4390.0 Annual Special Session: Controversies in Public Health due to Misinterpretation of Statistical Information

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to allow experts to discuss the nature of scientific evidence supporting or refuting 1. the New Mammography Recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2. Hypotheses related to changing autism risk, 3. Associations between vaccines and autism, and 4. Predicting which chemotherapy regimens will be most effective in treating various types of cancer, so that public health professionals are better informed.
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of proper interpretation of statistical evidence in public health.
Organizer:
Rafael Irizarry, PhD
Moderator:
Rafael Irizarry, PhD

4:30pm
On the Statistical Evidence Behind the New Mammography Recommendations
Ned Calonge, MD, MPH, PhD
     
4:50pm
Understanding the autism epidemic: Data and dogma
Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD, MS
     
5:10pm
Evidence base for associations between vaccines and autism: Interpreting and misinterpreting epidemiological data
Daniel Salmon, PhD
5:30pm
Importance of Reproducibility in High-Throughput Biology: Predicting Sensitivity to Chemotherapy
Keith Baggerly, PhD
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Statistics
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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