28 August – 1 September 2017, Vienna, Austria.

 

Session 1. Chair: Michal Abrahamowicz, Montreal, Canada

1. Willi Sauerbrei, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany - On behalf of the STRATOS initiative.

‘Motivation, Mission, Structure and Main Aims of the STRATOS Initiative’ PDF

2. Matthias Schmid, Department of Medical Biometry - University of Bonn - On behalf of Topic Group 2 of the STRATOS initiative.

‘Spline Regression Modeling Using R - Methods and First Results’  PDF

3. Pamela Shaw, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, US - On behalf of Topic Group 4 of the STRATOS initiative.

‘Statistical methods to Address Measurement Error in Observational Studies: Current Practice and Opportunities for Improvement’ PDF

Session 2. Chair: Willi Sauerbrei, Freiburg, Germany

4. Doug Altman, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, UK - On behalf of Topic Group 5 of the STRATOS initiative.

‘Issues in popular designs for observational studies’ PDF

5. Peggy Sekula, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Germany - On behalf of Topic Group 5 of the STRATOS initiative.

‘Prognostic studies and the need for guidance’ PDF

6. Jörg Rahnenführer, Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University, Germany - On behalf of Topic Group 9 of the STRATOS initiative.

‘Analysis of high-dimensional data: Guidance or (best) practice?’

General discussion on future challenges and possibilities to join STRATOS.