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The University of Birmingham are hosting the following forthcoming events: July 1st -2nd 2010 The Second International Symposium on METHODS FOR EVALUATING MEDICAL TESTS AND BIOMARKERS (Details below - REGISTER NOW) AND June 30th 2010 A Pre-Symposium Workshop on behalf of RSS Medical Section / MRC Midland Hub for Trials Methodology Research on STRATIFIED MEDICINE: DIAGNOSTIC, PROGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE BIOMARKERS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE (Details to follow - this meeting is open to all with no registration fee) METHODS FOR EVALUATING MEDICAL TESTS AND BIOMARKERS: SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 1ST AND 2ND JULY 2010 MEDICAL SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM *** REGISTRATION OPEN *** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS *** This international symposium attracts researchers actively involved in the development, evaluation or regulation of biomarkers, diagnostic modalities or other medical tests. The development of a reliable and highly effective diagnostic suite for clinical use is arguably the... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

An introduction to modelling in R (2 Day course) An introduction to R (Day 1) / Regression models in R (Day 2) Presenters: Paul Baxter and Andrew Blance, University of Leeds 3 and 4 November 2010 A course to introduce participants to the R environment for statistical computing. Day 1 of the course focuses on entering, working with and visualising data in R. Day 2 focuses on regression modelling in R, including linear, general linear, logistic and survival models. Participants can either register for both days, or for either Day 1 or Day 2, depending on their background and interests. The course has an applied focus. Each topic is introduced by the course leaders using examples and practical demonstration in R (approximately 40% of course time). Participants will then be invited to work through example exercises in R with support from the course leaders (approximately 60% of course time). Day 1 will be ideally suited to those: • familiar with basic statistical methods (e.g. t-tests,... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Please read and distribute the following notice regarding the International Statistical Ecology Conference A poster publicising the ISEC2010 meeting to be held in Canterbury, Kent, England in July is to be found at: http://www.britishandirish.tibs.org/live... The early-bird registration date is March 31st, 2010 (less than 3 weeks from now). Please also visit the conference website http://www.ncse.org.uk/isec201... - Bob O'Hara from email

[Apologies for cross-posting] CRiSM-P@W Workshop Orthogonal Polynomials, Applications in Statistics and Stochastic Processes. July 12-15, 2010 University of Warwick, UK REGISTRATION NOW OPEN !!! http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac... Organizers: Persi Diaconis (Stanford) Bob Griffihs (Oxford) Dario Spano` (Warwick) [chair] Jon Warren (Warwick) Nikos Zygouras (Warwick) The workshop aims to bring together a wide variety of scientists that have made important contributions to the theory and applications of Orthogonal Polynomials, with the purpose of investigating the frontiers of the theory and the possibilities of its extension and further applicability in Statistics and Probability. Topics that are aimed to be covered include: Canonical correlation analysis for copulae, Spectral analysis of discrete and continuous Stochastic Processes and Hypergroups, Random Matrices and Random Covariance Functions. Invited speakers who have already accepted... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Second Anouncement The 6th International Iranian Workshop on Stochastic Processes School of Mathematics, IPM May 18-20, 2010 Tehran, Iran This is to invite you to participate and present your invited talk at the 6th International Iranian Workshop on Stochastic Processes. Local expenses of those whose paper is accepted at the workshop, and coming from other countries, is covered by the IPM and the process of getting visa for them will be followed by IPM. Extended dead lines and other details are as follows. Extended Deadlines: Submission of abstracts - 10 April 2010, Notification of acceptance - 15 April 2010, Final Registration - 20 April 2010 Information: Dr . S. Rezakhah, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Tecnology, 424, Hafez Ave., 15914 Tehran, Iran; Email rezakhah@aut.ac.ir, Website of the workshop: http://math.ipm.ac.ir/confere... ORGANIZERS: M. Pourmahdian, H. Pezeshk, S.Rezakhah SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: K. Alishahy... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Second Anouncement The 6th International Iranian Workshop on Stochastic Processes School of Mathematics, IPM May 18-20, 2010 Tehran, Iran This is to invite you to participate and present your invited talk at the 6th International Iranian Workshop on Stochastic Processes. Local expenses of those whose paper is accepted at the workshop, and coming from other countries, is covered by the IPM and the process of getting visa for them will be followed by IPM. Extended dead lines and other details are as follows. Extended Deadlines: Submission of abstracts - 10 April 2010, Notification of acceptance - 15 April 2010, Final Registration - 20 April 2010 Information: Dr . S. Rezakhah, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Tecnology, 424, Hafez Ave., 15914 Tehran, Iran; Email rezakhah@aut.ac.ir, Website of the workshop: http://math.ipm.ac.ir/confere... ORGANIZERS: M. Pourmahdian, H. Pezeshk, S.Rezakhah SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: K. Alishahy... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

One-day workshop: Survey methodology for sensitive questions using randomized response Tutors: Prof. Dr. Peter G.M. van der Heijden (Utrecht University and Lancaster University) and Dr. Maarten Cruyff (Utrecht University) Thursday 22 April 2010, 10-5pm Venue: Postgraduate Statistics Centre, Lancaster University To book a place please go to: http://shortcourses.maths.lancs.ac.uk/ ================================================================= It is well-known that, in surveys, questions about sensitive behaviour may not yield truthful responses. This master class will discuss recent developments in the design of randomized response studies and the analysis of randomized response data. For the design a best practice is shown that has been regularly used in the Netherlands, mainly in the context of social benefit fraud. Many statistical tools are currently available for the analysis of randomized response data, such as logistic regression (useful when the sensitive question is the... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

One-day workshop: Population size estimation for difficult to reach populations in demography, official statistics, epidemiology and public health Tutors: Prof. Dr. Peter G.M. van der Heijden (Utrecht University and Lancaster University) and Dr. Maarten Cruyff (Utrecht University) Wednesday 21 April 2010, 10-5pm Venue: Postgraduate Statistics Centre, Lancaster University To book a place please go to: http://shortcourses.maths.lancs.ac.uk/ ================================================================= In public policy there are many areas where the size of a population is of interest but unknown. One can think of populations like the homeless, illegal immigrants, drug addicts, prostitutes, victims of domestic violence and babies with spina bifida as difficult to reach populations. Usually one or more registrations exist that aim to list all the members of the populations of interest, yet these registrations are imperfect and miss part of the population of interest. Thus the question... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Dear Allstat Please find below details the latest Biostatistics role with SRG Clinical: Full-time office based contract role with innovative Biotechnology company as a Statistical Programmer using SAS v9.1.3 (preferably within a UNIX environment). You will have proven SAS programming expertise in the BASE, STAT, GRAPH, Macro and SQL modules and have dealt with clinical trial or Epidemiology data within Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Industry. Some working knowledge of current CDISC standards would be helpful, but not essential. Key Activities * Write, test and validate software programs * Perform QC checking of software programs written by another programmer * Understand and execute department-level, program-level and study-level macros and utilities * Write, test, validate program-level and study-level macros and utilities * Interface with outsourcing partners and vendors at project level Education BSc or higher degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Life Sciences or... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Dear Allstaters, I am looking for references, papers that show (i) how to run linear regressions (ii) without assuming that errors are normally distributed (iii) that show how to compute exact (ie correct) significance levels (so not via asymptotic theory). My reference list to date is very short: (1) Dufour & Hallin (JASA 1993): one covariate, errors distributed symmetrically (2) Schlag (2008) Universitat Pompeu Fabra working paper 1097: one covariate, bounded dependent variable http://www.econ.upf.edu/docs... and our newest paper (3) Gossner & Schlag (2010) Universitat Pompeu Fabra working paper 1212: many covariates, bounded dependent variable http://www.econ.upf.edu/docs... please help. i will summarize the responses, thanx, karl - Bob O'Hara from email

THE CAMBRIDGE STATISTICS DISCUSSION GROUP Tuesday 30th March 2010 7:15 for 7:45 The Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer Doug Easton CRUK Genetic Epidemiology Unit Abstract: Common cancers such as breast and prostate cancer cluster in families, consistent with significant variability in susceptibility. Some high risk genes, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, confer high risks of breast and other cancers, but are rare in the population and only explain a small fraction of the familial risk. This talk will refer to evidence from linkage studies and statistical modelling which suggests that susceptibility to these diseases is probably mediated through many genetic loci, each conferring a small risk. Recent genome-wide association studies have been successful in identifying some common variants associated with the risks of breast and prostate cancer, and suggest that many more could be identified.... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

MODERN DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY 1-3 June 2010 University of St Andrews Course convenor: Bendix Carstensen, Senior Statistician, Steno Diabetes Center & Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark This course is hosted by the Scottish Health Informatics Programme (SHIP). It will provide an overview of modern demographic methods in epidemiology. The course will use the freely available computer package R, and will contain a short introduction for those unfamiliar with the package. Topics to be covered include: Rates, survival function Multistate models, competing risks Lexis diagrams and multiple timescales Cox-modelling of rates Poisson modelling of rates Modelling multiple time scales Multiple time scales and multistate models Reporting rates and probabilities from models To register please complete the on-line registration form at: https://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/browse...? compid=1&catid=14&modid=2&prodid=113&deptid=28 The fee is �90,... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Second Anouncement The 6th International Iranian Workshop on Stochastic Processes School of Mathematics, IPM May 18-20, 2010 Tehran, Iran This is to invite you to participate and present your invited talk at the 6th International Iranian Workshop on Stochastic Processes. Local expenses of those whose paper is accepted at the workshop, and coming from other countries, is covered by the IPM and the process of getting visa for them will be followed by IPM. Extended dead lines and other details are as follows. Extended Deadlines: Submission of abstracts - 10 April 2010, Notification of acceptance - 15 April 2010, Final Registration - 20 April 2010 Information: Dr . S. Rezakhah, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Tecnology, 424, Hafez Ave., 15914 Tehran, Iran; Email rezakhah@aut.ac.ir, Website of the workshop: http://math.ipm.ac.ir/confere... ORGANIZERS: M. Pourmahdian, H. Pezeshk, S.Rezakhah SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: K. Alishahy... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

We are currently looking for a Junior Statistician / Programmer to join our Data Analysis team and provide statistical support across a variety of market research projects. We help clients make very important decisions about major food, drink and healthcare brands by analysing the results of surveys we run. The role is extremely varied, interesting and challenging, utilising a wide range of statistical and mathematical tools ranging from the basics (t-test and chi-squared) through to linear and non linear modeling, multivariate techniques and analysis of variance. There are also a lot of opportunities to program new techniques in SAS, Visual Basic etc so if you can demonstrate strong programming skills in any programming language that will be extremely beneficial. You will work as part of a strong team and be involved from project inception (possibly contributing ideas to research design and how the data is collected) right through to analysing the results and offering insight from a... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Dear All, The 2010 Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland (CASI) will be hosted by the School of Computing and Information Engineering at the University of Ulster and will take place in the Ramada Hotel, Portrush from the 16th to the 18th May, 2010. The conference is organised under the auspices of the Irish Statistical Association. CASI brings together theoreticians and practitioners, industrialists and academics, from the numerous related disciplines involved in the processing and analysis of data. CASI 2010 will be a single-track conference starting with a poster session, reception and dinner in the afternoon and evening of Sunday 16th May and continuing with oral presentations on the 17th and 18th May. There will be a conference dinner in the University of Ulster in Coleraine on the Monday evening, with CASI finishing mid Tuesday afternoon. The conference emphasises both theoretical research results and practical applications in all areas of statistics. The programme also... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) is pleased to announce that the registrations for the 4th ESRC Research Methods Festival (5-8 July 2010 at St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK) are now open. This is the biggest social science research methods event of the year in the UK, with over 60 sessions, 200 presenters and 800 delegates. As at previous festivals, an impressive line up of presenters will speak about issues at the cutting edge of developments in social science research methods. This biennial festival aims to engage social scientists across a wide range of disciplines and sectors and at different points in their research careers, and aims to stimulate interest, raise issues, highlight opportunities and showcase new developments. Early bird fees of £50 per day apply from 1 March until 16 April. From 17 April onwards registrations cost £60 per day. Reduced fees for full-time students. For further information and to book your place, please see http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/TandE... We look forward to seeing you in Oxford! Best regards, Kaisa - Bob O'Hara from email

Please forward this information to other relevant discussion groups. Thanks JOHN BIBBY =============== *Florence Nightingale and Statistics Monday 12 April 2010 at 6.30 for 7.30pm (see below) The Hospitium (Museum Gardens, York)* This special meeting (organised jointly by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and the York branch of the Royal Statistical Society) will be addressed by Alison Macfarlane and John Bibby to commemorate the centenary of Florence Nightingale's death. It will cover FN's statistical writings, her links with York and Yorkshire, and her attempts with Jowett, Galton and Quetelet to get a Chair in Statistics at Oxford. The talk will be be preceded at 6.30pm by a small reception. (The Hospitium is 10 mins walk from York Railway Station, and 5 mins from Rougier Street bus station: walk from river to Yorkshire Musuem gardens on left; Hospitium is 100m inside the gardens on left) For further information, google* "nightingale hospitium"*, or click on *... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

The Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Partnership (BHWP) is one of the seven core partners in Be Birmingham, the local strategic partnership <http://www.bebirmingham.org.uk/> . Working with the wider set of Partnerships across the city, its purpose is to reduce health inequalities, enable people to achieve better health outcomes and experience the best quality of life. www.bhwp.nhs.uk Public Health Statistician The post holder will work closely with the Head of Information and Intelligence and the Public Health Information Team Leader to provide statistical modelling and analyses and provide reports on these to underpin action on health inequalities and health and wellbeing issues across Birmingham including health and social care. The post holder will as part of this provide a statistical consultancy service. The post holder will provide statistical expertise and analyses to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. There will be the opportunity to develop training skills and provide... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

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Dear Allstat Please find below details the latest Biostatistics role with SRG Clinical: Full-time office based contract role with innovative Biotechnology company where you will prepare statistical analysis plans, create statistical analysis program specifications; write, validate and document statistical analysis programs; perform statistical analyses and prepare study report tables, listings, graphs and reports; interpret and present results from statistical analyses and document results in clinical study reports, publications, posters, maintain up-to-date study documentation to ensure relevant and accurate records and adhere to company guidelines and standard operating procedures. You will posses an MSc or PhD (or equiv) in Statistics with relevant experience working with a CRO, Pharmaceutical or Biotech organisation, have up to date knowledge in statistical methods, have excellent communication skills and be fluent in written and spoken English. You must also be eligible to work... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Upon the requests from many authors (for ECCV10 deadline), the organizing committee of the workshop on Analysis and Modeling of Faces and Gestures (AMFG2010) decided to extend the paper submission deadline from Mar 10 to Mar 20, 2010. Below is the revised detail for this workshop: =========================================================================== Call For Paper: IEEE International Workshop on Analysis and Modeling of Faces and Gestures (AMFG2010), in conjunction with CVPR 2010 =========================================================================== IEEE International Workshop on Analysis and Modeling of Faces and Gestures (AMFG2010) - Bob O'Hara from email

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bern is one of five medical faculties in Switzerland. The Faculty's Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) provides under-graduate and post-graduate education and carries out research in a range of disciplines relevant to Patient Care and Public Health. ISPM offers a lively, interdisciplinary environment with excellent computing and library facilities. We are looking for a Statistician / epidemiologist (80-100%) You will work closely with other statisticians, epidemiologists, researchers and clinicians at ISPM, the affiliated Clinical Trials Unit (CTU Bern) and the University Hospital. The research focus for this position is health of the elderly, with an emphasis on health services and clinical research. Your tasks will include management and analysis of observational data and clinical trials. You will also contribute to the planning of studies, and the conduct and analysis of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Applicants... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

We are currently advertising for prospective students for the prestigious Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Structured PhD Programme based primarily in University College Dublin, Ireland, with some positions in National University of Ireland Galway and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. There are excellent postgraduate opportunities for EU resident students with a good degree in a variety of disciplines to receive an interdisciplinary 4-year PhD training in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, based in Dublin (funded through IRCSET GREP and by SFI). The project areas span systems biology, regulation of gene expression, genetic polymorphism, analysis of proteomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, glycomic data, protein structural modeling and drug discovery with funding provided for 11-15 PhD positions, for students with a strong interest in interdisciplinary training. Applications are invited from students with backgrounds in various disciplines, particularly with experience of... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Understanding Statistics - A 1 Day Introductory Course <http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses...> <http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses...> <http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses...> Dates: 27th April 2010 CCSR, University of Manchester Duration: 1 day (10am-4:30pm) Level: Introductory Course Fee: £175 (£125 for those from educational institutions) Course Summary This course focuses on developing the participant's understanding of statistics and how to interpret and evaluate research findings. The course is composed of a combination of lectures and practicals. The participants will gain a real insight into how to understand and evaluate statistical findings from social research. It covers key concepts such as: the mean, variation, deviation, standard errors, association, significance testing, confidence intervals, the theory behind statistical modelling and the issue of causality. For further information and booking, please visit: http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses... For... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Dear all (with usual apologies for any cross-postings) - please pass this on to anyone you think may be interested. The Statistics Division within the School of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews is seeking good candidates to study for PhDs in Statistics. The Statistics Division is largely housed in the Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (www.creem2.st-andrews.ac.uk) in the picturesque St Andrews Observatory building. It has particular research strengths in Statistical Ecology, and it is one of the founding members of the National Centre for Statistical Ecology (http://www.ncse.org.uk/). The division has strong research links with the School of Biology, the Sea Mammal Research Unit, the Fisheries Research Services (MarineScotland), and the newly formed Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI). Good candidates with interests aligned with our research directions are particularly welcome. The annual stipends will be up to £16290 (tax-free) + fees (home... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND STATISTICS 2010 (Chia Laguna, Sardinia, May 13-15) This is a reminder that the early registration deadline for AISTATS 2010 is 13th March. Note also that the hotel is only formally guaranteeing accommodation until that date. http://www.aistats.org/registr... Mike Titterington. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to listserv@jiscmail.ac.uk, leaving the subject line blank. - Bob O'Hara from email

Statistical Software Reviews are tough to find these days as they seem to be a lost art or maybe due to a crowded software market. Here is one from INFORMS February 2010 OR/MS Today on Autobox 6.0. Here is the link: http://viewer.zmags.com/publica... You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to listserv@jiscmail.ac.uk, leaving the subject line blank. - Bob O'Hara from email

Please reply as detailed below: Frontier Science (Scotland) Ltd is based in the Cairngorm National Park in the Scottish Highlands. In collaboration with colleagues in Brussels and Boston, we provide statistical leadership for several cancer trials. We are looking for the following staff: SAS PROGRAMMER The SAS programmer will work with the statistical and programming team to develop and test programs for analysis and reporting of clinical trials. At least two years experience of SAS in a clinical trials environment is required. Education to degree level preferred. Salary for this position is negotiable based on qualifications and experience. The position may involve overseas travel. Frontier Science is an equal opportunity employer and offers excellent benefits and working conditions. The position will initially be a three year contract, but has the possibility of becoming a permanent position. Closing Date for Applications: March 31st, 2010 Application forms and additional... more... - Bob O'Hara from email

Band 2 Epidemiologist Health and Safety Executive Statistics Branch Liverpool 7 25th March 2010 Salary Details: £44,390 - £53-623 No. of posts: 1 Job Description The post is in the Epidemiology Unit within the Health and Safety Executive’s Chief Scientific Adviser’s Group. It works alongside an Analytical Services Division which includes the Statistics Branch. Together, Epidemiology Unit and Statistics Branch employ approximately 20 statisticians and 15 support staff. Epidemiology Unit and Statistics Branch are part of the Government Statistical Service the governance of which is overseen by the independent UK Statistics Authority. The focus of this particular job in Epidemiology Unit is on the epidemiology of work-related illness (and injury), but the post also includes responsibility for statistics on work-related illness. Working with a medical epidemiologist, and 5 other statisticians (2 others at this grade and three Assistant Statisticians) with the additional support of HSE's... more... - Bob O'Hara from email