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DIscussion Group in Environmental Statistics (DIGES) - Spring 2005
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The
Program in Spatial
Statistics and Environmental Sciences is organizing a DIscussion Group
in Environmental Statistics (DIGES) during Spring Quarter 2005. This is a
weekly gathering open to anyone who has an interest in environmental
statistics.
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Details of the Discussion Group
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Dates:
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Wednesdays, April 6, 2005 to June 1, 2005 (inclusive)
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Time:
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11:30am-12:18pm
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Where:
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Cockins Hall, Room 212, 1958 Neil Avenue
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What:
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The DIGES topic for this quarter is
"Statistical Methods in Environmental Health," and the discussions will be
based on both presentations of important papers from the literature as
well as on informal research presentations by people who work in the
area.
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Schedule:
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Wed. 4/6: |
K. Calder |
Air Pollution, Exposure, and Health: An Overview
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Wed. 4/13: |
P. Craigmile |
Modeling Air Pollution and Mortality Time-Series
Papers*
Dominici, F., Daniels, M., Zeger, S., and Samet, J.M. (2002).
"Air Pollution and Mortality: Estimating Regional and
National Dose-Response Relationships." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 97(457),
100-111.
Dominici, F., McDermott, A., and Hastie, T. (2004). "Improved
Semi-Parametric Time Series Models of Air Pollution and
Mortality." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 99(468), 938-948.
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Wed. 4/20: |
H. Li and Y. Yao |
Disease Risk in Relation to Point Sources
Paper*
Morris, S.E. and Wakefield, J.C. (2000). "Assessment of Disease Risk
in Relation to a Pre-Specified Source." In Spatial
Epidemiology, Methods and Applications, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 153-184.
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Wed. 4/27: |
T. Santner and C. Dong |
Ozone Exposure Risk Assessment
Paper*
Carroll, R.J., Chen, R., George, E.I., Li, T.H.,
Newton, H.J., and Schmiediche, H., and Wang, N. (1997).
"Ozone Exposure and Population Density in Harris County,
Texas." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 92(438), 392-404.
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Wed. 5/4: |
W. Strauss (Battelle) |
Designing Exposure Assessment Studies
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Wed. 5/11: |
N. Cressie and J. Zhang |
Modeling Exposure and Health Data at Disparate Resolutions
Paper*
Best, N.G, Ickstadt, K., and Wolpert, R. (2000). "Spatial Poisson
Regression for Heath and Exposure Data Measured at
Disparate Resolutions." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 95(452), 1076-1088.
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Wed. 5/18: |
N. Xiao |
Geographically Masking Health Data
Paper*
Armstrong, M.P., Rushton, G., and Zimmerman, D.L. (1999).
"Geographically Masking Health Data to Preserve
Confidentiality." Statistics in Medicine, 18, 497-525.
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Wed. 5/25: |
E. Lam and Y. Kim |
Dispersion Modeling in Studies of Air Pollution Exposure
Papers*
Colvile, R. and Briggs, D.J. (2000). "Dispersion Modelling." In
Spatial Epidemiology, Methods and Applications, Oxford University Press, Oxford,375-392.
McBride, S.J. (2002). "A Marked Point Process Model for the
Source Proximity Effect in the Indoor Environment." Journal of the American Statistical Association,
97(459) 683-691.
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Wed. 6/1: |
M. Berliner | Climate Change and Health
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| * To request a copy of any of these papers, please see Terry England in
Cockins Hall 408 or send an email to sses@stat.osu.edu. |
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