March 2012 RSS Medical Secion Scientific Meeting

Date(s)
Thursday 22nd March 2012 (14:00-17:00)
Contact

To attend:

Please email events@rss.org.uk to register

Description
Venue: Lecture Theatre, RSS Headquarters, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX 

RSS Medical Secion Scientific Meeting –

Prediction Modelling in Health Three talks on prediction modelling of health data with a focus on non-genetic markers. There will be a general overview of prediction modelling, a specific approach for longitudinal data and considerations for design, analysis and reporting when validating a prediction model.

Professor Karel Moons, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht 'Investigating the clinical usefulness of biomarkers'

Dr Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Department of Biostatistics at the University of Liverpool 'A joint modelling approach to determine the predictive accuracy of a longitudinal biomarker'

Dr Gary Collins, Centre for Statistics in Medicine at the University of Oxford 'Considerations in the design, analysis and reporting of studies validating a multivariable prediction model'