Utah Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics Workshops, August 9th to 11th, 2017

Register by June 15th for an early-bird discount of 20% off! Utah Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics Workshops Offered Jointly by University of Utah, Department of Pediatrics, Primary Childrens Hospital and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Rocky Mountain Discussion Group August 9th through 11th, 2017 Registration is open for the Sixth Annual University of Utah Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics Workshops in Salt Lake City, Utah. This three-day program will feature speakers, hands-on sessions and an opportunity to present your own work and network. Day 1 Messy Data and Model Building: Methods, Tools and Techniques for Insightful Research A great lineup of speakers will provide examples of tools and techniques to deal with messy data, including: * Dr. Joga Gobburu, Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Science, Director of the Center for Translational Medicine, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy * Dr. Tom Greene, Professor, Chief, Division of Biostatistics, Dept. Internal Medicine and Dept. Population Health Sciences, University of Utah * Dr. Anne Kirchhoff, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and as an Investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Research Program, University of Utah * Dr. Greg Snow, Sr. Statistician at Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Healthcare, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Statistics, Brigham Young University * Dr. Julia Silge, Data Scientist at Stack Overflow * Rene Enriquez, Director at University of Utah, Pediatrics Data Coordinating Center, Dept. Pediatrics, University of Utah * Dr. Fred Balch, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Utah * Dr. Catherine Sherwin, Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Utah Opportunity for registrants, students and trainees to present their own work and network at our poster and oral presentation and networking reception. Day 2 Statistical Methods - R for Pharmacometricians and Pharmacologists Workshop Leaders: Dr. Fred Balch and Dr. Xiaoxi Liu Topics to be covered include: * R Basics: The R Environment; The R-Studio Environment; R Data Objects; Data functions, Rstudio * Basic data manipulation; Basic Graphics- (Traditional graphics, lattice graphics/GGPLOT, and PKgraph); The aggregate function, ddply; Using R Functions and Scripts * Introduction to Add-in Packages Add-ins: MASS, Hmisc, ggplot,lattice, WinBugs Combining Multiple Study Results: Meta-analysis * Predictive Modeling: Why individualized medicine needs different techniques * Implementing Causal Inference with R * Dr. Andrew Redd, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah. Introduction to Add-in Packages Tidyverse and its family * Dr. Joga Gobburu, Professor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Introduction to population PK modeling Day 3 Introductory SimCYP simulator training Workshop Leaders: Dr. Catherine Sherwin, Dr. Xiaoxi Liu, Dr. Joseph Rower and Dr. Jahidur Rashid This introductory training will include tutorials and hands-on sessions. Topics to be covered include: * Introductory simulator training * Data importing and drug exposure prediction * PBPK model development: methodology and implementation * Whole-body PBPK model development Conference Location: Commanders House, Fort Douglas 1965 De Trobriand Street Building 620 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Registration: https://umarket.utah.edu/um2/pedsresearch Hotel Information: University Guest House Reservations: 801-587-1000 Toll-Free: 888-416-4075 http://www.universityguesthouse.com/University-Guest-House Registration and Further Enquiries: Registration is on a per workshop basis. The fee covers lecture materials, coffee/tea and lunch. You must register to participate. Registration is on a first come basis. For more information or questions, please contact: Amie Klein, Administrative Program Coordinator amie.klein_at_hsc.utah.edu<mailto:amie.klein_at_hsc.utah.edu> Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Primary Childrens Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Primary Childrens Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AMA Credit: Primary Children's Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Target Audience: Pediatricians, Physicians, Bioinformaticists, Biostatiticians, Physician Assistants, Nursing and Pharmacy Professionals and Pharmacology, Biomedical, and Statistical Graduate Students and other interested medical professionals. We look forward to seeing you in August! Catherine M.T. Sherwin, Ph.D., MSc., FCP Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Pharmacy Chief Division of Clinical Pharmacology Director Utah Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship Program Director Pharmacometrics, Clinical Trials Office Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine 295 Chipeta Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA Email: catherine.sherwin_at_hsc.utah.edu<mailto:catherine.sherwin_at_hsc.utah.edu> Office phone: +1 801 587-7404 Office fax: +1 801 585-9410 Administrative Assistant Beth Swanson Beth.Swanson_at_hsc.utah.edu<mailto:Beth.Swanson_at_hsc.utah.edu>