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Epidemiology and Genetics
The annual FMS spring meeting is this year organized in cooperation with SSL and FSB of Finland.
THEME: Epidemiology and Genetics
DATE: Thursday April 19, 2007
VENUE: Stockholm University. Room 14, House 5, Kräftriket, Roslagsvägen
101.
See hitta.html for a description on
how to get there (in Swedish), karta.gif for a map of the
neighborhood and karta.html for a map of
Kräftriket. From the airport the best way to get to the meeting venue is to take the bus
shuttle to Stockholm City and to get off at Hagaterminalen. This stop is
by the number 8 on the map
kartacampus.gif and it is a nice
10-15 minute walk along the water to the venue. In all this takes 1 hour
from the airport.
REGISTRATION: Register to the FMS spring meeting by sending an e-mail to
the treasurer of FMS Karin Nelander (Karin.Nelander@astrazeneca.com) and
by paying the registration fee (see below). Please include your full
name, affiliation, and if you are member of FMS, SSL or FSB, together
with information about any special food requests for the lunch.
REGISTRATION FEE: The registration fee is 500 sek for members of FMS, SSL
and FFB, and 550 for non-members (Swedish non-members may wish to join
simultaneously since the membership fee is 50 sek). Payment within Sweden:
PlusGiro account no: 435 04 74-5. Payment from abroad: Bank: PlusGirot, SE
- 105 71 STOCKHOLM. Account No: 99 602643 5047 45. IBAN No: SE91 9500
0099 6026 4350 4745. BIC-code: NDEASESS (SWIFT-address)
The registration covers all talks, lunch and coffee. Please contact Karin
Nelander (Karin.Nelander@astrazeneca.com) if you have questions
regarding registration and payment.
DEADLINE: Deadline for applying to the meeting is March 28
Abbreviations:
FMS = The Swedish association for medical statistics
SSL = Statisticians in the Finnish Pharmaceutical Industry
FSB = The Finnish Society of Biostatistics
PROGRAM
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| 10.00-10.15 |
Registration and Opening |
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| 10.15-11.00 |
Thomas Scheike, Copenhagen |
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Regression modelling for
survival data |
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| 11.00-11.30 |
Coffee |
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| 11.30-12.00 |
Thomas Scheike, Copenhagen |
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Regression modelling for
survival data (continued) |
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Olof Bengtsson, AstraZeneca |
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Pharmacogenetics; questions at
issue, study designs and examples |
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| 12.30-13.45 |
Lunch |
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| 13.45-14.15 |
Esa Läärä, Oulu |
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Relating the risks of rare diseases to
genetic factors in case-based designs |
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| 14.15-14.45 |
Ola Hössjer, SU |
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Likelihood ratio tests under nonstandard
conditions, with genetic applications |
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| 14.45-15.15 |
Coffee |
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| 15.15-15.45 |
Leif Groop, LU |
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Dissection of the genetics of type 2 diabetes |
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| 15.45-16.15 |
Juni Palmgren, SU and KI |
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On the use of Mendelian
randomization in epidemiologic research |
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| 16.25-16.55 |
Janne Pitkäniemi, Helsinki |
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Full likelihood analysis of
genetic association study for population-based registry data |
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| 16.55-17.00 |
Closing |
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