March 10-13, 2024

 

ENAR 2024 Spring Meeting Agenda

Subject to change

Saturday, March 9

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Conference Registration

Sunday, March 10

7:30 am – 6:30 pm
Conference Registration

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
SC1 | Bayesian Modelling of Epidemics: From Population to Individual-level Models
SC2 | Targeted Learning in the tlverse: Techniques and Tools for Causal Machine Learning

8:00 am – 12:00 pm
SC3 | A Practical Course in Difference-in-Differences
SC4 | Model-Assisted Designs: Make Adaptive Clinical Trials Easy and Accessible

12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SC5 | Improving Precision and Power in Randomized Trials by Leveraging Baseline Variables
SC6 | Decompositions of Model Comparison Criteria for Quantifying Importance and Contribution of Longitudinal Biomarkers to the Fit of Survival Data: Theory, Methods, and Applications

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Industry Partner Showcase

4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Career Placement Center

7:30 pm – 8:00 pm
New Member Reception

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Opening Mixer and Poster Session

Monday, March 11

7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Conference Registration

8:00 am – 12:00 pm
SC7 | Statistical and Computational Methods for Microbiome Data Analysis

8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Industry Partner Showcase

8:30 am – 10:15 am
T1 | Teaching RNA-velocity for Single-cell Trajectory Analysis and Discussing its Future Research Directions

8:30 am – 10:15 am
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Career Placement Center

10:15 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break with Our Industry Partners

10:30 am – 12:15 pm
T2 | Statistical Methods for Neighborhood and Community Focused Impacts in Health (In)Equity Research

10:30 am – 12:15 pm
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
RT1 | Advancing Rare Disease Research
RT2 | Funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH): Grants, Summer Programs, and Special Notices
RT3 | Statistical Consulting and Collaboration: Identifying Partners to Build an Effective Team
RT4 | Inclusive Leadership in Industry
RT5 | Current Challenges in Medical Device Regulation: A Statistical Perspective
RT6 | Challenges in Collecting and Evaluating Patient Reported Outcomes

12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Regional Advisory Board (RAB)/Regional Committee (RECOM) Luncheon Meeting (by Invitation Only)

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SC8 | Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Principles and Content into Biostatistics Courses

1:45 pm – 3:30 pm
T3 | An Introductory Tutorial on Structural Equation Modeling in R with Lavaan

1:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Refreshment Break with Our Industry Partners

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
T4 | Improving Data-Preprocessing and Machine Learning Workflows with Scikit-Learn’s ColumnTransformer and Pipeline Classes

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
CENS Networking Mixer

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
President’s Reception (by Invitation Only)

Tuesday, March 12

7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Conference Registration

8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Industry Partner Showcase

8:30 am – 10:15 am
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Career Placement Center

10:15 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break with Our Industry Partners

10:30 am – 12:15 pm
Presidential Invited Address, Recognition and Awards

1:45 pm – 3:30 pm
T5 | Mentoring in Statistical Writing: Tools for Teaching and Energizing the Statistical Writing of your Mentees

1:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Refreshment Break with Our Industry Partners

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
T6 | Introduction to MSM with Applications in Drug Development

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm
DEI Townhall

6:15 pm – 7:00 pm
ENAR Business Meeting and Industry Partner Mixer

Wednesday, March 13

8:00 am – 12:30 pm
Conference Registration

8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Industry Partner Showcase

8:30 am – 10:15 am
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)

10:15 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break with Our Industry Partners

10:30 am – 12:15 pm
Scientific Program Sessions (more info to come)