50th Anniversary Agenda
BIOSTATISTICS CENTER 50TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
September 9, 2022
The Jack Morton Auditorium, The GW School of Media and Public Affairs
Time |
Session |
Presenters |
8 AM to 9 AM |
Breakfast |
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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
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9:20 - 10:30 AM |
The Biostatistics Center: Catalyst for Advancing Public Health |
Scott Evans, PhD |
10:30 - 10:50 AM |
Break |
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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 |
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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
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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 |