Colloquia

CANCER PREVENTION
AND CONTROL

COLLOQUIUM

What Bayesian Methods Can Do for Medical Research - Bayesian is a Learning Process!

Xin Zhao, MD, PhD

Speaker

Dr. Zhao is a Biometrician at Merck Research Laboratories in North Wales, Pennsylvania.

Learning Objective

I will show you how Bayesian method is a learning process. How to learn is the key of Bayesian contribution for medical research. Specifically, I will present some research results on gene network modeling using Bayesian methods.

Target Audience

Researchers and clinicians actively involved in topics that relate to cancer prevention and control

Date/Time/Place

Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 11:00 am
Executive Plaza North
Conference Room G
6130 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland

For Additional Information

Office of Preventive Oncology
301-496-8640

If you are a person with a disability and require any assistive device, services or other reasonable accommodation to participate in this activity, please contact the Office of Preventive Oncology at 301-496-8640 at least one week in advance of the lecture date to discuss your accommodation needs.

Educational objectives: To better comprehend current research in various aspects of cancer prevention and control, including current challenges and methods used by investigators to address gaps, advance the field, and promote application of successful strategies, and to better identify various bio-statistical methods and appropriate conditions for application in cancer prevention and control research.

The National Institutes of Health/Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (NIH/FAES) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The NIH/FAES designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health