Collection of miscellaneous talks of potential general interest.


jsm_2014: Invited talk at JSM, 2014 (Boston) on prediction error with censored data. LaTeX source and associated files.

mskcc_2014-cancors:  Invited talk at Memorial Sloan Kettering, June 10, 2014, discussing the use of multiple imputation in the CanCORS project.  LaTeX source and associated files.

jsm_2015: Invited talk at JSM, 2015 (Seattle) on the history of survival analysis in clinical trials. Latex source and associated files.

reporter_short_course_2016:  A short course of two lectures given to a small group of health reporters, given at the offices of the New England Journal of Medicine, September 2016.  Rmd source and associated files.

med_resident-student_2017, med_resident-student_2019:  The 2017 and 2019 versions of a short course on the use of statistics in the medical literature.  Given annually to medical students and residents (separately) at the New England Journal of Medicine offices. Rmd source and associated files.  Talks are similar - 2019 version adds material on p-values.

spartan_2018: Invited talk at the The Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN) Annual Research and Education Meeting, May 5, 2018.  Survey of new designs for clinical trial.  pptx, pdf and associated graphics

r_gentleman_symposium_2019:  Markdown outline of a tribute to Robert Gentleman on his 60th birthday.  June 27, 2019 at the R Developers Conference

fda_dmc_2019: invited talk at an FDA workshop on Data Monitoring Committees.  Silver Spring, July 2, 2019.  Rmd source and associated files.

mskcc_2019-nejm:  Two talks at Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute on new guidelines for statistical reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine.  One for a general clinical audience and one for the Biostatistics Department.  Markdown source and associated files.