[Forum SIS] BAYES2014

[Angela Montanari]

Caro colleghi,
ricevo e volentieri inoltro.
Angela Montanari

Dear all,
Apologies for cross posting --- but may I advertise the following conference?


Bayes Pharma 2014
The workshop BAYES2014<http://www.bayes-pharma.org/> will be held at University College London<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/> UK,  + +June 11-13, 2014.

Until recently the practical implementation of Bayesian thinking into pharmaceutical research has been slow due to either important computational challenge, lack of Bayesian education in the bio-statistical community or reluctance of regulatory authorities on the usefulness of the approach. However, recent developments within the preclinical setting and in the Model Based Drug Development paradigm indicate the rising interest and added value of Bayesian applications.

The objective of the workshop is multi-fold: The presentation of some applied case studies in the clinical, non-clinical and CMC setting should learn the participants in a first step about some success stories of the Bayesian thinking. This should propagate the Bayesian thinking and practices within the pharmaceutical industry. But more importantly, it emphasizes the advantages of Bayesian modelling for science and business as well as to offer opportunities for statisticians for reorientation within the changing environment of the (bio)pharmaceutical world.

There will be 3 invited sessions:

  1.  Bayesian Methods in Clinical Trials: Priors from Historical Data (speakers: Beat Neuenschwander, David Dejardin, Emmanuel Lesaffre)
  2.  Advanced Bayesian modelling: Structural Equation Models (speaker: Peter Congdon)
  3.  Bayesian methods for exploratory and epidemiological analysis: Health economic evaluation (speakers: Chris Jackson, Richard Nixon, Gianluca Baio).

In addition, there will be several contributed sessions. The social event includes a tour to Bayes' tomb in East London on a double-decker bus ;-)

All details at http://www.bayes-pharma.org/



Gianluca Baio


Prof. Angela Montanari
Professor of Statistics
Department of Statistical Sciences
University of Bologna
Via Belle Arti 41
40126 Bologna
tel:+390512098255