Where U.S. adults reported receiving the annual influenza vaccine: A BRFSS analysis - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – November 13, 2018 Patrick Maloney, PhD Epidemiology student presented his research findings, “Where U.S. adults reported receiving the annual influenza vaccine: A BRFSS analysis”, at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in San Diego November 10-14. Despite significant morbidity and mortality, the rates of annual influenza vaccination remain far below […]
LSU: Hybrid Phase I-II/III Clinical Trial Design Allowing Dose Re-Optimization in Phase III - Public Health
This paper according to Dr. Andrew G. Chapple, of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, proposes a new design paradigm, motivated by the possibility that the optimal phase I‐II dose may not maximize mean survival time with A. Dr. Chapple and Dr. Thall propose a hybridized design, which they call phase […]
Insulin Resistance in Persons Living with HIV (PLWH); Prevalence and Impact of Alcohol Use on Risk - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – November 2, 2018 Dr. Tekeda Ferguson received an award from the Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) which is from the Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to present her latest research on Insulin Resistance in Persons […]
Regularized Multiple Mediation Analysis for Big Data Set With an Application to Explore Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Survival - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – November 4, 2018 Dr. Qingzhao Yu presented her recent research on Regularized Multiple Mediation Analysis for Big Data Set With an Application to Explore Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Survival at the 11th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved held in […]