Seminars/Consulting Workshops as part of the
Computational Biology and Biostatistics Summer Research Program Summer 2003

June 16, 2003: David DeMets, Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, UW-Madison. "The role of the statistician in science."

June 17, 2003: DeJuran Richardson, Associate Professor, Lake Forest College. "Biostatistics and the recruitment and retention of under-represented minorities in clinical trials."

June 19, 2003: Philip Farrell, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health. "Genetic screening for cystic fibrosis."

June 23, 2003: Linda Oakley, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UW-Madison. "Measurement of modifiable dimensions of depression coping in primary care patients."

June 27, 2003: James Crow, Professor Emeritus, Department of Genetics, UW-Madison. "Use of DNA in crime investigation."

June 30, 2003: Alan Attie, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, UW-Madison. "Genetics and genomics of obesity and diabetes."

July 1, 2003: Lynn Van Ummersen, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Medical Oncology), UW-Madison. "Introduction to Clinical Trials."

July 7, 2003: Maureen Smith, Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, UW-Madison. "Hot Topics in Population Health."

July 8, 2003: Beth Meyerand, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Physics, UW-Madison. "Functional magnetic resonance imaging".

July 10, 2003: Norman Fost, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UW-Madison. "Ethical Issues in Clinical Research: The African AZT Trials."