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Biostatistics Facts and Figures, 2007-2008:

Department of Biostatistics

Seminars

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Department Seminars

In this seminar current research is presented by invited speakers of university of Michigan researchers.  All seminars will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in M1152 SPHII, except when noted otherwise. Coffee and cookies will be served at 3:00 p.m. in room M4034, the Biostatistics conference room. For more information email kyanat@umich.edu .

Date Speaker and Title Location
Thursday, September 17, 2009 Peter Gilbert, University of Washington & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center M1152 SPHII
Thursday, October 8, 2009 Doug Schaubel, University of Michigan M1152 SPHII
Thursday, October 15, 2009 Jack Lee, M.D. Anderson M1152 SPHII
Thursday, October 22, 2009 John Petkau, University of British Columbia M1152 SPHII
Thursday, October 29, 2009 Peter Mueller, M.D. Anderson M1152 SPHII
Friday, October 30. 2009 - 3:00 p.m. Annual Woodroofe Seminar, Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University 340 West Hall
Thursday, November 5, 2009 Hua Liang, University of Rochester M1152 SPHII
Thursday, November 19, 2009 Melanie Wall, University of Minnesota CANCELLED M1152 SPHII
Thursday, December 3, 2009 Mark Van Der Lan M1152 SPHII

Brown Bag Seminars

In this student run seminar, the presenters provide information that will be useful to biostatistics graduate students.  Lunch will be served. An email will be sent to announce the seminar; an RSVP (through email) is required. For information, email kyanat@umich.edu All Brown Bag Seminars will be held at 12:00 p.m. in M1152 SPHII, except when noted otherwise.

Date Speaker and Title Location
Friday, September 18. 2009 Welcome Information Session, Brow Bag Committee M1152 SPHII
Friday, October 2, 2009 How to survive the first year, Philip Westgate, Emily Light, Peisong Han & Jared Foster M1152 SPHII
Friday, October 16, 2009 Introduction to R, Jack Chen M1152 SPHII
Friday, October 30, 2009 Interview for Academia, Doug Schaubel M1152 SPHII
Friday, November 6. 2009 Student Research Forum, Chen Hu, Matthew Zawitowski M1152 SPHII
Friday, November 20, 2009 Master or Ph.D.? Industry or Academia? Cathie Spino, Zhen Chen & Jeff Moore M1152 SPHII
Friday, December 4, 2009 Panel: Internship Experience, Yong Zhang, Xiaobi Huang, Rena Sun & Xin Gao M1152 SPHII

Cancer Biostatistics Working Group

In this weekly meeting faculty members discuss their ongoing methodological research in a chalk-talk format. For information contact Jeremy Taylor at jmgt@umich.edu.

Statistical Genetics Journal Club

In this biweekly meeting faculty members and graduate students present an article from the recent literature.  All seminars will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Crossroads 2695. For more information contact Laura Scott at ljst@umich.edu .

Date Speaker and Title Location
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Joe Washburn - Overview of SOLiD 3plus and the BioScope analysis tools. Crossroads 2695
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 No meeting No meeting
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 TBD - Zerbino and Birney 92008) Velver: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using Bruijn graphs. Genome Research 18:821-9 Crossroads 2695

Statistical Genetics Seminar

In this monthly series, internal and external speakers present current research. For information contact Sebastian Zoellner at szoellne@umich.edu .

Cancer Biostatistics Seminar

This one credit hour course is offered every fall semester.  Faculty members, students and guests present research related to cancer biostatistics.  Biostatistics 803, Fridays at 9 a.m.   For information contact Jeremy Taylor at jmgt@umich.edu .