Free registration is now open for our hybrid symposium on ‘Biostatistics for chronic diseases’, organised by PhD students at the MRC Biostatistics Unit.

About this event

9:30am – 10:00am: Registration for those attending in-person

Session 1:

10:00am – 11:15am

Talks from:

• Hélène Ruffieux (MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge) – Speaking on A fully joint Bayesian pQTL mapping to study the genetic basis of chronic metabolic diseases

• Guillermo Reales (Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge) – Speaking on A multidimensional perspective on immune-mediated diseases: using genetic feature engineering to study shared risk factors in a reduced dimension space

• Stephen Burgess (MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge) – Speaking on Causal strategies for risk factor assessment: some critical thoughts about evidence based medicine

Tea/Coffee break for those attending in-person

Session 2:

11:40am – 12:30pm

Talks from

• Lois Kim (Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge) – Speaking on Decision modelling for chronic diseases: challenges and examples

• Francesca Gasperoni (MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge) – Speaking on Personalised risk-assessment for optimal prevention of Cardiovascular disease

Lunch (supplied for those attending in-person)

Session 3:

1:30pm – 2:20pm

Talks from

• Manuela Zucknick (Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo ) – Speaking on bayesynergy: flexible Bayesian modelling of synergistic interaction effects in in vitro drug combination experiments

• Oscar Rueda (MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge) – Speaking on Multistate models applied to breast cancer and COVID-19

Tea/Coffee break for those attending in-person

Session 4 (Keynote lecture):

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Keynote lecture delivered by Vincent Plagnol (Genomics PLC) – The potential for genomics to empower a new prevention-first agenda for healthcare

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Wednesday 13^th October, 10am – 3.30pm

The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge                                                                                                     

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Please note, the symposium will run as a hybrid event with the option to attend either in-person or virtually. There are a limited number of in-person tickets. When registering, please select either the in-person ticket or the virtual ticket – both are free.