50th Anniversary Agenda

Time

Session

Presenters

8 AM to 9 AM

Breakfast

9:00- 9:20 AM

Welcome

Scott Evans, PhD, Director, The Biostatistics Center and Founding Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, The GW School of Public Health

Mark Wrighton, PhD, President, The George Washington University

9:20 - 10:30 AM

The Biostatistics Center: Catalyst for Advancing Public Health

Scott Evans, PhD

10:30 - 10:50 AM

Break

10:50 AM - 12:30 PM

Diabetes and Associated Co-morbidities

David Nathan, MD, Director, Diabetes Center, and Director Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Principal Investigator, Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY); Chair, Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) Study; Chair, Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes (DPPOS) Study; Chair, Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness (GRADE) Study

John Lachin, PhD, Research Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and of Statistics, Principal Investigator, Glycemia Reduction Approaches for Treating Diabetes: An Effectiveness Study (GRADE), Former Principal Investigator, Diabetes, Control and Complications Trial and Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) Data Coordinating Center

Griffin Rodgers, MD, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Moderated by Scott Evans, PhD

12:30 - 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 - 2:30 PM

Maternal-fetal Medicine and a Tribute to Professor Elizabeth "Liz" Thom

George Saade, MD, Chief of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; Principal Investigator, Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network

Rebecca Clifton, PhD, Associate Research Professor and Principal Investigator, Maternal Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network Data Coordinating Center

2:30- 3:15 PM

Operation Warp Speed

Dean Follmann, PhD, Chief, Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Moderated by Scott Evans, PhD

3:15 - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM- 4:15 PM

COVID-19 Research: A Panel Discussion

Sharon Edelstein, MS, Project Director, COVID-19 Community Research Partnership

Rebecca Clifton, Principal Investigator, Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network, Data Coordinating Center

Guoqing Diao, Professor, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Ali Rahnavard, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Moderated by Dean Lynn Goldman

4:15 PM to 5:00 PM

The Educational Role of the Center: Educating Students and Developing Faculty Investigators

Rebecca Clifton, PhD, Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology and Principal Investigator, Maternal Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network, Data Coordinating Center

Ella Temprosa, PhD, Associate Research Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and Principal Investigator, The Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) Data Coordinating Center

Cora MacPherson, PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology and Alternate Principal Investigator, Maternal Fetal medicine Units (MFMU) Network, Data Coordinating Center

Naji Younes, Associate Research Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Co-Investigator and Biostatistician, Glycemia Reduction Approaches for Treating Diabetes: An Effectiveness Study (GRADE)

Greg Sandoval, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and Co-Investigator, Maternal Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network, Data Coordinating Center

Barb Braffett, PhD, Associate Research Professor and Principal Investigator, Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications

Ashley Tjaden Hogan, MPH, Research Associate;

Victoria Trappani, MPH, Research Associate;

Matthew Bott, Sr. Research Assistant

Moderated by Scott Evans, PhD