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*Call for Abstracts - **Workshop on Recent & Future Trends in Biostatistics:* https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/workshops/work shop-on-recent-future-trends-in-biostatistics/ ----------------------------------------------------------- *Date*: Friday 10 November 2017 *Venue*: MRC Biostatistics Unit (University of Cambridge), Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK CB2 0SR *Programme Committee:* Dr. Paul Kirk, Dr. Simon White, Dr. Anne Presanis and Dr. Sofía S. Villar (MRC BSU, University of Cambridge) *Deadline for abstracts: 30th May 2017.* ----------------------------------------------------------- You are warmly invited to attend the Workshop on Recent & Future Trends in Biostatistics, a unique one day event organised for and by *career-young statisticians*. It is a great opportunity to present recent work, discuss ideas and network with peers in a friendly and encouraging environment. There will be a few contributed talks and an *interactive* session (which includes a prize for the best presentation). We will be also holding a panel discussion on the future directions and challenges for Modern Biostatistics which will include advice for early career statisticians. We are delighted to confirm the attendance of the following keynote speakers and panel discussion participants: - Prof. Mark Girolami (Imperial College London, UK & Alan Turing Institute for Data Science, UK) - Prof. William Rosenberger (George Mason University, USA) - Prof. Peter Diggle (Lancaster University, UK and University of Liverpool, UK) We are now calling for abstracts for contributed oral/interactive presentations. Please be aware that the abstract should be approx 300 words long. We welcome abstracts on any subject in Biostatistics but would be particularly interested in the following: *Clinical Trials of the Future,* *Personalised Medicine,* *Big Data in Biostatistics,* *E-health,* *Image Analysis - Emerging and Future Applications of Biometrics,* *Evidence Synthesis and Medical Decision-making,* *Infectious Disease Epidemiology* If you wish to submit an abstract, please do so by using the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=biometrika2017. *The deadline for abstracts is 30th May 2017.* We look forward to receiving your submission! Notifications on whether the abstract has been accepted or not will be sent by early July. *A limited number of travel bursaries will be available for early-career researchers.* Details on how to apply will be announced shortly at the event website. Registration for the workshop will open soon. Potential visitors to Cambridge might like to enjoy the various attractions this historic city has to offer, such as punting on the River Cam or attending one of the many talks or concerts available. For more information please visit our website <https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/workshops/workshop-on-recent-future-trends-in-biostatistics/> or email us at [log in to unmask] Sofía S. Villar - Personal Website <https://sites.google.com/site/sofiasvillar/> ------------------------------- MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge CB2 0SR ------------------------------- *This workshop is funded by the Biometrika Trust as part of the Fellowship awarded to Sofia S. Villar. * *Sofia* You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.