following policy:</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><a target="_blank" href="https://email.vanderbilt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=61c05156333b4a7e82bb2fb5f5277599&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbiostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu%2fObsResProc">http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/ObsResProc</a></span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Consider reading the following paper: Rubin, D.B. (2007), The Design versus the Analysis of Observational Studies for Causal Effects: Parallels with the Design of Randomized Trials, Statistics in Medicine, 26, 20-36.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;"> </span> <em><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: small;">Best regards,<br /> CQI Communications Team<br /> Frank Harrell, Yu Shyr, Dan Byrne, Linda Stewart, Tatsuki Koyama, Lynne Berry, and Yvonne Poindexter</span></em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -- Main.JohnBock - 01 Apr 2011
E
dit
|
A
ttach
|
P
rint version
|
H
istory
: r2
<
r1
|
B
acklinks
|
V
iew topic
|
Edit
w
iki text
|
M
ore topic actions
Topic revision: r2 - 15 Nov 2011,
ColeBeck
Main
Department Home Page
Biostatistics Graduate Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Main Web
Main Web Home
Search
Recent Changes
Changes
Topic list
Biostatistics Webs
Archive
Main
Sandbox
System
Register
|
Log In
Copyright © 2013-2022 by the contributing authors. All material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
Ideas, requests, problems regarding Vanderbilt Biostatistics Wiki?
Send feedback