Session: From Climate Change to Cancer: How Innovative Statistical Methodology Enables State of the Art Interdisciplinary Research (Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World)

Friday, October 12, 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

606 (WSCC)

Chair:

Gina-Maria Pomann, BA, , North Carolina State University

Description: Applications of innovative statistical methodology are found throughout the scientific disciplines. The speakers will discuss their interdisciplinary work in genetics, biology, atmospheric science, and communications. They will discuss the methodology they have developed and how the problems they work on involve state of the art statistical research.

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

Impact of geography on mammography use in California
Monica Jackson, PhD , Associate Professor , American University

8:55 AM

Visualization tools for data scientists: Creating interactive graphics in SVG and geospatial displays on Google Earth
Deborah Nolan, PhD , Professor , University of California Berkeley

9:15 AM

Is the World Really Warming Up, and if so, How Could we Measure This?
Juan Restrepo, PhD , Professor , University of Arizona

9:35 AM

From Climate Change to Cancer: How Innovative Statistical Methodology Enables State of the Art Interdisciplinary Research
Timothy Thornton, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Washington

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