Department of Biostatistics
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New course offered on the use of the Statistica software application
Mark Munsell, M.S., a senior statistical analyst in biostatistics, will teach a 4-hour course on the use of the Statistica software application to perform commonly used statistical analyses. This course is scheduled for March 19, 2003, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the computer classroom of M. D. Anderson's medical library. Each participant will receive hands-on instruction in the use of the Statistica software package. This course is being presented through the Office of Protocol Research - Quality Assurance.Clinical Research Training Program
Mark Munsell and Marcy Johnson, senior statistical analysts from the Department of Biostatistics, provide instruction on the role of statistics in clinical research as part of a training program offered through the Office of Protocol Research - Quality Assurance. The program is offered to research nurses and data managers at M. D. Anderson through a series of classes that run throughout the year. Part 1 was presented in the fall of 2002. Part 2 is currently underway. The two-part cycle of classes will begin again in late March 2003.Office of Protocol Research - Quality Assurance Clinical Research Training Program
Senior statistical analysts from Biostatistics present a 1-hour lecture to introduce the role of statistics in clinical research as part of this ongoing educational initiative at M. D. Anderson. In the first quarter of 2003, these presentations are scheduled for January 9, February 6, and March 6.Short Course & Symposium in Bayesian Biostatistics
The second short course and symposium in Bayesian biostatistics was held at M. D. Anderson on January 28 through 31, 2003.
Assistant Professor Keith Baggerly presented a description of the group's analysis at the
First Annual Proteomics Data Mining Conference on September 23, 2002.
The conference, sponsored by the Duke University Radiology Department, included a competition
for the best analysis of a data set of proteomic spectra that they had produced using serum samples
collected from lung cancer patients and from disease-free volunteers. Baggerly et al. won the
competition based on their data analysis and abstract.
"Best Abstract" Awarded at the First Annual Proteomics Data Mining Conference, September 2002
Keith A. Baggerly, Jeffrey S. Morris, Jing Wang, David Gold, Lian-Chun Xiao, and Kevin R. Coombes,
all of the Department of Biostatistics, share in this award, for their abstract titled
"A Comprehensive Approach to the Analysis of MALDI-TOF Proteomics Spectra from Serum Samples."
Assistant Professor Jeffrey Morris selected to present Best Paper by JASA
The Journal of the American Statistical Association has selected the paper
"Wavelet-based nonparametric modeling of hierarchical functions in colon carcinogenesis"
(Jeffrey S. Morris, Marina Vannucci, Philip J. Brown, and Raymond J. Carroll, authors), as
the 2003 JASA Applications and Case Studies invited paper at the 2003 Joint Statistical Meeting
in San Francisco, August 3 - 7, 2003. Jeffrey Morris' presentation of the paper at
the annual meeting in August will be followed by a discussion, rejoinder, and floor discussion.
The paper and comments from three discussants will then appear in the September 2003 issue of
the Journal of the American Statistical Association.
Biostatistics for Clinical Investigators
As part of the Physician-Scientist Training Program, classes in biostatistics for clinical investigators
were provided in the fall of 2002. Mark Munsell, M.S., senior statistical analyst, served as an instructor and course facilitator,
providing instruction on survival analysis
and interim analyses and sample size considerations.
Biostatistician Receives Award
Kevin Coombes, Ph.D., Section Chief of Bioinformatics, was honored with
an award at an international research conference at Duke University on October 15 and 16, 2001.
Biostatistics Welcomes Two New Sections
The Section of Health Services Research
and the Data Management Center joined the Department of Biostatistics in 2001.
Novus Biostat - Volume 1, Number 1 - June 2000
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