Venue
Runde Auditorium, Domus Medica, University of Oslo.
Program
Coffe/tea and lunch will be served.
Wednesday, October 11th
| 1030-1100 | Coffee/tea |
| 1100-1115 | Opening by Arnoldo Frigessi, Director of OCBE |
| Chair: Arnoldo Frigessi | |
| 1115-1145 | Ørnulf Borgan, University of Oslo. "Odd Aalen - 40 years of crucial contributions to biostatistics" |
| 1145-1215 | Vern Farewell, University of Cambridge. "Hidden Markov Modelling of a Prolonged Disease State Defined by a Composite Outcome" |
| 1215-1315 | Lunch |
| Chair: Philip Hougaard | |
| 1315-1345 | Kjetil Røysland, University of Oslo. "Transforming additive hazards" |
| 1345-1415 | Daniela De Angelis, University of Cambridge. "HIV age specific back-calculation: non-parametric models for the latent infection process" |
| 1415-1445 | Steinar Tretli, Cancer Registry of Norway. "Can everybody get cancer?" |
| 1445-1515 | Coffee/tea |
| Chair: Kjetil Røysland | |
| 1515-1545 | Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and University of Oslo. "Varicella infection in Norway: Insigths on exogenous boosting and progressive immunity to herpes zoster" |
| 1545-1615 | Niels Keiding, University of Copenhagen. "Prevalent cohort studies and unexplained heterogeneity" |
Thursday, October 12th
| Chair: Ørnulf Borgan | |
| 0915-0945 | Per Kragh Andersen, University of Copenhagen. "Modeling marginal features in studies of recurrent events in the presence of a terminal event" |
| 0945-1015 | Vanessa Didelez, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS. "On the Identification of Time-Varying Treatment Effects and Ignorability" |
| 1015-1045 | Break (Coffee/tea) |
| Chair: Thomas Scheike | |
| 1045-1115 | Jon Michael Gran, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo. "Multi-state modeling of sickness absence and work participation using population-wide registries" |
| 1115-1145 | Robin Henderson, Newcastle University. "Statistical topology and the random interstellar medium" |
| 1145-1245 | Lunch |
| Chair: Jon Michael Gran | |
| 1245-1315 | Torben Martinussen, University of Copenhagen. "On modeling and estimation for the relative risk" |
| 1315-1345 | Håkon Gjessing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. "Is fetal growth related to timing of birth? The Norwegian system for fetal growth monitoring and birth weight prediction" |
| 1345-1415 | Odd O. Aalen, University of Oslo. "Causal inference in survival analysis" |
| 1415-1430 | Closure |
Registration
The symposium is free of charge, but registration is required.
Please register here.
Directions
Click here for Google maps link to Domus Medica.
From Oslo central station
Exit through the main entrance, cross the road in front of the station, and turn right to arrive at the tram stop. Take tram no. 17 (direction "Rikshospitalet") to the last stop, which is "Rikshospitalet." There are ongoing roadworks, so there is currently a "bus-for-tram" service between this stop and "Holbergs plass". Change from bus to tram 17 (direction "Rikshospitalet") on "Holbergs plass."
As the tram is approaching the last stop, Domus Medica is located to the left.
Inside the departure hall, follow the signs with a "T." Head to the platform for trains going west. Take line 5 "Sognsvann" or "Ringen" to the stop "Forskningsparken." Take tram 17 (direction "Rikshospitalet") to the last stop.
Inside Domus Medica
As you enter the main entrance, take a left, and walk straight ahead untill you reach café "Eric" and the auditorium on your right hand side.
Organizers
The symposium is hosted by the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE), Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, with support from the Norwegian Statistical Association (NSF).
Organizing committee
Ørnulf Borgan, Department of Mathmatics, University of Oslo, and Jon Michael Gran, Arnoldo Frigessi, Marit B. Veierød, Morten Valberg and Hilde B. Liudalen Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital.