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JSM 2020 - Schedule of TSHS-sponsored sessions


As you already know, JSM is going virtual this year. With your help, the TSHS Section has put together a great program. Below is the schedule of TSHS-sponsored sessions for JSM 2020. You can also visit the searchable online program for any changes or updates to the schedule.

 

Note: all times are EDT

Monday August 3

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Contributed Paper Session, “Addressing challenges in teaching statistics in the health sciences

Chair: Maria Ciarleglio, Yale School of Public Health

Topics and Presenters:

  • Simulation of the sampling distribution of means –Controversy and misconceptions in teaching statistics | Sadia Sarker, Eastern Michigan University; Khairul Islam, Eastern Michigan University

  • Teaching abstract concepts to master of public health students in a longitudinal data analysis class | Qi Zheng, Texas A&M University

  • Setting up the tools and workflow for teaching reproducible research, big data and data mining in nursing and public health | Melinda Higgins, Emory University

  • Developing and implementing a statistics curriculum for pre-clinical scientists at a free-standing cancer center | Sujata M Patil, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Axel Martin, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Ushma M Neill, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Jaya Satagopan, Rutgers University School of Public Health

  • Candid insights on becoming tenured faculty at a state institution | Michael Swartz, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health

  • How to get a p-value-less paper published in a medical journal | Arun Kumar, Tacked

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Roundtable, “Rubrics and flipped classrooms: What are they and how do they work in biostatistics classes? with Michael Swartz, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health

 

Tuesday August 4

10:00 am - 11:50 am

Topic Contributed Paper Session, “Translational statistics: Problems in preclinical studies and a call for change

Organizer: Penny Reynolds, University of Florida School of Medicine

Chair: Sujata M Patil, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topics and Presenters:

  • Non-informative preclinical research: What statisticians need to know | Penny Reynolds, University of Florida School of Medicine

  • Common problems in the design of preclinical animal experiments | Stanley Lazic, Prioris.ai Inc.

  • Statistical reporting must improve in preclinical research | Romain-Daniel Gosselin, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

Discussants: Cynthia W Garvan, University of Florida School of Medicine; Nancy Flournoy, University of Missouri-Columbia

 

​Wednesday August 5

10:00 am - 11:50 am

Topic Contributed Panel Session, “Methods for fostering student engagement in online statistics courses

Organizer: Brandon George, Thomas Jefferson University

Chair: John Doucette, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Panelists: Brandon George, Thomas Jefferson University; Ann Brearley, University of Minnesota; Michael Jiroutek, Campbell University; Laura Le, University of Minnesota; Suhwon Lee, University of Missouri; Matt Brems, General Assembly

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Roundtable, “Challenges and approaches in training clinical researchers in causal inference methods with Douglas Landsittel, University of Pittsburgh

1:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Invited Panel Session, “Navigating the academic promotion process in the health sciences as a collaborative and teaching statistician: Tips for smoothing the trip

Organizer and Chair: Phillip Schulte, Mayo Clinic

Panelists: Heather Bush, University of Kentucky; Jeffrey Blume, Vanderbilt University; Howard Cabral, Boston University; Felicity Enders, Mayo Clinic

 

​Thursday August 6

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Roundtable, “The statistician as an investigator and educator, not just a power calculator, on clinical research protocols with Alexia Iasonos, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

3:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Topic Contributed Panel Session, “Characteristics of a successful biostatistics summer internship program

Organizer: Constantine Daskalakis, Thomas Jefferson University

Chair: Brian Millen, Eli Lilly and Company

Panelists: Constantine Daskalakis, Thomas Jefferson University; William Scott Clark, Eli Lilly; Jacqueline Hicks, Boston University; Jayawant Mandrekar, Mayo Clinic

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