Biostatistics Workshop
(25 October 2006)  

... Jointly organized with Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

Time: 09:00am - 05:30pm
Venue: IMS Auditorium

• Anthony Kuk (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• Kwok Pui Choi (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

• Bo Fu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Fei Gao (National Cancer Centre, Singapore)
• Xuming He (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
• Feifang Hu (University of Virginia, USA)
• Denis Leung (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
• Chuen Seng Tan (Centre for Molecular Epidemiology, Singapore)
• Ying Wei (Columbia University, USA)

Translational medicine and clinical research have been identified as key areas in the next phase of Singapore’s Biomedical Initiative (2006-2010). Biostatistics will play an increasingly vital role in research efforts in these fields. Indeed, recognition of the importance of research in biostatistics is evidenced by the establishment of the Singapore Consortium of Cohort Studies and the NUS/NUH General Clinical Research Centre. Within Singapore, biostatisticians hold diverse positions in universities, research centers, government ministries and the private sector. The present workshop is a sequel to the Biostatistics Workshop held at the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, NUS, on 18 August 2006. It will be a forum for working biostatisticians to share experiences on the practical applications of biostatistics in their work (including the modes of interface with clinicians and biomedical scientists), to discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the profession, and to formulate strategies to increase the effectiveness and impact of biostatistics.

• IMS Auditorium
• Detailed instruction on how to get to the institute by public or private transport
• Moving around NUS
• Getting around Singapore

• General enquiries: Secretary (ims@nus.edu.sg)