Past Events
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Diet and Cancer: Harnessing Emerging Technologies to Advance Etiologic Research and Improve Nutritional Assessment - Dr. Loftfield
DCEG Stadtman Seminar
Diet and Cancer: Harnessing Emerging Technologies to Advance Etiologic Research and Improve Nutritional Assessment
January 22, 2020 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMNCI Shady Grove 2W910/912 Rockville, M.D. -
Comparing Alternatives for Estimation from Nonprobability Samples - Dr. Valliant
Biostatistics Branch Seminar Series
Three approaches to estimation from nonprobability samples are quasi-randomization, superpopulation modeling, and doubly-robust estimation. In the first, the sample is treated as if it was obtained via a probability mechanism but, unlike in probability sampling, that mechanism is unknown. Pseudo selection probabilities of being in the sample are estimated by using the sample in combination with some external data set that covers the desired population.
January 22, 2020 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMNCI Shady Grove 1W032/034 Rockville, Maryland -
Measuring the Mortality Reductions Produced by Organized Cancer Screening: A Principled Approach - Dr. Hanley
Biostatistics Branch Seminar Series
In cancer screening trials and population-based comparisons, mortality reductions are usually summarized by an overall (single-number) mortality reduction. This proportional hazards model is logically untenable. I describe a model Liu et al. (IntStatRev2015) for the expected reductions in each (Age,Year) cell of a Lexis diagram.
January 14, 2020 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMNCI Shady Grove 6E032/034 Rockville, M.D. -
Analysis of Extreme Conditional Quantiles - Dr. Wang
Biostatistics Branch Seminar Series
An important problem in many fields is the modeling and prediction of events that are rare but have significant consequences. Unexpectedly heavy rainfall, large portfolio loss, and dangerously low birth weight are some examples of rare events.
January 7, 2020 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMNCI Shady Grove 7E032/034 Rockville, M.D. -
Molecular Epidemiology of Gynecologic Cancers: Moving Etiology Findings to Clinical Applications - Dr. Clarke
DCEG Stadtman Seminar
Moving etiologic findings to clinical applications
January 7, 2020 | 9:30 AM – 10:30 AMNCI Shady Grove 2W910/912 Rockville, M.D. -
"The Tragedy of the (Data) Commons" - Dr. Hendler
DCEG Seminar
The tragedy of the commons, first proposed by William Lloyd in 1833, is an economic problem in which every individual has an incentive to consume a resource at the expense of every other individual with no way to exclude anyone from consuming. It results in overconsumption, under investment, and ultimately depletion of the resource.
January 6, 2020 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PMNCI Shady Grove 2W910/912 Rockville, M.D. -
Computational Biology of DNA-Repair in Adult and Pediatric Cancers - Dr. Glodzik
We extended the computational methods for analysis of mutation signatures in order to describe patterns of chromosomal rearrangements. In particular, the rearrangement signatures enable the assessment of proficiency of homologous recombination (HR). HRDetect, an algorithm we developed, predicts probability of HR-deficiency, and is based on holistic portrayal of mutational signatures across different classes of somatic mutations.
January 2, 2020 | 11:38 AM – 11:38 AM -
Collaborating Across Disciplines for Cancer Discovery and Translation - Dr. Platz
DCEG Visiting Scholar Seminar
December 12, 2019 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMNCI Shady Grove Seminar TE406 Rockville, M.D. -
Modern Genetic Analysis on The Cloud - Dr. Hartley
Biostatistics Branch Seminar Series
December 10, 2019 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMNCI Shady Grove 2W032/034 Rockville, M.D. -
Harnessing Rare Somatic Variants for Tumor Classification - Shen
Biostatistics Branch Seminar Series
In recent years there has been extensive investigation of the mutational landscape of the cancer genome from large-scale sequencing studies. However, the bulk of the attention has focused on major cancer genes, and especially the hot spot mutations in these genes at which mutations occur frequently.
December 3, 2019 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMNCI Shady Grove Seminar Room 5E032/034 Rockville