ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY MEDICAL SECTION
ONE DAY MEETING ON STATISTICIANS AND ETHICS COMMITTEES
Wednesday 31 March 2004 10.30-4.00 (registration from 10.00)
To be held at the RSS, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX
(directions http://www.rss.org.uk/about/direction.html)
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RSS MEDICAL SECTION AND THE CENTRAL OFFICE FOR
RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES (COREC).
The meeting is sponsored by COREC (www.corec.org.uk
<http://www.corec.org.uk/>) and registration (including lunch and
refreshments) is free but registration is essential as space is limited.
To register please email Ursula Yeboah-Afari ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>), including your name, full address,
RSS membership number (where applicable) and any special dietary
requirements.
PROGRAMME
10.00 Registration
10.30 Welcome - Chair of Medical Section - Dr Jane Hutton
10.35 Introduction to the day - Dr Paul Marchant
10.50 COREC; Background and current issues - Prof Terry Stacey
11.30 Refreshments
11.45 LRECs and statistical review - Dr Paula Williamson
12.15 Recent insights and controversies in research
methodology;
Implications for governance - Prof Richard Lilford
12.45 Lunch
1.30 The misunderstood placebo - Prof Stephen Senn
2.00 Informal report on survey of statisticians - Dr
Gordon Taylor
2.30 Small group work
3.10 Re-convene - feedback by group leaders
3.55 Closing words - Dr Paul Marchant
4.00 Close
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Dr Janet L Peacock
Reader in Medical Statistics
Dept Community Health Sciences
St. George's Hospital Medical School
London. SW17 0RE
email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8725 2798
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