Posted on Monday, September 30, 2024
The New England Statistical Society (NESS), alongside the 2024 New England Rare Disease Statistics (NERDS) Organizing Committee, is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a fully in-person two-day workshop (Oct 10-11, 2024) at Boston Marriott Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
This year’s workshop theme is: Leaping Forward: Innovative Statistical Approaches in Rare Disease Drug Development. The workshop will consist of talks and presentations by invited keynote speakers, as well as academic, research institution and pharma/biotech company statistical experts in rare disease drug development. The topics include novel endpoints, smart designs, and innovation from analysis, control, new technology (AI, machine learning), and more. The featured speakers include:
Shuangge Ma, Department Chair and Professor of Biostatistics, Yale University
Xun Chen, Global Head of Biostatistics, Sanofi
John Scott, Division Director of Biostatistics, CBER, FDA
Kelley Kidwell, Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan
Douglas Kerr, Venture Partner, Atlas Venture
Stephen Lake, VP of Quantitative Sciences, Alexion
The workshop would also be a great venue for networking in person.
Registration is now open at https://nerds.nestat.org. Once you register,
you will receive notifications regarding any changes to the program and agenda,
as well as all NERDS-related announcements.
If you have any questions, please contact program co-chair Yingwen Dong
(yingwen.dong@sanofi.com)
and HaiYing Wang
(haiying.wang@uconn.edu)
or NESS Secretary Yuwen Gu
(yuwen.gu@uconn.edu)
Please help to spread the words, and we look forward to your participation!
Best regards,
New England Rare Disease Statistics Organizing Committee
