CHRIS Biostatistics

Anyone who registers for the CHRIS meeting is welcome to join the morning or afternoon Biostatistics breakout sessions. No separate registration is needed. Please review the preliminary agenda below.

11:00 AM - Noon
SESSION 1: Biostatistics training and capacity building in developing countries

Speakers/Discussion Leaders

Biostatistics capacity building in developing countries
Misrak Gezmu, PhD
NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Training opportunities and potential collaborations in sub-Saharan Africa
Joseph Hogan, ScD
Brown University

UW Biostatistics Core capacity-building activities
Krista Yuhas, MS
University of Washington

Building biostatistics capacity in sub-Saharan Africa
Rhoderick Machekano, PhD, MPH
Stellenbosch University
Participating remotely

1:00 - 2:00 PM
SESSION 2: NIH funding for statistical and computational methodology development to support HIV/AIDS research

Speakers/Discussion Leaders

Statisticians' perspective and strategy for encouraging good statistical practice and securing more funding for novel methodology development in AIDS research
Hulin Wu, PhD
University of Rochester

NIH funding for junior investigators
Misrak Gezmu, PhD
NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Approaches for obtaining funding for statistical methods research developed as part of collaborative activities
Sarah Holte, PhD
University of Washington

Funding the UCSD CFAR BIT Core
Sergei Kosakovsky Pond
University of California, San Diego

Check out the main CHRIS program agenda and poster presentations, too.