Dear colleagues,

 

The Methods for Evaluation of medical prediction Models, Tests and Biomarkers (MEMTAB) symposium may be of interest to you or colleagues. Please see below for details. Also if interested, you can view abstracts for the 2018 symposium at https://diagnprognres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41512-018-0036-3 .

 

Apologies for cross posting.

 

Best wishes,

Yemisi

 

Yemisi Takwoingi

Senior Research Fellow in Biostatistics

Test Evaluation Research Group

Institute of Applied Health Research

Public Health Building

University of Birmingham

Birmingham B15 2TT

 

Tel: +44 121 4147833

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MEMTAB2020 - Invitation and call for abstracts   MEMTAB2020 is the Symposium on Methods for Evaluation of medical prediction Models, Test and Biomarkers. We invite all researchers, healthcare workers, policy makers and manufacturers actively involved in the development, evaluation or regulation of tests, (bio)markers, models, tools, apps, devices or any other modality used for the purpose of diagnosis, prognosis, risk stratification or (disease or therapy) monitoring, for MEMTAB2020.   The MEMTAB2020 symposium is hosted by Professor Ben Van Calster, Professor Ann Van den Bruel, Professor Jan Verbakel and the University of Leuven's EPI-Centre, part of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care. MEMTAB2020 will take place in Leuven, Belgium, on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd of July 2020.     Registration for the symposium   Early bird registration is possible until March 30, 2020. Students and trainees can register at a reduced fee. The registration fee includes access to the MEMTAB2020 Symposium (July 2-3), all coffee breaks and lunches as per final program and all symposium materials. For more information on the registration fees, please click here. To register directly, please click on the button below.   Register here     Call for abstracts   The MEMTAB2020 Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of high quality abstracts on a wide variety of topics. There are three different submission types: ► Oral presentation only ► Oral presentation, but if not selected for an oral presentation, I'm willing to present a poster ► Poster presentation only Topics   • How to develop and apply prediction models and diagnostic tests • High-dimensional data and genetic prediction • Machine learning for evaluation of diagnostic tests, markers and prediction models • Impact studies for diagnostic tests, markers and prediction models (including low resource settings) • Systematic review and meta-analysis (including individual participant data) • Big data, electronic health records, dynamic prediction • How to quantify overdiagnosis • Other   More information on submitting an abstract     Questions? For all questions, please contact us at [log in to unmask]   To visit our website, click here. Deadlines ► Submission deadline: January 20, 2020 ► Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2020 ► Early bird deadline: March 30, 2020 ► Author registration deadline: April 30, 2020

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