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DESCRIPTION:The Biomarker Revolution: Epidemiologists\, Let’s Join It!\n\nD
 r. Enrique Schisterman\n	Chief and Senior Investigator\n	Eunice Kennedy Shri
 ver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development\n\nOctober 23
 rd\, 2015 - 13:30 – 16:30\n	Room 25\, Purvis Hall\, McGill University\n	1020
  Ave des Pins Ouest\n\n\n	The use of biomarkers to assess exposures and inv
 estigate biomedical questions is exploding in epidemiological and medical 
 research. Exploring the relationships between biomarker levels and health 
 outcomes can have potentially profound effects on the biomedical community
 \, leading to new etiological discoveries\, as well as increased diagnosti
 c capabilities for disease.\n\n\n	In estimating parameters of interest such
  as means\, variances\, hazard and odds ratios for a particular biomarker\
 , population scientists face two main challenges: (1) overcoming the cost 
 of performing a large number of assays and (2) dealing with measurement er
 ror either due to technical or intra-individual variability. In this works
 hop\, we will explore new designs and analytical techniques to overcome so
 me of the challenges while studying biomarkers\, such as pooling designs\,
  hybrid designs\, calibration techniques\, threshold evaluation and causal
  methods. We will cover how different biomarkers are measured and that aff
 ects epidemiological parameters of interest.\n\n\n	Register at: https://epi
 research.org/ser50/sertalks/sertalks-montreal/\n
DTSTART:20151023T173000Z
DTEND:20151023T203000Z
LOCATION:Room 25\, Purvis Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1A2\, 1020 avenue
  des Pins Ouest
SUMMARY:SERtalks
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/sertalks-255430
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