Fall Meeting September 30th

Updated 11/30/2011

The Fall meeting will be held on Friday, September 30th, from noon-4pm on the AMC campus in Aurora.  We plan to have 11 speakers who will be discussing various topics in statistics and biostatistics, and lunch will be provided. 

Fall CO/WY ASA meeting, AMC campus, Ed2 South L28-2306                                      September 30, 12-4pm

For a map of the campus and ideas for parking, see the following link:  http://ucdenver.edu/about/departments/FacilitiesManagement/Documents/AMC.pdf

Agenda

12:00-12:30       Lunch (same room)

 12:30-12:45       Chapter business

12:45-1:00pm    Brandie Wagner (UCD, Biostats)

Statistical Analysis of Microbiome data: overview and challenges

1:00-1:15pm      Stephanie Fitchett (Sandia National Labs)

Modeling Avian Influenza in Indonesia

1:15-1:30pm      Erin Schliep (CSU)

Evaluating Wetland Health: Multivariate multi-level latent variable model

1:30-1:45pm      Suzy Landram (UNC)

Why parsimonious models are desirable

1:45-2:00pm     Sam MaWhinney (UCD, Biostats)

Accounting for Dropout in Longitudinal Cohort Studies

2:00-2:15pm      Kimberly Kaufeld (UNC)

Autologistic Regression Analysis of Spatial-Temporal Data Analysis of Bark Beetle Outbreaks Using General Linear Models

2:15-2:30pm      Break

2:30-2:45pm      Maryann Shane (UNC)

Analysis of Bovine Temperature using Clustered Binomial Logistic and Multinomial Logistic Models

2:45-3:00pm      Nichole Carlson (UCD, Biostats)

Estimating pulse generating mechanisms underlying time series of hormone data

3:00-3:15pm      Shahar Boneh (Metro State)

Estimation Theory – A nice use of the Rao-Blackwell Theorem

3:15-3:30pm      Chris Kirchberg (JMP)

Integrating JMP into your World…….and Desktop

3:30-3:45pm      Ethan Coldren (Fossil Ridge H.S.)

(David Young award winner)  Can you predict the weather by watching birds?