Contemporary Biostatistics with Biopharmaceutical Applications

Part I Biostatistical Methodology.- Dimension Reduction in High Dimensional Multivariate Time Series Analysis.- Multi-Panel Kendall Plot Applied to Measuring Dependence.- Flexible Optimal Design Strategies.- A Multivariate Spatial Modelling Approach with Nonparametric Cross-covariogram.- A Deterministic Global Optimization Method for Variational Inference.- Part II Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics.- Subgroup identification with latent Dirichlet allocation.- Dictionary learning based genotype imputation to improve power for association testing.- Integrating Transcriptional Time Lag Information into Gene Regulatory Network Construction.- Optimal experimental designs for fMRI when the model matrix is uncertain.- On Exact and Approximate Distributions of K-homopolymer for iid and Markov Dependent DNA Sequences.- Part III Regulatory Statistics.- Utilizing Seamless Adaptive Designs for NASH Clinical Trials.- A Bayesian Non-inferiority Design with Companion Constancy Test in Active Controlled Trials.- A Study Design for Utilizing External Data to Augment the Control in a Randomized Controlled Trial.- Some thoughts in designing a Bayesian study: From a statistical reviewer's perspective.- On Weighted Performance Goals in Medical Device Single-Arm Clinical Studies.- Part IV Biopharmaceutical Research and Applications.-Current Status Data in the Presence of a Terminal Event.- Seamless Phase 2/3 Study Design with an Oncology Example.- A Bayesian meta-analysis method for estimating risk difference of rare events.- Comparison of multi-arm multi-stage design and adaptive randomization in platform clinical trials.- A Calibrated Power Prior Approach to Borrow Information from Historical Data with Application.- A Gatekeeping Test in a Group Sequential Design with Multiple Interim Looks.- Application of Bayesian Methods in Oncology Dose Escalation Studies with Late Onset Toxicity.- Bayesian hierarchical model estimation and comparison of immunogenicity assay cut-points.-Inference for Two-Stage Dynamic Treatment Regimes in the Presence of Drop.- Comparison of different approaches for dynamic prediction of survival using longitudinal data.- Update on progress of ASA Biopharm Safety Monitoring Working Group.- Options for implementing pattern-mixture-based sensitivity analyses.