The next meeting of the British and Irish region of the International Biometric Society will be on Friday 11th March, 12.00-16.30, at University Place, The University of Manchester.
The theme of the meeting is "Time varying confounding in medical research"
Programme:
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.40 Methods for dealing with time-varying confounding,
Rhian Daniel (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
13.40-14.20 G-estimation in practice,
Kate Tilling (School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol)
14.20-14.40 Tea/coffee
14.40-15.20 Inferring the effect of dynamic treatment strategies from observational data,
Vanessa Didelez (School of Mathematics, University of Bristol)
15.20-16.00 (awaiting confirmation)
16.00-16.30 Discussion, facilitated by Richard Emsley (University of Manchester)
16.30 Close
The abstracts and further details are available from
http://bir.biometricsociety.org
Cost:
Members of the British and Irish Region: £20; non-members £40; Students: £10.
The cost includes lunch and tea/coffee.
Registration:
Pre-registration is ESSENTIAL. To register, please email [log in to unmask] with the subject heading: "Time varying confounding", and include your name and whether you are vegetarian (for the lunch menu).
The cut-off for registrations is noon, Monday 7th March.
We greatly appreciate payment in advance. Please send cheques, made out to the 'Biometric Society' to
Dr Richard Emsley
Biostatistics Health Sciences Research Group
School of Community Based Medicine
University of Manchester
4.304 Jean McFarlane Building
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.
Alternatively, you can pay on-the-door by cheque or cash.
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