Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

CE&B Research Day

Our annual research day is an opportunity for the staff, students and faculty of the department to showcase our current research, see and discuss the research interests of other department members, and consider and debate hot methodologic issues. The CE&B world is rich in talent, ideas, and health research projects, and this day provides a key venue for appreciating the broad range of our activities.

Research Day Schedule

We will have oral presentations and posters that display CE&B research interests and methodologies. In this symposium poster authors will have several minutes to speak and to answer questions on their topic. It is our intention that both the oral and poster presentations will provide the presenters with an opportunity to describe their work before a friendly audience, for practice and feedback.

 

CE&B Research Day: 2011
Winner of the
David L. Sackett Prize 		Winner of the
Michael Gent Prize		 Winner of the
Murray L. Enkin Prize		 Winner of the
Murray L. Enkin Prize
Gihad E. Nesrallah Daniel J. Corsi Emma Iserman Jeanette Prorok
Best Presentation by an HRM Student Best Poster by an HRM Student Best Poster by a CE&B Staff Member Best Poster by a CE&B Staff Member
"Long Hemodialysis and Patient Survival: a Multinational Cohort Study" "Weight of communities: assessment of neighbourhood variations in overweight and underweight in 57 low-to-middle income countries". "Online evidence-based medical tests: How does your favourite measure up?" "Online evidence-based medical tests: How does your favourite measure up?"

 

CE&B Research Day
Friday, March 25, 2011
Sheraton Hotel, Hamilton

 

Opening remarks by Dr. Holger Schünemann (Chair of CE&B)
9:45 - 10:25
Knowledge Translation and Implementation Research: Where the Smart Researchers are Going
Dr. Brian Haynes
10:25 - 11:05
 Biostatistics in Genomics Dr. Joseph Beyene
11:05 - 11:20
 Break

CE&B Research Day 2011: Concurrent Sessions

Dr. Mitchell Levine, Moderator

  1. Selecting participants that raise a clinical trial's population attributable fraction can reduce required sample size
    Presenter: Dr. Jack Sinclair
  2. Should we allow some patients to choose their treatment in randomized trials?
    Presenter: Dr. Stephen Walter
  3. Co-intervention in RCTS: Detecting theirs and preventing yours
    Presenter: Dr. David Sackett

Dr. Ann McKibbon, Moderator

  1. Glycated haemoglobin as a predictor of quality of life in people with diabetes
    Presenter: Gaya Amirthavasar
  2. The cost-effectiveness and value of information analysis of trancatheter aortic valve implantation compared to standard management and surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis
    Presenter: Brett Doble
  3. An empirical comparison of methods for analyzing correlated data from a discrete choice survey to elicit preference for colorectal cancer screening
    Presenter: Ji Emmy Cheng

Dr. Mark Oremus, Moderator

  1. Effectiveness of web-based tools in improving blood glucose control of patients with diabetes mellitus
    Presenter: Ricardo Angeles
  2. Accuracy of self-report antibiotic prescribing in a Hutterite sample
    Presenter: Angela Barbara
  3. Comparison of trapeziectomy and trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition (LRTI): A systematic literature review
    Presenter: Yu Kit Li
12:20 - 2:00
Lunch and Poster Viewing

CE&B Research Day 2011: Concurrent Sessions

Dr. David Sackett, Moderator

  1. Challenges of conducting multi-centre, double-blind, community-based clinical trials: Experience of the Hutterite influenza prevention study
    Presenter: Angela Barbara
  2. Safety, tolerability and effectiveness of varenicline tartrate (Champix/Chantix) for smoking cessation in HIV-infected subjects: An open-label study
    Presenter: Qu Cui
  3. Long hemodialysis and patient survival: A multinational cohort study
    Presenter: Gihad Nesrallah

Dr. Joseph Beyene, Moderator

  1. Setting sample size using cost-effi ciency methods in fMRI studies
    Presenter: Qing Guo
  2. Simulation study using multi-state Markov model to estimate the statistical power of population based longitudinal studies Presenter: Jinhui Ma
  3. An informed reference prior for between-study heterogeneity in meta-analyses of binary outcomes
    Presenter: Eleanor Pullenayegum

Dr. Feng Xie, Moderator

  1. A social network analysis of information seeking behavior for making evidence-based decisions by the staff of a public health department in Ontario
    Presenter: Reza Yousefi -Nooraie
  2. Articulation of public values in health technology assessment: The use of deliberative discourse
    Presenter: Dorina Simeonov
  3. Finding needles in a haystack: A process to identify features of a good clinical decision support system
    Presenter: Pavel Roshanov
3:00 - 3:15
Break
3:15 - 3:55
Recent Trends in Health Technology Assessment: An Adaptable Tool for Evidence Informed Decision Making
Dr. Ron Goeree


CE&B Research Day: 2006-2010

CE&B Research Day: 2010
Winner of the
David L. Sackett Prize 		Winner of the
Michael Gent Prize		 Winner of the
Murray L. Enkin Prize
Natalia Diaz-Granados Elizabeth McCarron Pavel Roshnov Ilia Ferrusi Natasha Clayton
Best Presentations by HRM Students Best Poster by an HRM Student Best Poster by a CE&B Staff Member
"The Relationship between screening for intimate partner violence and subsequent service utilization over 18 months" "The importance of adjusting for potential confounders when combining evidence from randomised and non-randomised studies: a Bayesian hierarchical model" "Towards a richer understanding of "real-world" medical information retrieval: a case of MacPLUS Federated Search" "Adherence to guidelines in personalised medicine: the case of trastuzumab for early-stage breast cancer in Ontario". "Support for providing unrestricted access to an Alzheimer's disease medication in Canada: Results from a study of the general population"


CE&B Research Day:2010 Schedule

 

CE&B Research Day: 2007
Winner of the
David L. Sackett Prize 		Winner of the
Michael Gent Prize		 Winner of the
Murray L. Enkin Prize
Lawrence de Koning Mona Abdel-Motagally & Angela Barbara Gary Foster
Best Presentation Best Poster by an HRM Student Best Poster by a CE&B Staff Member
"Obesity metrics and their association with type 2 diabetes and glucose levels in a large multiethnic cohort: Baseline Characteristics of the Epidream Investigation" "Trends over time and the Effect of Guideline Characteristics on Clinicians' Perceptions of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Cancer Care". "Horizon Estimation in SAS"

 

CE&B Research Day: 2006
Winner of the
David L. Sackett Prize		 Winner of the
Michael Gent Prize		 Winner of the
Murray L. Enkin Prize
Martha Paynter Amandev Aulakh Cynthia Lokker
Best Presentation Best Poster by an HRM Student Best Poster by a CE&B Staff Member
"Applying Determinants of Health Perspective to Determine Cause of Death: Reviewing Domenstic Violence Deaths in New Brunswick" "Sex and Gender Subgroup Analyses in Randomized Cardiovascular Trials: Are these differences real?" "What is KT? A systematic review of the definitions of KT"