Keynote Speaker:
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Jeffrey S. Morris, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Division of Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Statistics
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
Talk Title:A Seat at the Table: The Key Role of Biostatistics and Data Science in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Short Bio
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Journey Lecturers:
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Xihong Lin, Ph.D.
Professor and former Chair of Department of Biostatistics
Coordinating Director of the Program in Quantitative Genomics,
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Professor, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
Talk Title:From Mathematics to Biostatistics, Genomics and Big Health Data
Short Bio
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| David Morganstein, M.A.
Former V.P. and Director of Westat, Inc. Statistical Services Unit, Retired
110th President of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Talk Title:Journey of a Statistical Consultant
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Invited Speakers:
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Yanming Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Data Science
University of Kansas Medical Center
Title:A structured brain-wide and genome-wide
association study using ADNI PET images
Short Bio | Abstract
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Diego Mazzotti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Informatics
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Title:Using Data Science to Understand the Clinical
Heterogeneity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Short Bio
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Aaron R. Williams, M.S.
Senior Data Scientist
Income and Benefits Policy Center
Urban Institute
Title:Data Visualization for the Validation of High-Dimensional Data
Short Bio | Abstract
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Jingru Mu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics
Kansas State University
Title: Spatially Semiparametric Varying Coefficient
Models Over Complex Domains
Short Bio | Abstract
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Lynn Chollet-Hinton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics & Data Science
University of Kansas Medical Center
Title:Digital histologic biomarkers and machine learning
in population-based research
Short Bio
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Jinxiang Hu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics & Data Science
University of Kansas Medical Center
Title:Estimating Power for Clinical Trials with Patient
Reported Outcomes Endpoints using Item Response
Theory
Short Bio| Abstract
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Panelists:
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Stefan Graw, Ph.D.
Education:
• 2011: Bachelor of Science in Biosystems Technology/Bioinformatics from Technical University of Applied Sciences, Wildau, Germany
• 2014: Master of Science in Biosystems Technology/Bioinformatics from Technical University of Applied Sciences, Wildau, Germany
• 2019: Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow position with Dr. Todd Everson’s research group in the
Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
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Jennifer Delzeit, M.S.
Education:
• 2017: Bachelor of Science in Biology and Statistics from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
• 2019: Master of Science in Statistics from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Current Position: Biostatistician for Quest Diagnostics and ExamOne, a Quest Diagnostics Company.
I am also pursuing my doctorate in the Biostatistics PhD program in
the Department of Biostatistics & Data Science at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
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Lili Garrard, Ph.D.
Education:
• 2004: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• 2006: Master of Science in Mathematics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• 2016: Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
Current Position:
Acting Team Leader, Patient-Focused Statistical Support (PFSS)
Mathematical Statistician
Division of Biometrics III (DBIII)
Office of Biostatistics (OB)
Office of Translational Sciences (OTS)
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Brody Smith, MS
Education:
• 2020: Masters of Science in Applied Statistics, Analytics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• 2017: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Saint Louis University
Current Position:
Data Scientist at Evolytics Decision Science Consultants
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Last modified: Feb 14, 2021
