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Program is subject to change.

Day 0 (Wednesday Aug 14th 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm , 2024)



Day 1 (Thursday Aug 15th, 2024)

Time

Session

8:00 am-9:00 am Registration and Breakfast (SCIENCE 1 First Floor Hallway)
9:00 am-10:30 am Highlights of Statistician Contributions in Pharma (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Organizers: Revathi Ananthakrishnan, BMS
    Yulia Sidi, Merck
  • Chair: Yulia Sidi, Merck
  • Speakers: Oumar Sy, BMS
    Jim Rogers, Metrum Research Group
    Frank Shen, BMS
    Denise Yi, Servier
    Ruiyun Jiang, BMS
  • 10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
    10:45 am-11:15 am Opening Remarks (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Speakers: Margaret Gamalo, VP, Pfizer
    Andrew Moiseff, University of Connecticut
  • 11:15 am-12:15pm Keynote Session 1: Envisioning the Future of Healthcare - Opportunities and Challenges. (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Speaker: Amrit Ray, MD, MBA, Life Sciences Board Director
  • 12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch and Networking (Student Union Marketplace)
    1:45 pm-3:15 pm Panel on How to Join/Explore Pharma (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Organizers: Claude, Petit, Astellas
    Dacheng Liu, Boehringer Ingelheim
    Wenlin Yuan, Moderna
  • Chair: Claude Petit, Astellas
  • Speakers: Qiqi Deng, Moderna
    Claude Petit, Astellas
    Dacheng Liu, Boehringer Ingelheim
    Lei Wang, Lotus
    Steve Gilbert, Pfizer
    Thomas Zhou, CBER, FDA
    Tony Jiang, Amgen
  • 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Break
    3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Training Strategies in Academia to Prepare for Success in Pharma and Regulatory Agency (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Organizers: Donghui Yan, University Of Massachusetts
    Mingyang Shan, Lilly
  • Chair: Donghui Yan, University Of Massachusetts
    Mingyang Shan, Lilly
  • Speakers/Panelists: Sam Wu, University of Florida
    Shuangge Steven Ma, Yale University
    Daeyoung Lim, CDER/FDA
    Haitao Chu, Pfizer
    Herbert Pang, Genentech
    Shailaja Suryawanshi, BMS
    Zhaoyang Teng, Servier
  • 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Banquet: Alumni Center
    Banquet talk: Pitfalls of association analysis via a regression model.

  • Speaker: Dr. LJ Wei, Director of the Industry Partnership Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Day 2 (Friday Aug 16th, 2024)

    Time

    Session

    7:30 am-8:30 am Registration and Breakfast (SCIENCE 1 First Floor Hallway)
    8:30 am – 9:30 am Keynote Session 2: Opportunities for accelerating drug development with statistical innovation (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Speaker: Dr. Ivan Chan, BMS
  • 9:45 am – 11:15 am Statistical Innovation in Pharma (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Organizers: Charles Liu, Gilead
    Meizi Liu, Takeda
  • Chair: Charles Liu, Gilead
  • Speakers: Jianchang Lin, Takeda
    Richard Anziano, Pharmetheus
    Satrajit Roychoudhury, Pfizer
    Arinjita Bhattacharyya, Merck
  • 11:15 am – 1:30 pm Student Poster Session, BBQ Lunch Break, and Networking (Alumni Center)
    1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Programming in Pharma (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Organizer: Jeremy Hunter, Amgen
    Vineet Mathur, Regeneron
    Claude, Petit, Astellas
  • Chair: Jeremy Hunter, Amgen
  • Speakers: Jia He, BeiGene
    Michael Klingler, Regeneron
    Neha Patel, Servier
    Hong Wang, Boehringer Ingelheim
  • 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Data Science in Pharma (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Organizer: Glen Laird, Vertex
    Gaohong Dong, BeiGene
    Tianyu Bai, CDRH, FDA
  • Chair: Glen Laird, Vertex
  • Speakers: Meir Pinco, BeiGene
    Qin Li, CDRH, FDA
    Wenjie Wang, Lilly
    Nicholas Michaud, Vertex
    Jake Gagnon, Biogen
  • 4:30 pm – 4:50 pm Award Announcements and Closing Remarks (SCIENCE 1 G01)
  • Speakers: Dr. Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut, Dr. Meizi Liu, Takeda, Dr. Chenguang Wang, Regeneron