MRC Biostatistics Unit 12th Armitage Lecture and Workshop
By MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge
Date and time
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:30 - 18:00 GMT
Location
Max Perutz Lecture Theatre
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge CB2 0QH United KingdomDescription
MRC Biostatistics Unit 12th Annual Armitage Lecture and Workshop
Thursday 13th November 2014
Max Perutz Lecture Theatre,
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
“Getting SMART about Adapting Interventions”
Professor Susan Murphy
H. E. Robbins Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan
The lecture will be the keynote speech in a workshop on
Novel designs for health interventions
10:30-11:00
Registration and Refreshments
11:00-11:45
“Dynamic treatment regimes as a prediction problem”
Professor Elja Arjas, University of Helsinki and University of Oslo
11:45-12:30
“Novel designs for clinical trials with multiple treatments and predictive biomarkers”
Dr James Wason, MRC Biostatistics Unit
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:15
“Doubly robust estimation of optimal dynamic treatment regimes using regret-regression”
Dr Jessica Barrett, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
14:15-15:00
"Adaptive clinical trials for finding the right doses"
Dr Adrian Mander, MRC Biostatistics Unit
15:00-15:30
Refreshment Break
15:30-16:30
The 12th Armitage Lecture
“Getting SMART about Adapting Interventions”Professor Susan Murphy, University of Michigan 16:30-17:30 Workshop close and Drinks Reception
Attendance at the workshop is free but admission will only be granted to those who have registered in advance.
Organised by
The MRC Biostatistics Unit (BSU) is one of the largest groups of biostatisticians in Europe, and a major centre for research, training and knowledge transfer, with the mission 'to advance biomedical science and human health through the development, application and dissemination of statistical methods'.
For further info, visit: www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk