Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence (LPBI) Group

Third Boston Pharmaceutical Symposium on May 3, 2019 at Pfizer, Building 2, Kendall Sq., Cambridge MA

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

The Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association (BCASA) invites you all to attend the Third Boston Pharmaceutical Symposium on May 3, 2019 at Pfizer, Building 2, Kendall Sq., Cambridge MA.

 

As an annual event, the Boston Pharmaceutical Symposium provides a unique venue for sharing statistical applications and research in the biotech-pharma industry, and building connections among all colleagues of the Greater Boston area engaged in the industry statistical practice. We welcome the participation from industry statisticians, academia researchers, as well as university students and any professionals who are interested in pharmaceutical statistical topics.

 

Third Boston Pharmaceutical Symposium will be a full-day event, featuring a series of invited talks, a poster session, and networking opportunities.

 

Public transportation and parking: The closest T-stop is the Kendall MIT station on the Red line. Parking is available for a fee of $38 for the day at the garage on-site. Please see Pfizer Event Information for more information on parking garages.

 

Confirmed Speakers

 

• Craig Mallinckrodt, Distinguished Biostatistician, Biogen
• Neal Thomas, Senior Director, Pfizer
• Chunlei Ke, Senior Director, Biogen
• Ying Yuan, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Satrajit Roychoudhury, Senior Director, Pfizer
• Matthias Kormaksson, Senior Principal Statistical Consultant, Novartis
• Laurence Colin, Director, Novartis                

 

Submit a Poster Abstract

 

Please consider participating in Third Boston Pharmaceutical Symposium by submitting an abstract to the poster session.

 

Participants who are interested to have a poster presentation are encouraged to submit an abstract to the poster session. Abstracts need to be submitted by Friday, April 12 to Dr. Olga Vitek via o.vitek@northeastern.edu. Abstracts on topics related to pharmaceutical statistics may include, but are not limited to, adaptive designs, platform trials, umbrella designs, mater protocols, use of machine learning in clinical trials, dose response, wearable devices, analysis of pediatrics studies, etc.

 

Registration:

 

All participants in the symposium should register by Friday, April 26. (Late registration may be possible for a higher fee if the event does not sell out.) The registration fee covers a light breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks, and symposium materials. The registration fee is $165 for industry professionals. Members of the Boston Chapter (BCASA) receive a discounted registration fee at $135. Thanks to support from Cytel, we are able to reduce the registration fees for participants from academic and nonprofit institutions to encourage broader participation. The fees are $60 for a non-BCASA member and $30 for a BCASA member if a participant is from academic or a nonprofit institution and registers with an academic/nonprofit system email address. To register, please go to https://bcasa2019pharma.eventbrite.com

 

Scientific Committee:

 

• Olga Vitek, Northeastern University (chair)
• Weidong Zhang, Pfizer (host)
• Wenting Cheng, Biogen
• Tim Clough, Novartis
• Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Cytel
• Andrew Lewandowski, Novartis
• Jameson Luks, Cytel
• Huyuan Yang, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

 

Please contact Dr. Olga Vitek via o.vitek@northeastern.edu for general inquiries.

 

Acknowledgements: We thank our colleagues at Pfizer for hosting this event. Financial support from Cytel is also gratefully acknowledged.

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From: Tom Lane <tlane@mathworks.com>

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 4:46 PM

To: Tom Lane <tlane@mathworks.com>

Subject: [BCASA] Third Boston Pharmaceutical Symposium, May 3 in Cambridge