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Division of Biostatistics PhD Presentation with Roland Brown
Roland Brown, doctoral candidate in Biostatistics, will present: "A Statistical Framework for Harnessing Human Activity Data to Understand Behavior, Health, and Well-Being" Ph.D. Adviser: Julian Wolfson Abstract: As smartphone and other sensor-based tools for obtaining human activity and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) information become more common, the volume of resulting data will increase exponentially. At the same time, statistical methodology for analyzing these data lag significantly behind data collection methods. This dissertation concerns the development of an overarching statistical framework…
Find out more »EpiCH Seminar – Investigating the links between tobacco product composition and exposures and cancer risk in users
Presented by Irina Stepanov, PhD Associate Professor Division of Environmental Health Sciences Over the past decades, the public health community has made significant achievements in reducing the overall prevalence of smoking in the US. However, this progress has not been uniform across various populations, and high prevalence of tobacco use in some subgroups is accompanied by elevated risk of related diseases and other disparities. Furthermore, the diversity of products designed for tobacco and nicotine intake expanded remarkably over the past…
Find out more »The Effects of Medicaid Managed Care on Home and Community-Based Services for Seniors: Empirical Evidence from Minnesota
HPM Seminar Series Zhiyou (Austin) Yang HSRP&A PhD student Division of Health Policy & Management See building access directions below States are increasingly providing Medicaid benefits through private managed care plans as opposed to fee-for-service Medicaid. Following this trend, more states are providing Medicaid long-term services and supports for seniors via managed care. Under capitation, managed care plans have financial incentives to provide long-term services and supports more efficiently but could also underprovide care. However, empirical evidence…
Find out more »St. Cloud State Power in Diversity Conference
In its eleventh year, the conference offers personal growth and leadership skill development to college students of color and underrepresented students through workshops, keynote addresses and programs. It also offers students a forum to connect with peers from colleges and universities across the region. Advisors, faculty and staff who work with student leaders can network and share ideas and strategies. The theme is Social Justice, Activism and Advocacy. Keynotes and workshops will focus on emergent strategies of advocacy, dialogue around…
Find out more »Division of Biostatistics Seminar with Anne Eaton
Anne Eaton, of the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota and candidate for faculty position in the Division of Biostatistics, Biostatistics Core of the Masonic Cancer Center, will present: "Non-parametric Estimation in an Illness-death Model with Component-wise Censoring" Abstract: In disease settings where patients are at risk for death and a serious non-fatal event, composite endpoints defined as the time until the earliest of death or the non-fatal event are often used as the primary endpoint in clinical…
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