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• 2021 WNAR - Virtual meeting

  • Start
    13 Jun 2021
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  • End
    16 Jun 2021
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  2021 WNAR/IMS/JR Annual Meeting

  VIRTUAL 

  
  

  
  

  Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 WNAR meeting will be held virtually.  

  
  

  WNAR plans to schedule the 2023 meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.  

  
  

  
  

  Scientific Program
  

  Short Courses

  Invited Oral Sessions

  Contributed Oral Sessions

  Student Paper Sessions

  Poster Session

  
  

  Social Program

  Welcome Reception

  Presidential Invited Address 

  Rachel Fewster, Professor at The University of Auckland, will giving the Presidential address “How to count the things you didn't see: the magic and mystery of estimating population size”. Tuesday June 15, 2021, 3:45-5:05pm Pacific.  

  New Investigators Lunch

  Awards

  
  

  Short Course information

  
  

  Short Course I (full day) - An introduction to Deep learning with Biometric and Environmental Applications 

  Thursday all day, 6/10, 8am -5pm  PST, 2021 

  Instructors: Jarrett Barber, Ph.D., Toby Hocking, Ph.D., Katharyn Duffy, Ph.D.  Cancelled due to family conflict

  
  

  Short Course II (half day) - Master Protocols: Tackling Complex Diseases (and COVID-19!) with Bayesian Adaptive Platform Trials 

  Friday morning, 6/11 8am-12pm PST, 2021

  Description here.

  Instructors: Ben Saville, Ph.D., Anna McGlothlin, Ph.D., Christina Saunders, Ph.D.

  
  

  Short Course III (half day) - RMST-based survival analysis methods for non-proportional hazards

  Friday afternoon, 6/11 1pm-5pm PST, 2021

  Instructor: Lu Tian, Ph.D.

  
  

  

  Fees

  
  

  Registration

  $50 - members of WNAR, IBS other region, IMS

  Free - student members

  $150 - non-members (cost of registration + WNAR membership) 

  
  

  Short courses

  $100 full day & $50 half day - members

  $40 full day & $20 half day- student members

  $150 full day & $100 half day- non-members 

  

  Abstract Submission

  
  

  Abstract submission for contributed and poster session is now open here through the same submission form.

  

  Student Paper Competition

  
  

  WNAR holds a student paper competition each year in conjunction with its annual conference. Winners of the Outstanding Paper Award (one each in written and oral categories) receive a certificate of recognition and a $500 cash prize.

  
  

  All eligible entrants for both the 2021 and 2020 competition, receive free conference registration AND free registration for one of the short courses offered as part of this conference. Additional short course registrations will be invoiced separately.

  
  

  Important Dates

  April 19^th, 2021 – Abstract submission deadline

  May 14^th, 2021 – Paper submission deadline

  June 13^th – 16^th, 2021 – On-line oral presentations as part of the WNAR virtual meeting 

  
  

  Abstract Submission Guidelines

  Abstracts should be submitted via email to the Student Paper Competition Committee Chair Laura Saba (wnar2021.student.comp@gmail.com). The abstract should follow the guidelines below:

  • Information for the corresponding author (i.e., the student information), which includes first and last name, email, affiliation, and current degree program.
  • Title of the abstract
  • Authors and Affiliations
  • Abstract body (maximum of 1200 characters)

  
  

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