Paula Williamson

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1. SAM Conference 2017 Welcome
2. Merseyside
3. Liverpool - Attractions • Liverpool has world-class tourist attractions, with more museums & galleries anywhere outside of London. • Liverpool is designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. • Opened in 2011, the Museum of Liverpool (left) is the UK’s first museum dedicated to the history of a city.
4. Liverpool - Sport • 3 historic football clubs – Everton, Liverpool & Tranmere Rovers (Birkenhead). • 3 Royal Links courses which have hosted endless Open Championships & Ryder Cups. • 2 Racecourses – Aintree & Haydock, home of the Grand National
5. Liverpool - Music • Recently designated a UNESCO City of Music • The Fab Four (the Beatles) are Liverpool’s most famous offspring • Home to one of the finest orchestras in the country - the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Liverpool - Culture • European City of Culture (2008) • World Capital of Pop (Guinness Book of Records) • Home of Liverpool’s “three graces” – the Liver, the Cunard and the Port of Liverpool buildings • Home of scouse – a type of stew, & The Superlambana (right)
7. University of Liverpool • Founding member of the Russell Group • 10 Nobel Prize winners in its alumni • World’s first university to establish departments in oceanography, civic design, architecture & biochemisty • In 2006 became the first university in the UK to establish an independent university in China
8. University of Liverpool • Over 22,000 students • Over 400 undergraduate & postgraduate courses • UK leader in widening participation • 81% of research rated world leading or internationally excellent
9. Department of Biostatistics Clinical Trials & Methodology Research Multivariate statistical modelling Meta-analysis Pharmacogenetics Statistical genetics Stereology Joint Modelling
10. SAM Conference • Joint modelling of longitudinal and time-to-event data • Multivariate longitudinal data and survival • Multistate models & competing risks • Risk prediction • Causal analysis • Novel approaches to modelling longitudinal/survival data • Recurrent events • Multivariate survival and prediction
11. Useful information • Catering • Toilets • Conference dinner • Emergency exits
12. To do…! • Get tweeting - #SAM2017 • Vote for best poster (deadline – final coffee break) • Vote for best presentation (deadline – end of conference) • Complete feedback forms (deadline – end of conference)
13. Let the conference begin! @SAM2017conf