Biostatistics Student Presentations.docx



BIOSTATISTICS STUDENT PRESENTATIONSMore info at sph.umn.edu/biostatistics Biostatistics Student Presentations 2013DatePresenterTopicAug. 16, 1 p.m.Mayo A301Yiwei ZhangTwo Topics in Association Analysis of DNA Sequencing Aug. 16, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Hwanhee HongHierarchical Bayesian Methods for Multiple Outcomes in Mixed Treatment ComparisonsAug. 14, 1 p.m.Mayo D199Craig MeyerAssociations of Self-reported Depression and Racial Discrimination with Brain Tissue Volumes: The CARDIA StudyAug. 2, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Heather JerrySequential Stratification Methods Applied to the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study DataJuly 30, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Harrison QuickSpatiotemporal Gradient Modeling with ApplicationsJuly 10, 1 p.m.Mayo D199Tingting Zhao, master’s candidateTwo-part Mixture Model for Cigarette Purchase Task DataJuly 2, 9 a.m.Mayo A110Sharmistha Guha, master’s candidateA Powerful Parsimonious Tree based Model Averaging Approach for Detection of Multi-Locus EffectsJune 10, 10 a.m.Mayo D199Jaejoon SongThe Association of Two Correlated Biomarkers, Each Measured with Error, on Clinical OutcomeJune 7, 1 p.m.Mayo A301Xiaohui Cui, master’s candidatePlan B advisor: John HughesImplementing Pseudolikelihood and Bayesian Inference for the Centered Autologistic Model in R and C++Feb 13, 2 p.m.Mayo A110Brad Lewis, master’s candidatePlan B advisor: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay0-1 Augmented Beta Regression using the SAS NLMIXED ProcedureBiostatistics Student Presentations 2012Monday, March 26, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Wenjie Liao, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Xianghua LuoTopic: Analysis of Drug Purchase Task Instrument Data: A Statistical PerspectiveTuesday, March 27, 11 a.m.Mayo A434Presenter: Rajarshi Guhaniyogi, Ph.D candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Dr. Sudipto BanerjeeTopic: Modeling Complex Spatial Dependencies: Low-rank Spatially-varying Cross-covariances with Application to Soil Nutrient DataTuesday, April 17, 9 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Liangxing Zou, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim HodgesTopic: 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 StudyFriday, May 11, 1:15 p.m.Mayo A110Presenter: Patrick Hilden, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Dipankar BandyopadhyayTopic: Analysis of Correlated Count Data with Excess Zeros via the SAS NLMIXED ProcedureTuesday, May 15, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Xiaoye Ma, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Haitao ChuTopic: Statistical Methods for Meta-analysis of Diagnostic TestsWednesday, May 23, 1 p.m.Mayo A110Presenter: Kristopher Kapphahn, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Richard MacLehoseTopic: Effects of Covariate Missingness and Bias Reduction Strategies for Network Effect Inference in Social Network DataMonday, June 11, 11 a.m.Mayo D199Presenter: Donghwi Shin, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim NeatonTopic: Handling Missing Data in Clinical Trials: A Case Study of Different Estimands for Comparing Treatments in a Clinical Trial of Chronic PainMonday, July 16, 3 p.BR BallroomPresenter: Christopher Miller, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Julian WolfsonTopic: ThrEEBoost: Thresholded EEBoost Algorithm for Prediction and Variable Selection with High-Dimensional DataTuesday, July 24, 2 p.m.Mayo D199Presenter: Sarah Verdoliva, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Cavan ReillyTopic: A Bayesian Approach to Test for Differences in Paired Metabolomics Data with Many ZerosThursday, July 26, 10:30 a.m.Mayo D199Presenter: Kristen Cunanan, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Joe KoopmeinersTopic: Evaluating the Performance of Copula Models under Model Misspecification in Phase 1 Clinical TrialsWednesday, July 25, 10 a.m.Mayo 1250Presenter: Sunkyung Kim, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Wei PanTopic: New Penalized Regression Approaches to Analysis of Genetic and Genomic DataFriday, August 17, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Jo?o Vitor Dias Monteiro, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Sudipto BanerjeeTopic: Process-based Bayesian Melding of Occupational Exposure Models and Industrial Workplace DataTuesday, August 21, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Wei Zhong, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisors: Brad Carlin & Joe KoopmeinersTopic: Bayesian Adaptive Designs in Phase I/II Clinical TrialsThursday, August 30, 12 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Shuzhen Li, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Lynn EberlyTopic: Statistical Modeling of Signal Detection in fMRI DataFriday, August 31, 2 p.m., Mayo A434Presenter: Qian Ren, Ph.D. Candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Sudipto BanerjeeTopic: On Some Computational, Modeling and Design Issues in Bayesian Analysis of Spatial DataThursday, September 27, 1.30 p.m., Mayo A301Presenter: Rachel Roberts, Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlyTopic: Temporal Analysis for the Characterization of Postural Sway Dynamics and Complexity in SchizophreniaBiostatistics Student Presentations 2011Tuesday, Dec. 13,11:30 a.m. Mayo A301Presenter: Kelsey Walt, masters candidate in Biostatistics PhD Advisors: Dr. Kyle RudserTopic: Using Relative Risk Regression to Estimate the Risk of Otitis Media in Minnesota American Indians under the Age of TwoFriday, Dec. 9, 9:30 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Ran Li, PhD candidate in BiostatisticsPhD Advisors: Dr. Baolin Wu and Dr. Brad CarlinTopic: Statistical Methods for Gene Set Based Prediction and Clustering Analysis of MicroarraysFriday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m. Mayo A301Presenter: Xiting Cao, PhD candidate in BiostatisticsPhD Advisors: Dr. Baolin Wu and Dr. Wei PanTopic: Statistical Methods for Multi-class Differential Gene Expression DetectionWednesday, Oct. 19, 12:30 p.BR BallroomPresenter: Liying Luo, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim HodgesTopic: Assessing Validity and Application Scope of an Intrinsic Estimator Approach to the Age-Period-Cohort ProblemMonday, Sept. 19, 2:30 p.BR BallroomPresenter: Li-Yu Lin, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor:Lynn EberlyTopic: Epilepsy Incidence in United States Nursing HomeWednesday, Sept. 14, 1:50 p.m.Mayo D199Presenter: Lingzhi Li, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Weihua GuanTopic: Selection in Multi-maker Test for Genetic AssociationThursday, Sept. 1, 2:30 p.m.Mayo D199Presenter: Jing Zhang, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Haitao ChuTopic: Bayesian Inference for Case-control Studies with Multiple Non-gold Standard Exposure Assessments: with an Application in Occupational HealthTuesday, Aug. 30, 3 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Yan Hu, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Daniel SargentTopic: Sample Size Calculation for a Flexible Screening TrialFriday, Aug. 26, 1:30 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Xiaoyan Sheng, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisors: Lynn Eberly and James HodgesTopic: Some Operating Characteristics of the Random Survival Forest AlgorithmThursday, Aug. 25, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Andrew Wey, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Kyle RudserTopic: Recursive Partitioning Based Weights for Censored Quantile RegressionMonday, Aug. 8, 1 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Laura Hatfield, Ph.D candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Brad CarlinTopic: Bayesian Hierarchical Joint Modeling for Longitudinal and Survival DataFriday, July 1, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Sang Mee Lee, Ph.D candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisors: Baolin Wu and Wei PanTopic: Statistical Methods for Gene Set Based Significance AnalysisMonday, June 20, 1:30 p.m.Mayo 1250Presenter: Binglin Yue, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Xianghua LuoTopic: Commonality Analysis for Survival Data, with an Application to Data from Breast Cancer Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain MetastasesWednesday, May 4, 1 p.m.Mayo D325/D327Presenter: Thomas Murray, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei PanTopic: Empirical Comparison of Comorbidity Adjustment Techniques in Dialysis PopulationsFriday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Paul Zantek, Masters candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Tim HansonTopic: Estimation and Testing of Decision-Dependence in Stochastic Processes with Application to Reliability of Repairable SystemsBiostatistics Student Presentations 2010December 17, 8:30 a.m.Mayo D199Presenter: 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 StudyDecember 15, 3:10 p.m.Mayo A434Presenter: Xiaoxiao Kong, Ph.D. candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Cavan Reilly Topic: Motif Discovery with Conditional Log-linear ModelsSeptember 27, 1:30 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Pei Li, Ph.D. candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Sudipto BanerjeeTopic: Bayesian Approaches for Detecting Boundaries in Areally-Referenced DatasetsSeptember 10, 1 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter:Chong Luo, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei PanTopic: A Two-Step Algorithm in Penalized Regression with Networked PredictorsAugust 25, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Brian Hobbs, Ph.D. candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Brad Carlin Topic: Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling for Adaptive Incorporation of Historical Information in Clinical TrialsAugust 24, 1 p.m.Mayo A110Presenter:Akweley Ablor, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPh.D. Advisor: Will ThomasTopic: Influence of Childhood Victimization on Risk of Vulvodynia: Modeling Odds Ratios and Interaction in Matched Case Control DataAugust 19, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Eddie Bendert, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Kyle RudserTopic: Design Considerations in the Presence of Subgroups with Different Expected Treatment EffectsAugust 12, 2 p.m.Mayo A110Presenter: Adrian Tan, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Saonli BasuTopic: Effects of Population Stratification on Logistic Regression and an Alternative to Achieving Greater PowerAugust 11, 10 a.BR BallroomPresenter: Anne Eaton, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Patricia GrambschTopic: Comparing the Effects of Various Methods for Estimating Survival with Prevalent Cohort Data under Violation of the Independent Truncation AssumptionAugust 5, 2 p.m.Mayo A110Presenter: Ning Chen, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlyTopic: Immortal Time Bias resulting from an Incident Event Following an Incident ExposureJuly 21, 10 a.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Emily Zabor, Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Brad CarlinTopic: Adaptive Controlled Dose Escalation with Multiple Individual Covariates for Phase I Clinical TrialsJuly 9, 1 p.m.Mayo A301Presenter: Brunna Alves, MPH candidate in biostatistics Plan B Advisor: Melanie WallTopic: Examing the Association of Postpartum Weight Retention with Gestational Weight GainJuly 7, 10 a.m.Mayo A110Presenter: Jonathan Chipman Master’s Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Jim NeatonTopic: 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 A110Presenter: Wei Feng Master’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Saonli BasuTopic: Comparison of Combination Methods in Pathway-based AnalysisJune 30, 10 a.m.Mayo A110Presenter: Ryan ShanleyMaster’s candidate in Biostatistics Plan B Advisor: Xianghua LuoTopic: A Comparison of Two New Prognostic Indices for Breast Cancer Patients with Brain Metastases Using Cox Regression and Recursive PartitioningJune 15, 1 p.m. Mayo A110Presenter: Gayle JohnsonMaster’s candidate in Biostatistics Plan B Advisor: Richard MacLehoseTopic: “Uterine Fibroids and Time to Conception”June 15, 9:30 a.m.Mayo A110Presenter: Nan ZhangMaster’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Richard MacLehoseTopic: ”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 A110Presenter: Jiayan HuangMaster’s candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: John Connett and Rob LeducTopic: Comparison of Several Methods of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Applied to Continuous and Categorical DataMay 21, 10:30 a.m.Mayo D199Presenter: Jeremiah MenkMasters Candidate in Biostatistics Plan B Advisor: Melanie WallTopic: An Evaluation of Model Based and Algorithmic Based Methods for Clustering Dichotomous DataMay 18, 10 a.m.Mayo A434Presenter: Hui ZhouMasters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei PanTopic: Penalized Joint Regression Modeling of Partial Correlations with Application to Detecting Altered Gene NetworksMay 17, 10 a.m.Mayo D199Presenter: Fang Han Masters Candidate in BiostatisticsPlan B Advisor: Wei PanTopic: Latent Multivariate Gaussian Model for Multiple SNPs in Linkage Disequilibrium with application to Genetic Association TestingApril 20, 3 p.m.Mayo A434Presenter: Wenjun KangPlan B Advisor: Melanie WallTopic: “Exploring the Effects of Including Spatial Random Effects in Disease Mapping Using the SAS GLIMMIX Macro”Jan. 20, 12 p.m.Mayo A301Presentor: Olive BuhulePlan B Advisor: Tim HansonTopic: Modeling Diabetes Mellitus Disease ProgressionBiostatistics Student Presentations 2009FridayJanuary 239:45AMMayo A301Yufen ZhangPhD Advisor: Jim HodgesExtending Smoothed Analysis of Variance to New ProblemsWednesdayMay 272:00pmMayo D199Jessica MusselmanPlan B Advisor: Melanie WallDevelopment of Childhood Home Environment Dimensions related to Alcohol Consumption Behaviors: A latent variable analysis of the SSAGAFridayJune 59:00amMayo A110Qian RenPlan B Advisor: Sudipto BanerjeeVariational Bayesian Method for Spatial Data AnalysisThursdayJune 1810:00amMayo 1250Peng WeiPhD Advisor: Wei PanNetwork-based Mixture Models for Genomic DataFridayJune 261:00pmMayo A110Lijuan Shen Plan B Advisor: Brad CarlinBayesian Change Point Survival Analysis of Androgen Suppression Therapy Utilization Patterns for Men with Prostate Cancer, 2000-2005WednesdayJuly 811:00amMayo A110Matt RousseauPlan B Advisor: Xianghua LuoDetermining the Impact of Donor KIR Genotypes on AML Patients Who Underwent HCT Using Ordinary and Competing Risks Survival DataThursdayJuly 910:00amMayo A301Matt Deyo-SvendsenPlan B Advisor: Tracy BergemannEstimation of Gene-Gene Interactions in Case-Parent Triad Studies in the Presence of Missing DataWednesdayAugust 121:00pmMayo D199Yanni ZhuPhD Advisor: Wei PanNetwork-Based Support Vector Machines for Classification of Microarray Gene Expression DataWednesdayAugust 122:00pmMayo A110Keegan HasselmannPlan B Advisor: David NelsonSimulation to Evaluate Methods for Combining Propensity Stratification with Methods to Address Missing Confounders in Observational StudiesFridayAugust 1411:00amMayo A301Stacia KrausPlan B Advisor: Sue DuvalCoronary Artery Plaque Formation and Location in High Intensity, Long Term AthletesWednesdayAugust 191:00pm Mayo A110David Schladt Plan B Advisor: Saonli BasuGenetic-based Association between Select UGT Drug Metabolizing Genes and Plasma Triglyceride and Lipoprotein Lowering Response to Fenofibric AcidThursdayAugust 201:00pmMayo D199Wei ZhongPlan B Advisor: Wei PanPower Comparison of Statistical Tests of Association with Multiple SNPs with the GAW 16 Rheumatoid Arthritis DataWednesdayAugust 262:30pmMayo A110Yafeng ZhangPlan B Advisor: Patricia GrambschEstimating 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 ModelsMondayNovember 92:00pmMayo A434Xiaochun ZhuPlan B Advisor: John ConnettSimulation Based Comparison of Estimation of Power by Negative Binomial Model and Life Table Method in Analysis of Count DataBiostatistics Student Presentations 2008WednesdayJanuary 1610:00 AMMayo A110Luping ZhaoPhD Advisors: Tim Hanson and Brad CarlinMixtures of Dependent Polya Trees in the Proportional Hazards ModelMondayJanuary 282:00 PMMayo A434Juanran FengPlan B Advisor: William ThomasPredictation of Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine and Cystatin C in Kidney Transplant PatientsFridayApril 49:00amMayo A110Joshua RapkinPlan B Advisors: James Neaton and Tim HansonApplying the Varying Location and Dispersion Accelerated Failure Time (VLDAFT) Model to the Flexible Initial Retrovirus Suppressive Therapies (FIRST) TrialFridayApril 111:00pmMayo A301Xiaobo LiuPlan B Advisor: William ThomasIllness-Death Model for Cystic Fibrosis Related DiabetesWednesdayApril 163:45 PMMayo A434Qun ShiPlan B Advisor: Jim HodgesMechanism of the Bacteriophage ?29 DNA-Packing MotorFridayMay 22:30pmCCBR BallroomRachel IsakssonPlan B Advisor: James NeatonSimulation to Estimate Sample Size for the Strategic Timing of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (START) TrialMondayMay 191:00 pmMayo A110Laura HatfieldPlan B Advisor: Brad CarlinSpatiotemporal and Threshold Models for Relating UV Exposures and Skin Cancer in the Central United StatesTuesdayJune 242:30pmMayo A434Zhenyu Pan Plan B Advisor: Tim HansonBayesian Model Comparison on Cattle Abortion DataFridayJuly 119:30amMayo A301Haowen CaiPlan B Advisor: Sudipto BanerjeeHierarchical modeling for spatially-referenced longitudinal data with applications to crop growthThursdayJuly 179:30amMayo A301Jonathan JohnsonPlan B Advisor: Chap LeImpact of Weight Loss on Circulating Renin-Angiotensin HormonesFridayJuly 251:00pmMayo A301Xiao LiuPlan B Advisor: Xianghua LuoAnalysis of Incomplete Longitudinal Data: Anti-tumor Activities of Angiogenesis InhibitorsMondayJuly 281:00pmMayo A301Ann M. BrearleyPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlyReliability of Breast Cancer MRS Biomarker Concentration MeasurementsThursdayAugust 213:00pmMayo A434Jiaqi YangPlan B Advisor: Baolin WuA Statistical Method for Improved Genotype Calling of High-Throughput SNP ArraysTuesdayAugust 2610:00amMayo A110Katie SchomakerPlan B Advisor: Hongfei GuoEvaluating the Treatment Effect with Actigraphy Data: A Comparison of Two Methods of Data AnalysisWednesdayAugust 2710:00amMayo D199Benhuai XiePh.D. Advisor: Wei PanVariable Selection in Penalized Model-Based ClusteringWednesdayAugust 272:30pmMayo D199Xiting CaoPh.D. Advisor: Baolin WuEmpirical Bayes Modeling with Optimal Discovery Procedure for Improved Significance Testing of Microarray DataWednesdaySeptember 32:30pmMayo A434Wei HePlan B Advisor: Tim HansonLongitudinal Analysis of the Association between Childhood and Adolescence Violence Victimization and Menstrual Cycle Length During the Late Premenopausal YearsWednesdaySeptember 172:00pmCCBR BallroomShengde LiangPh.D. Advisor: Brad CarlinBayesian Hierarchical Modeling of Geostatistical and Spatial Point Process DataFridaySeptember 193:00pmMayo A434Melissa WardenPlan B Advisor: Sudipto BanerjeeSpatial data analysis suite in open-source software: GRASS and R A tutorial using West Nile virus in Minnesota in 2005ThursdayOctober 211:15amMayo A301Qingqing YangPlan B Advisor: Melanie WallMultiple Latent Class AnalysisFridayOctober 311:15amMayo A434Christopher AndersonPlan B Advisor: Patricia GrambschAn Update to the Rate Tables for the Survival Package in S-Plus/RFridayOctober 1710:00amMayo A301Jianmin LiuPlan B Advisor: Judy PunykoComparison of Imputation Methods for Survey DataMondayOctober 279:30amMayo A434Nick WoldPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlySelf-Rated Health and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study of Women in Rural NicaraguaFriday October 3110:00amMayo A434Hua HePlan B Advisor: Saonli BasuPower of Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction, Pair-wise Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction and Penalized Logistic Regression for Detecting Gene-Gene Interaction in a Case-Control StudyMondayNovember 1712:45pmMayo A434Feng TaiPh.D. Advisor: Wei PanIncorporate Gene Network Structure into Bayesian Variable SelectionMondayNovember 242:30pmMayo A434Xiang LiPlan B Advisor: Na LiSingle-SNP Association Analysis in Genome-wide Association StudiesMondayDecember 810:00amMayo A434Meijuan LiPh.D. Advisor: Cavan ReillyStatistical Models for a Censored Quantitative Trait and Candidate Genes Association Mapping in Structured Populations with Multilevel Genetic RelatednessMondayDecember 222:00pmMayo A434Qinlei HuangPlan B Advisor: Melanie WallEstimating Average Treatment Effects on the Alcoholism Abstinence using Propensity Score and Non-Response Weighting AdjustmentsBiostatistics Student Presentations 2007FridayFebruary 910:00 AMMayo D325Hong GePlan B Advisor: Melanie WallLongitudinal Trends in Quality of Life and Predicting Survival in Heart Failure PatientsFridayFebruary 2311:30 AMMayo A110Na YuanPlan B Advisor: John ConnettComparison 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) StudyMondayMarch 52:30 PMMayo A434Yi PengPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlyLikelihood Ratio Test of Variance Components in General Linear Mixed Model comparing Group-Specific Random Intercepts to Group-Specific Random Intercepts and SlopesWednesdayMarch 710:00 AMCCBR BallroomBrian HobbsPlan B Advisor: Brad CarlinPractical Bayesian Design and Analysis for Drug and Device Clinical TrialsFridayMarch 231:00 PMMayo A110Dan WangPlan B Advisor: Chap LeImplementation of Goodman’s and Piantadosi’s Continual Reassessment MethodsTuesdayApril 33:30 PMCCBR BallroomTarek HaddadPlan B Advisor: Jim HodgesSmoothing Interactions in Analysis of Variance Using the Simplex PriorsMondayApril 92:00 PMMayo A434Hua TianPlan B Advisor: Melanie WallApplied Statistical Analysis on Rat Tumor DataMondayApril 231:00 PMCCBR BallroomNicholas SalkowskiPlan B Advisor: Tim HansonModeling Association in Bivariate Ordinal Responses: Two Approaches and a New SAS MacroWednesdayMay 302:30 PMMayo 1250Ran LiPlan B Advisor: Melanie WallMultiple Indicator Hidden Markov Modelwith an Application to Medical Utilization DataMondayJune 259:30 AMMayo D199Min XiPlan B Advisor: Wei PanA Simulation Based Power Analysis Approach to Determine Sample Size and Sub-Sampling Strategy in a Safety Intervention StudyFridayJune 2910:00 AMMayo D325Pei LiPlan B Advisor: Sudipto BanerjeeMining for Edge Effects in Areally Referenced Spatial Data: An Approach Using the Bayesian Information CriteriaTuesdayJuly 3110:00 AMMayo A110Haiying LinPlan B Advisor: Chap LeUse of Repeated Measures Analysis for Evaluation of Tobacco Biomarker Changes in a Smokeless Tobacco Brand Awitching StudyMondayAugust 132:00PMMayo D325Daniel DvorkinPlan B Advisor: Wei PanPredicting Gene Coexpression by Integrating the Gene Ontology with Microarray DataMondaySeptember 101:00PMMayo A434Jia XuPlan B Advisor: Jim NeatonA Comparison of the Importance of Different Lipid Metrics for Predicting Coronary, Cardiovascular, and Stroke Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention TrialTuesdaySeptember 243:00PMMayo D325Xiaoxiao KongPlan B Advisor: Na LiA Simulation Study Comparing Expectation Substitution and Full Maximum Likelihood Methods in Haplotype-based Genetic Association AnalysisMondayOctober 110:00am Mayo A110Zhi HuangPlan B Advisor: Tracy BergemannMissing Data Imputation in Case-parent Triad StudiesTuesdayOctober 23:15PMMayo A434Fang LiuPlan B Advisor: Baolin WuMulti-Class Cancer Outlier Differential Gene Expression DetectionMondayOctober 152:30PMMayo A434Benhuai XiePlan B Advisor: Wei PanPrediction of Kidney Transplant Acute Rejection with SNPs: A Comparison of Penalized Logistic Regression and Multifactor Dimensionality ReductionMondayNovember 1912:00PMMayo A434Milan SethPlan B Advisor: Saonli BasuA Logistic Regression model for Quantitative Trait Locus linkage AnalysisTuesdayNovember 273:00PMMayo A434Yanni ZhuPlan B Advisor: Wei PanIdentifying the Association between SNPs and Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Comparison of Logistic Regression and LogicRegressionFridayNovember 302:30pmMayo A434Qi WangPlan B Advisors: John Connett and Robert LeducUnbiased Estimation of Rates of Decline of CD4+ Cell Counts in the presence of CensoringTuesdayDecember 1810:00amMayo A434Yue CuiPh.D. Advisor: Jim HodgesSmoothing Analysis of Variance for General Designs and Partitioning Degrees of Freedom in Hierarchical and Other Richly-parameterized Models.FridayDecember 2110:00amMayo A301Xinyu ZhouPlan B Advisor: Melanie WallEmployee Behavior Study –A Two-level Latent Class ApproachBiostatistics Student Presentations 2006TuesdayJanuary 242:30 PMMayo A434Wenjun MaPlan B Advisor: Jim Neaton and Patricia GrambschEffect of Hydrochlorothiazide vs. Atenolol on Health Outcomes among Different Times of DayWednesdayFebruary 221:30pmMayo A301Hongyan QiaoPlan B Advisor: John ConnettModeling of Smoking Cessation BehaviorMondayApril 241:30pmMayo A434Rui ZhangPlan B Advisor: Jim NeatonImplementation of a minimization algorithm and comparison with other allocation methodsWednesdayApril 261:00pmMayo A301Gregg LindPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlyPedSeer: A set of computer programs for visualizing, modifying, and repairing pedigree dataWednesdayJune 284:00pmMayo A434Zang XiongPlan B Advisor: Jim NeatonA 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 TreatmentThursdayJuly 204:00pmCCBR BallroomVaughn BerryPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlyCause-Specific Mortality in Relation to Body Mass Index among Men from the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention TrialMondayJuly 2410:00amMayo D327Peng WeiPlan B Advisor: Wei PanIncorporating Gene Functions into Regression Analysis of DNA-Protein Binding Data and Gene Expression Data to Construct Transcriptional NetworksTuesdayJuly 259:30amCCBR BallroomQing CaoPlan B Advisor: Jim HodgesBaseline Serum Antibodies and Measures of Infection in the Obstetrics and Periodontal Therapy TrialMondayJuly 313:00pmMayo A301Adele GoldenPlan B Advisor: Lynn EberlyComparison of Nonlinear Mixed Effect Model Fitting in SAS? and SPLUS?: NLMIXED vs. NLME ProcedureTuesdayAugust 19:30amMayo A110Haijun MaPhDAdvisor: Brad CarlinBayesian Hierarchical Boundary Analysis for Areal Public Health DataWednesdayAugust 1611:00amCCBR BallroomShweta SharmaPlan B Advisor: John ConnettComparison of Fisher Information and Bootstrap Estimates of Variance for Logistic Regression ParametersMondayAugust 2110:00amMayo D199Yang XiePhD Advisors: Wei Pan and Arkady KhodurskyIntegrated Analysis of Genomic Data to Study Gene RegulationTuesdayAugust 2210:00amMayo D199Guanghua XiaoPhD Advisor: Wei PanIntegrating Biological Knowledge and Other Sources of Data into Microarray Data AnalysisFridayAugust 2512:00pmMayo A301Yan ZhengPhD Advisor: Cavan Reilly and Wei PanTopics in the Low-level Analysis of MicroarraysMondayAugust 281:00pmCCBR BallroomFreda CoonerPhD Advisor: Sudipto Banerjee and Bradley P. 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