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Biostatistics Student Presentations 2013
Date Presenter Topic
Aug. 16, 1 p.m.Mayo A301
Yiwei Zhang Two Topics in Association Analysis of DNA Sequencing
Aug. 16, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Hwanhee Hong Hierarchical Bayesian Methods for Multiple Outcomes in Mixed Treatment Comparisons
Aug. 14, 1 p.m.Mayo D199
Craig Meyer Associations of Self-reported Depression and Racial Discrimination with Brain Tissue Volumes: The CARDIA Study
Aug. 2, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Heather Jerry Sequential Stratification Methods Applied to the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study Data
July 30, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Harrison Quick Spatiotemporal Gradient Modeling with Applications
July 10, 1 p.m.Mayo D199
Tingting Zhao, master’s candidate
Two-part Mixture Model for Cigarette Purchase Task Data
July 2, 9 a.m.Mayo A110
Sharmistha Guha, master’s candidate
A Powerful Parsimonious Tree based Model Averaging Approach for Detection of Multi-Locus Effects
June 10, 10 a.m.Mayo D199
Jaejoon Song The Association of Two Correlated Biomarkers, Each Measured with Error, on Clinical Outcome
June 7, 1 p.m.Mayo A301
Xiaohui Cui, master’s candidatePlan B advisor: John Hughes
Implementing Pseudolikelihood and Bayesian Inference for the Centered Autologistic Model in R and C++
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Feb 13, 2 p.m.Mayo A110
Brad Lewis, master’s candidatePlan B advisor: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
0-1 Augmented Beta Regression using the SAS NLMIXED Procedure
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2012
Monday, March 26, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Wenjie Liao, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Xianghua Luo
Topic: Analysis of Drug Purchase Task Instrument Data: A Statistical Perspective
Tuesday, March 27, 11 a.m.Mayo A434
Presenter: Rajarshi Guhaniyogi, Ph.D candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Dr. Sudipto Banerjee
Topic: Modeling Complex Spatial Dependencies: Low-rank Spatially-varying Cross-covariances with Application to Soil Nutrient Data
Tuesday, April 17, 9 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Liangxing Zou, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim Hodges
Topic: Evaluation of Nephrotoxicity of De Novo Rapamune Use and Association between ESRD and Baseline Urine Albumin and Protein in Kidney-Transplant Recipients: A Longitudinal Observation Study
Friday, May 11, 1:15 p.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Patrick Hilden, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Topic: Analysis of Correlated Count Data with Excess Zeros via the SAS NLMIXED Procedure
Tuesday, May 15, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Xiaoye Ma, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Haitao Chu
Topic: Statistical Methods for Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Tests
Wednesday, May 23, 1 p.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Kristopher Kapphahn, Masters candidate in
Topic: Effects of Covariate Missingness and Bias Reduction Strategies for Network Effect Inference in Social Network Data
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Richard MacLehose
Monday, June 11, 11 a.m.Mayo D199
Presenter: Donghwi Shin, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim Neaton
Topic: Handling Missing Data in Clinical Trials: A Case Study of Different Estimands for Comparing Treatments in a Clinical Trial of Chronic Pain
Monday, July 16, 3 p.m.CCBR Ballroom
Presenter: Christopher Miller, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Julian Wolfson
Topic: ThrEEBoost: Thresholded EEBoost Algorithm for Prediction and Variable Selection with High-Dimensional Data
Tuesday, July 24, 2 p.m.Mayo D199
Presenter: Sarah Verdoliva, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Cavan Reilly
Topic: A Bayesian Approach to Test for Differences in Paired Metabolomics Data with Many Zeros
Thursday, July 26, 10:30 a.m.Mayo D199
Presenter: Kristen Cunanan, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Joe Koopmeiners
Topic: Evaluating the Performance of Copula Models under Model Misspecification in Phase 1 Clinical Trials
Wednesday, July 25, 10 a.m.Mayo 1250
Presenter: Sunkyung Kim, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Wei Pan
Topic: New Penalized Regression Approaches to Analysis of Genetic and Genomic Data
Friday, August 17, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: João Vitor Dias Monteiro, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Topic: Process-based Bayesian Melding of Occupational Exposure Models and Industrial Workplace Data
Tuesday, August 21, 10 a.m.
Presenter: Wei Zhong, Ph.D. Candidate in
Topic: Bayesian Adaptive Designs in Phase I/II Clinical Trials
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Mayo A301
BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisors: Brad Carlin & Joe Koopmeiners
Thursday, August 30, 12 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Shuzhen Li, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Topic: Statistical Modeling of Signal Detection in fMRI Data
Friday, August 31, 2 p.m., Mayo A434
Presenter: Qian Ren, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Topic: On Some Computational, Modeling and Design Issues in Bayesian Analysis of Spatial Data
Thursday, September 27, 1.30 p.m., Mayo A301
Presenter: Rachel Roberts, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Topic: Temporal Analysis for the Characterization of Postural Sway Dynamics and Complexity in Schizophrenia
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2011
Tuesday, Dec. 13,11:30 a.m. Mayo A301
Presenter: Kelsey Walt, masters candidate in Biostatistics PhD Advisors: Dr. Kyle Rudser
Topic: Using Relative Risk Regression to Estimate the Risk of Otitis Media in Minnesota American Indians under the Age of Two
Friday, Dec. 9, 9:30 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Ran Li, PhD candidate in BiostatisticsPhD Advisors: Dr. Baolin Wu and Dr. Brad Carlin
Topic: Statistical Methods for Gene Set Based Prediction and Clustering Analysis of Microarrays
Friday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Xiting Cao, PhD candidate in BiostatisticsPhD Advisors: Dr. Baolin Wu and Dr. Wei Pan
Topic: Statistical Methods for Multi-class Differential Gene Expression Detection
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 12:30 p.m.CCBR Ballroom
Presenter: Liying Luo, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim Hodges
Topic: Assessing Validity and Application Scope of an Intrinsic Estimator Approach to the Age-Period-Cohort Problem
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Monday, Sept. 19, 2:30 p.m.CCBR Ballroom
Presenter: Li-Yu Lin, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor:Lynn Eberly
Topic: Epilepsy Incidence in United States Nursing Home
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1:50 p.m.Mayo D199
Presenter: Lingzhi Li, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Weihua Guan
Topic: Selection in Multi-maker Test for Genetic Association
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2:30 p.m.Mayo D199
Presenter: Jing Zhang, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Haitao Chu
Topic: Bayesian Inference for Case-control Studies with Multiple Non-gold Standard Exposure Assessments: with an Application in Occupational Health
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 3 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Yan Hu, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Daniel Sargent
Topic: Sample Size Calculation for a Flexible Screening Trial
Friday, Aug. 26, 1:30 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Xiaoyan Sheng, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisors: Lynn Eberly and James Hodges
Topic: Some Operating Characteristics of the Random Survival Forest Algorithm
Thursday, Aug. 25, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Andrew Wey, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Kyle Rudser
Topic: Recursive Partitioning Based Weights for Censored Quantile Regression
Monday, Aug. 8, 1 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Laura Hatfield, Ph.D candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Brad Carlin
Topic: Bayesian Hierarchical Joint Modeling for Longitudinal and Survival Data
Friday, July 1, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Sang Mee Lee, Ph.D candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisors: Baolin Wu and Wei Pan
Topic: Statistical Methods for Gene Set Based Significance Analysis
Monday, June 20, 1:30 p.m.
Presenter: Binglin Yue, Masters candidate in
Topic: Commonality Analysis for Survival Data, with an Application to Data from
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Mayo 1250BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Xianghua Luo
Breast Cancer Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases
Wednesday, May 4, 1 p.m.Mayo D325/D327
Presenter: Thomas Murray, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Topic: Empirical Comparison of Comorbidity Adjustment Techniques in Dialysis Populations
Friday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Paul Zantek, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Tim Hanson
Topic: Estimation and Testing of Decision-Dependence in Stochastic Processes with Application to Reliability of Repairable Systems
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2010
December 17, 8:30 a.m.Mayo D199
Presenter: Yaming Chen, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: John Connett
Topic: Comparison of Negative-Binomial and Extra-Poisson Models for Over-dispersed Count Data: A Simulation-based Study
December 15, 3:10 p.m.Mayo A434
Presenter: Xiaoxiao Kong, Ph.D. candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Cavan Reilly
Topic: Motif Discovery with Conditional Log-linear Models
September 27, 1:30 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Pei Li, Ph.D. candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Topic: Bayesian Approaches for Detecting Boundaries in Areally-Referenced Datasets
September 10, 1 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter:Chong Luo, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Topic: A Two-Step Algorithm in Penalized Regression with Networked Predictors
August 25, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Brian Hobbs, Ph.D. candidate in Biostatistics
Topic: Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling for Adaptive Incorporation of Historical Information in Clinical Trials
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Ph.D. Advisor: Brad Carlin
August 24, 1 p.m.Mayo A110
Presenter:Akweley Ablor, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Will Thomas
Topic: Influence of Childhood Victimization on Risk of Vulvodynia: Modeling Odds Ratios and Interaction in Matched Case Control Data
August 19, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Eddie Bendert, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Kyle Rudser
Topic: Design Considerations in the Presence of Subgroups with Different Expected Treatment Effects
August 12, 2 p.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Adrian Tan, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Saonli Basu
Topic: Effects of Population Stratification on Logistic Regression and an Alternative to Achieving Greater Power
August 11, 10 a.m.CCBR Ballroom
Presenter: Anne Eaton, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Patricia Grambsch
Topic: Comparing the Effects of Various Methods for Estimating Survival with Prevalent Cohort Data under Violation of the Independent Truncation Assumption
August 5, 2 p.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Ning Chen, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Topic: Immortal Time Bias resulting from an Incident Event Following an Incident Exposure
July 21, 10 a.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Emily Zabor, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Brad Carlin
Topic: Adaptive Controlled Dose Escalation with Multiple Individual Covariates for Phase I Clinical Trials
July 9, 1 p.m.Mayo A301
Presenter: Brunna Alves, MPH candidate in biostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Topic: Examing the Association of Postpartum Weight Retention with Gestational Weight Gain
July 7, 10 a.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Jonathan Chipman Master’s Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim Neaton
Topic: Motivating DSMB Discussion Regarding START Risks and Benefits and Whether to Recommend Continuing or Stopping START at Interim Analyses
June 30, 1 p.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Wei Feng Master’s candidate in Biostatistics
Topic: Comparison of Combination Methods in Pathway-based Analysis
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Plan B Advisor: Saonli Basu
June 30, 10 a.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Ryan ShanleyMaster’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Xianghua Luo
Topic: A Comparison of Two New Prognostic Indices for Breast Cancer Patients with Brain Metastases Using Cox Regression and Recursive Partitioning
June 15, 1 p.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Gayle JohnsonMaster’s candidate in Biostatistics Plan B Advisor: Richard MacLehose
Topic: “Uterine Fibroids and Time to Conception”
June 15, 9:30 a.m.Mayo A110
Presenter: Nan ZhangMaster’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Richard MacLehose
Topic: ”The Influence of Childhood Social Support and Lifetime Victimization on Risk of First Onset of Depression during the Late Reproductive Years”
June 11, 10:30 a.m.May A110
Presenter: Jiayan HuangMaster’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: John Connett and Rob Leduc
Topic: Comparison of Several Methods of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Applied to Continuous and Categorical Data
May 21, 10:30 a.m.
Mayo D199Presenter: Jeremiah MenkMasters Candidate in Biostatistics Plan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Topic: An Evaluation of Model Based and Algorithmic Based Methods for Clustering Dichotomous Data
May 18, 10 a.m.Mayo A434
Presenter: Hui ZhouMasters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Topic: Penalized Joint Regression Modeling of Partial Correlations with Application to Detecting Altered Gene Networks
May 17, 10 a.m.Mayo D199
Presenter: Fang HanMasters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Topic: Latent Multivariate Gaussian Model for Multiple SNPs in Linkage Disequilibrium with application to Genetic Association Testing
April 20, 3 p.m.Mayo A434
Presenter: Wenjun KangPlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Topic: “Exploring the Effects of Including Spatial Random Effects in Disease Mapping Using the SAS GLIMMIX Macro”
Jan. 20, 12 Presentor: Olive Buhule Topic: Modeling Diabetes Mellitus Disease
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
p.m.Mayo A301 Plan B Advisor: Tim Hanson Progression
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2009
FridayJanuary 239:45AMMayo A301
Yufen ZhangPhD Advisor: Jim Hodges
Extending Smoothed Analysis of Variance to New Problems
WednesdayMay 272:00pmMayo D199
Jessica MusselmanPlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Development of Childhood Home Environment Dimensions related to Alcohol Consumption Behaviors: A latent variable analysis of the SSAGA
FridayJune 59:00amMayo A110
Qian RenPlan B Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Variational Bayesian Method for Spatial Data Analysis
ThursdayJune 1810:00amMayo 1250
Peng WeiPhD Advisor: Wei Pan
Network-based Mixture Models for Genomic Data
FridayJune 261:00pmMayo A110
Lijuan ShenPlan B Advisor: Brad Carlin
Bayesian Change Point Survival Analysis of Androgen Suppression Therapy Utilization Patterns for Men with Prostate Cancer, 2000-2005
WednesdayJuly 811:00amMayo A110
Matt RousseauPlan B Advisor: Xianghua Luo
Determining the Impact of Donor KIR Genotypes on AML Patients Who Underwent HCT Using Ordinary and Competing Risks Survival Data
ThursdayJuly 910:00amMayo A301
Matt Deyo-SvendsenPlan B Advisor: Tracy Bergemann
Estimation of Gene-Gene Interactions in Case-Parent Triad Studies in the Presence of Missing Data
WednesdayAugust 12
Yanni ZhuPhD Advisor: Wei
Network-Based Support Vector Machines for Classification of Microarray Gene Expression Data
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
1:00pmMayo D199 Pan
WednesdayAugust 122:00pmMayo A110
Keegan HasselmannPlan B Advisor: David Nelson
Simulation to Evaluate Methods for Combining Propensity Stratification with Methods to Address Missing Confounders in Observational Studies
FridayAugust 1411:00amMayo A301
Stacia KrausPlan B Advisor: Sue Duval
Coronary Artery Plaque Formation and Location in High Intensity, Long Term Athletes
WednesdayAugust 191:00pmMayo A110
David SchladtPlan B Advisor: Saonli Basu
Genetic-based Association between Select UGT Drug Metabolizing Genes and Plasma Triglyceride and Lipoprotein Lowering Response to Fenofibric Acid
ThursdayAugust 201:00pmMayo D199
Wei ZhongPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Power Comparison of Statistical Tests of Association with Multiple SNPs with the GAW 16 Rheumatoid Arthritis Data
WednesdayAugust 262:30pmMayo A110
Yafeng ZhangPlan B Advisor: Patricia Grambsch
Estimating the Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Death, AIDS and CD4 Cell Counts Decrease in HIV-infected patients with High CD4 Cell Counts using Marginal Structural Models
MondayNovember 92:00pmMayo A434
Xiaochun ZhuPlan B Advisor: John Connett
Simulation Based Comparison of Estimation of Power by Negative Binomial Model and Life Table Method in Analysis of Count Data
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2008
WednesdayJanuary 1610:00 AMMayo A110
Luping ZhaoPhD Advisors: Tim Hanson and Brad Carlin
Mixtures of Dependent Polya Trees in the Proportional Hazards Model
Monday Juanran Feng Predictation of Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
January 282:00 PMMayo A434
Plan B Advisor: William Thomas
Creatinine and Cystatin C in Kidney Transplant Patients
FridayApril 49:00amMayo A110
Joshua RapkinPlan B Advisors: James Neaton and Tim Hanson
Applying the Varying Location and Dispersion Accelerated Failure Time (VLDAFT) Model to the Flexible Initial Retrovirus Suppressive Therapies (FIRST) Trial
FridayApril 111:00pmMayo A301
Xiaobo LiuPlan B Advisor: William Thomas
Illness-Death Model for Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes
WednesdayApril 163:45 PMMayo A434
Qun ShiPlan B Advisor: Jim Hodges
Mechanism of the Bacteriophage ø29 DNA-Packing Motor
FridayMay 22:30pmCCBR Ballroom
Rachel IsakssonPlan B Advisor: James Neaton
Simulation to Estimate Sample Size for the Strategic Timing of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (START) Trial
MondayMay 191:00 pmMayo A110
Laura HatfieldPlan B Advisor: Brad Carlin
Spatiotemporal and Threshold Models for Relating UV Exposures and Skin Cancer in the Central United States
TuesdayJune 242:30pmMayo A434
Zhenyu PanPlan B Advisor: Tim Hanson
Bayesian Model Comparison on CattleAbortion Data
FridayJuly 119:30amMayo A301
Haowen CaiPlan B Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Hierarchical modeling for spatially-referenced longitudinal data with applications to crop growth
ThursdayJuly 179:30amMayo A301
Jonathan JohnsonPlan B Advisor: Chap Le
Impact of Weight Loss on Circulating Renin-Angiotensin Hormones
Friday Xiao Liu Analysis of Incomplete Longitudinal Data: Anti-tumor
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
July 251:00pmMayo A301
Plan B Advisor: Xianghua Luo Activities of Angiogenesis Inhibitors
MondayJuly 281:00pmMayo A301
Ann M. BrearleyPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Reliability of Breast Cancer MRS Biomarker Concentration Measurements
ThursdayAugust 213:00pmMayo A434
Jiaqi YangPlan B Advisor: Baolin Wu
A Statistical Method for Improved Genotype Calling of High-Throughput SNP Arrays
TuesdayAugust 2610:00amMayo A110
Katie SchomakerPlan B Advisor: Hongfei Guo
Evaluating the Treatment Effect with Actigraphy Data: A Comparison of Two Methods of Data Analysis
WednesdayAugust 2710:00amMayo D199
Benhuai XiePh.D. Advisor: Wei Pan
Variable Selection in Penalized Model-Based Clustering
WednesdayAugust 272:30pmMayo D199
Xiting CaoPh.D. Advisor: Baolin Wu
Empirical Bayes Modeling with Optimal Discovery Procedure for Improved Significance Testing of Microarray Data
WednesdaySeptember 32:30pmMayo A434
Wei HePlan B Advisor: Tim Hanson
Longitudinal Analysis of the Association between Childhood and Adolescence Violence Victimization and Menstrual Cycle Length During the Late Premenopausal Years
WednesdaySeptember 172:00pmCCBR Ballroom
Shengde LiangPh.D. Advisor: Brad Carlin
Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling of Geostatistical and Spatial Point Process Data
FridaySeptember 193:00pm
Melissa WardenPlan B Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Spatial data analysis suite in open-source software: GRASS and R A tutorial using West Nile virus in Minnesota in 2005
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Mayo A434
ThursdayOctober 211:15amMayo A301
Qingqing YangPlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Multiple Latent Class Analysis
FridayOctober 311:15amMayo A434
Christopher AndersonPlan B Advisor: Patricia Grambsch
An Update to the Rate Tables for the Survival Package in S-Plus/R
FridayOctober 1710:00amMayo A301
Jianmin LiuPlan B Advisor: Judy Punyko
Comparison of Imputation Methods for Survey Data
MondayOctober 279:30amMayo A434
Nick WoldPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Self-Rated Health and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study of Women in Rural Nicaragua
FridayOctober 3110:00amMayo A434
Hua HePlan B Advisor: Saonli Basu
Power of Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction, Pair-wise Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction and Penalized Logistic Regression for Detecting Gene-Gene Interaction in a Case-Control Study
MondayNovember 1712:45pmMayo A434
Feng TaiPh.D. Advisor: Wei Pan
Incorporate Gene Network Structure into Bayesian Variable Selection
MondayNovember 242:30pmMayo A434
Xiang LiPlan B Advisor: Na Li
Single-SNP Association Analysis in Genome-wide Association Studies
MondayDecember 810:00amMayo A434
Meijuan LiPh.D. Advisor: Cavan Reilly
Statistical Models for a Censored Quantitative Trait and Candidate Genes Association Mapping in Structured Populations with Multilevel Genetic Relatedness
MondayDecember
Qinlei HuangPlan B Advisor:
Estimating Average Treatment Effects on the Alcoholism Abstinence using Propensity Score and
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
222:00pmMayo A434
Melanie Wall Non-Response Weighting Adjustments
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2007
FridayFebruary 910:00 AMMayo D325
Hong GePlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Longitudinal Trends in Quality of Life and Predicting Survival in Heart Failure Patients
FridayFebruary 2311:30 AMMayo A110
Na YuanPlan B Advisor: John Connett
Comparison of the Matching on Propensity Score and on Multiple Variables in Studying the Relationship Between Beta Carotene and Lung Cancer in The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) Study
MondayMarch 52:30 PMMayo A434
Yi PengPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Likelihood Ratio Test of Variance Components in General Linear Mixed Model comparing Group-Specific Random Intercepts to Group-Specific Random Intercepts and Slopes
WednesdayMarch 710:00 AMCCBR Ballroom
Brian HobbsPlan B Advisor: Brad Carlin
Practical Bayesian Design and Analysis for Drug and Device Clinical Trials
FridayMarch 231:00 PMMayo A110
Dan WangPlan B Advisor: Chap Le
Implementation of Goodman’s and Piantadosi’s Continual Reassessment Methods
TuesdayApril 33:30 PMCCBR Ballroom
Tarek HaddadPlan B Advisor: Jim Hodges
Smoothing Interactions in Analysis of Variance Using the Simplex Priors
MondayApril 92:00 PMMayo A434
Hua TianPlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Applied Statistical Analysis on Rat Tumor Data
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
MondayApril 231:00 PMCCBR Ballroom
Nicholas SalkowskiPlan B Advisor: Tim Hanson
Modeling Association in Bivariate Ordinal Responses: Two Approaches and a New SAS Macro
WednesdayMay 302:30 PMMayo 1250
Ran LiPlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Multiple Indicator Hidden Markov Modelwith an Application to Medical Utilization Data
MondayJune 259:30 AMMayo D199
Min XiPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
A Simulation Based Power Analysis Approach to Determine Sample Size and Sub-Sampling Strategy in a Safety Intervention Study
FridayJune 2910:00 AMMayo D325
Pei LiPlan B Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Mining for Edge Effects in Areally Referenced Spatial Data: An Approach Using the Bayesian Information Criteria
TuesdayJuly 3110:00 AMMayo A110
Haiying LinPlan B Advisor: Chap Le
Use of Repeated Measures Analysis for Evaluation of Tobacco Biomarker Changes in a Smokeless Tobacco Brand Awitching Study
MondayAugust 132:00PMMayo D325
Daniel DvorkinPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Predicting Gene Coexpression by Integrating the Gene Ontology with Microarray Data
MondaySeptember 101:00PMMayo A434
Jia XuPlan B Advisor: Jim Neaton
A Comparison of the Importance of Different Lipid Metrics for Predicting Coronary, Cardiovascular, and Stroke Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial
TuesdaySeptember 243:00PMMayo D325
Xiaoxiao KongPlan B Advisor: Na Li
A Simulation Study Comparing Expectation Substitution and Full Maximum Likelihood Methods in Haplotype-based Genetic Association Analysis
MondayOctober 110:00am
Zhi HuangPlan B Advisor: Tracy Bergemann
Missing Data Imputation inCase-parent Triad Studies
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Mayo A110
TuesdayOctober 23:15PMMayo A434
Fang LiuPlan B Advisor: Baolin Wu
Multi-Class Cancer Outlier Differential Gene Expression Detection
MondayOctober 152:30PMMayo A434
Benhuai XiePlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Prediction of Kidney Transplant Acute Rejection with SNPs: A Comparison of Penalized Logistic Regression and Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction
MondayNovember 1912:00PMMayo A434
Milan SethPlan B Advisor: Saonli Basu
A Logistic Regression model for Quantitative Trait Locus linkage Analysis
TuesdayNovember 273:00PMMayo A434
Yanni ZhuPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Identifying the Association between SNPs and Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Comparison of Logistic Regression and LogicRegression
FridayNovember 302:30pmMayo A434
Qi WangPlan B Advisors: John Connett and Robert Leduc
Unbiased Estimation of Rates of Decline of CD4+ Cell Counts in the presence of Censoring
TuesdayDecember 1810:00amMayo A434
Yue CuiPh.D. Advisor: Jim Hodges
Smoothing Analysis of Variance for General Designs and Partitioning Degrees of Freedom in Hierarchical and Other Richly-parameterized Models.
FridayDecember 2110:00amMayo A301
Xinyu ZhouPlan B Advisor: Melanie Wall
Employee Behavior Study –A Two-level Latent Class Approach
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2006
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
TuesdayJanuary 242:30 PMMayo A434
Wenjun MaPlan B Advisor: Jim Neaton and Patricia Grambsch
Effect of Hydrochlorothiazide vs. Atenolol on Health Outcomes among Different Times of Day
WednesdayFebruary 221:30pmMayo A301
Hongyan QiaoPlan B Advisor: John Connett
Modeling of Smoking Cessation Behavior
MondayApril 241:30pmMayo A434
Rui ZhangPlan B Advisor: Jim Neaton
Implementation of a minimization algorithm and comparison with other allocation methods
WednesdayApril 261:00pmMayo A301
Gregg LindPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
PedSeer: A set of computer programs for visualizing, modifying, and repairing pedigree data
WednesdayJune 284:00pmMayo A434
Zang XiongPlan B Advisor: Jim Neaton
A Joint Analysis of Randomized and Non-Randomized Data Aimed at Estimating the Effect of Efavirenz and Nevirapine on Lipid Changes among Antiretroviral-Therapy-Naive Patients Infected With HIV Who Are Starting Treatment
ThursdayJuly 204:00pmCCBR Ballroom
Vaughn BerryPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Cause-Specific Mortality in Relation to Body Mass Index among Men from the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial
MondayJuly 2410:00amMayo D327
Peng WeiPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Incorporating Gene Functions into Regression Analysis of DNA-Protein Binding Data and Gene Expression Data to Construct Transcriptional Networks
TuesdayJuly 259:30amCCBR Ballroom
Qing CaoPlan B Advisor: Jim Hodges
Baseline Serum Antibodies and Measures of Infection in the Obstetrics and Periodontal Therapy Trial
MondayJuly 313:00pm
Adele GoldenPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Comparison of Nonlinear Mixed Effect Model Fitting in SAS® and SPLUS®: NLMIXED vs. NLME Procedure
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
Mayo A301
TuesdayAugust 19:30amMayo A110
Haijun MaPhDAdvisor: Brad Carlin
Bayesian Hierarchical Boundary Analysis for Areal Public Health Data
WednesdayAugust 1611:00amCCBR Ballroom
Shweta SharmaPlan B Advisor: John Connett
Comparison of Fisher Information and Bootstrap Estimates of Variance for Logistic Regression Parameters
MondayAugust 2110:00amMayo D199
Yang XiePhD Advisors: Wei Pan and Arkady Khodursky
Integrated Analysis of Genomic Data to Study Gene Regulation
TuesdayAugust 2210:00amMayo D199
Guanghua XiaoPhD Advisor: Wei Pan
Integrating Biological Knowledge and Other Sources of Data into Microarray Data Analysis
FridayAugust 2512:00pmMayo A301
Yan ZhengPhD Advisor: Cavan Reilly and Wei Pan
Topics in the Low-level Analysis of Microarrays
MondayAugust 281:00pmCCBR Ballroom
Freda CoonerPhD Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee and Bradley P. Carlin
Latent Activation Cure Rate Modeling for Time-To-Event Data
WednesdayAugust 309:30amMayo A301
Jay PottalaPlan B Advisor: John Connett
Diabetes Care Improvement Analysis
FridaySeptember 1511:30amMayo A301
Yi HePhD Advisor: Jim Hodges
Bayesian Analysis of Real-Time RT-PCR Data with Right Censoring
Monday Jia Guo Biostatistical Models with Latent Variables
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
October 29:30amCCBR Ballroom
PhD Advisor: Melanie Wall
TuesdayNovember 212:30pmMayo A110
Colleen CurranPlan B Advisor: Patricia Grambsch
Comparing Methods for Calculating the Number of Bins in a Histogram for the Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test
Biostatistics Student Presentations 2005
FridayMay 63:00 PMMayo D260
Scott WehrenbergPlan B Advisor: Jim Hodges
Investigating the Accuracy of the Asymptotic Approximation of Gray’s Competing Risk Analysis
TuesdayMay 311:30 PMMayo A387/389
Yinghui WangPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Performance of the Selection Model on the Simulated Longitudinal Data with Informative and Random Drop-out
WednesdayJune 810:00amCCBR Ballroom
Xiaoping JinPhD Advisor: Brad Carlin
Multivariate Lattice Models for Areal Data with Application to Multiple Disease Mapping
WednesdayJune 1510:00amJackson 2-137
Jarad NiemiPlan B Advisor: Brad Carlin
Identifying and Evaluating Contrarian Strategies for NCAA Tournament Pools
MondayJune 279:00amMayo A387/389
Bingbing LiPhD Advisor: Patricia Grambsch
Sample Size Calculation in Survival Trials Accounting for Time-Dependent Dynamics of Noncompliance and Risk
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
WednesdayJune 2910:00amCCBR Ballroom
Feng TaiPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Modelling Kappa by using Generalized Estimate Equations with Applicationsto RDC/TMD Study
ThursdayJune 302:00pmMayo A387/389
Qian AnPlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for the Variance Components in a General Linear Mixed Model
TuesdayJuly 199:30amMayo A387/389
Fangyu KanPlan B Advisor: James Neaton
Comparison of Sample Size Calculation Programs for Complex Clinical Trials with Survival Endpoints
MondayJuly 2510:00amMayo A387/389
Haolan LuPhD Advisor: Brad Carlin and Jim Hodges
Measuring the Complexity of Generalized LinearHierarchical Models and Bayesian Areal Wombling for Boundary Analysis
FridayJuly 2910:00amMayo A387/389
Brian ReichPhD Advisor: Jim Hodges
Effects of Residual Smoothing on the Posterior of the Fixed Effects in Disease-mapping Models
TuesdayAugust 210:00amMayo A387/389
Wanling XiePlan B Advisor: Lynn Eberly
Comparison of Two Diagnostic Procedures “Cook’s Distance” and “Conditional Cook’s Distance” in Linear Mixed Models
ThursdayAugust 119:30amMayo A387/389
Yi-Chen WuPlan B Advisor: Na Li
Exploring Positional Candidate Genes: Linkage Conditional on SNP Genotypes
FridayAugust 122:00pmMayo
Luping ZhaoPlan B Advisor: John Connett
A SAS/MACRO Program That Provides Smoothed Estimates of Hazard Curves in Survival Analysis
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
A387/389
FridayAugust 199:00amCCBR Ballroom
Qi LiPlan B Advisor: James Neaton
The Evaluation of Effect of Clinical Research Site Size on Performance in Two Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trials
ThursdaySeptember 19:30amMayo A387/389
Helen Haiyun FanPlan B Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
A Simulation-Based Framework for Bayesian Sample Size Calculations
TuesdaySeptember 64:00pmCCBR Ballroom
Shengde LiangPlan B Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee
Multi-Resolution Spatial Modelling with Application to Replicated Weed Experiments
MondaySeptember 123:00pmMayo A434
Allyson AbramsPlan B Advisor: Michael Oakes
The SAS/SaTScan Macro Accessory for Cartography (SMAC) Package
TuesdayOctober 41:30pmMayo A434
Meijuan LiPlan B Advisor: Cavan Reilly
Analysis of mRNA stability in Human T Lymphocytes
MondayOctober 241:30pmA434 Mayo
Aixaing JiangPlan B Advisor: Wei Pan
Are BOEC Cells More Like Large Vessel or Microvascular Endothelial Cells?
WednesdayOctober 269:00amCCBR Ballroom
Yun BaiPlan B Advisor: Robert Leduc
Modeling the CD4+ Decline of Treatment-Naive Patients as a Function of Baseline CD4+ Cell Count and Other Possible Predictors.
MondayOctober 31st9:30amMayo A434
Maria Carola AlfaroPlan B Advisor: Patricia Grambsch
Testing Global Hypotheses of Equal Mean Differences, Between Two groups, of Correlated Endpoints Using O’Brien GLS, OLS and Tang Center Direction Tests
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit
TuesdayNovember 1st9:30amMayo A434
Lan PanPlan B Advisor: Will Thomas
Correlation Between Repeated Measurements of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Participants in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)
FridayNovember 4th2:30pmCCBR Ballroom
Xuan LiuPhD Advisor: Melanie Wall
Latent Variable Models for Multivariate Spatial Data
https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/document/d/1tNr3wmXnaFNUBAvfhKXomrvkW8_3qI_8HdLpbmuanYs/edit