BMU Journal Club meetings 2008
The Biostatistics Methodology Unit (BMU) Journal Club meetings are held every 3rd Friday of each month in the 4th floor Conference Room - 444, 123 Edward Street from 12:00-1:00pm. The audience of these meetings are core members of the BMU; members of their research programs, and their graduate students.
BMU Journal Club Schedule and Discussion Topics/Readings - 2008
January 18, 2008
Facilitator: Dr. Sam Bederman and Ms. Rebecca Hancock
Reading Materials:
Bouma BJ, van der Meulen JH, van den Brink RB, Smidts A, Cheriex EC, Hamer HP, Arnold AE, Zwinderman AH, Lie KI, Tijssen JG. Validity of conjoint analysis to study clinical decision making in elderly patients with aortic stenosis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2004 Aug;57(8):815-23.
February 15, 2008
Facilitator: Dr. David Fisman
Reading Materials:
Baughman AL, Bisgard KM, Cortese MM, Thompson WW, Sanden GN, Strebel1 PM. Utility of Composite Reference Standards and Latent Class Analysis in Evaluating the Clinical Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests for Pertussis. Clinical And Vaccine Immunology, Jan. 2008, p. 106–114.
April 18, 2008
Facilitator: Dr. Joseph Beyene
Reading Materials:
Daemen A, Gevaert O and De Moor B. Integration of clinical and microarray data with kernel methods. Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Cité Internationale, Lyon, France, August 23-26, 2007.
May 16, 2008
Facilitator: Dr. Jemila S Hamid
Reading Materials:
Stull DE. Analyzing growth and change: latent variable growth curve modeling with an application to clinical trials. Qual Life Res (2008) 17:47–59.