ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL STATISTICIANS (ACTStat)

July 28th & 29th, 2018

Vancouver, Canada

Day 1 Program
Saturday, July 28th Fairmont Waterfront ‐ Mackenzie I
08:30 AM - 08:45 AM	Check In/Registration (Coffee provided)
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM	Welcoming Remarks,Rickey E. Carter, PhD Orientation and Introduction,Heidi Spratt, PhD
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Learning Health Systems Moderator: Phillip Schulte, PhD Speakers: Yates Coley, PhD and Frank Rockhold, PhD
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Fostering Effective Communication, Leah Welty, PhD
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Lightning Poster Presentations Moderator: Jonathan D. Mahnken, PhD
11:55 AM - 01:00 PM	Lunch and poster discussions
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM	Precision Medicine and Risk Prediction Gabriela Cohen Freue, PhD
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM	Extending Analyses through TensorFlow, Rickey Carter, PhD
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM	Break
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM	Dynamic treatment regimes in observational longitudinal studies, Phillip Schulte, PhD
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM	ACTStat Annual Business Meeting
06:00 PM - 09:30 PM	ACTStat Annual Networking Dinner, Joe Fortes, 777 Thurlow Street
Day 2 Program
Sunday, July 29th Fairmont Waterfront - Mackenzie I
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM	Breakfast, Networking, and Updates from Related Groups 8:30 BERD Special Interest Group 8:35 CTSA Consortium
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote Presentation Jenny Bryan, PhD Workflow practices: tips for being more effective (and happier!) in your data analysis with R
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Early Career Award Presentation Moderator: Jonathan D. Mahnken, PhD
11:00 AM - Noon	Interim Analyses and Multiplicity Moderator: Christopher Lindsell Speakers: Tatsuki Koyama, Yue Shentu
Noon	Closing Remarks Rickey E. Carter, PhD

If you have any questions in regards to the ACTStat and or its annual meeting please contact Dr. Heidi Spratt (ACTStat secretary) secretary@actstat.org.