1. Student Conference Awards
ISCB Sub-Committee
Student Conference Awards
Terms of Reference, Membership and Report
ISCB38 Vigo 2017: AGM Wed 12 Jul

2. StCA: Terms of Reference and Membership
Information
Terms of Reference
Members
Student Conference Awards googlegroups.com
Student conference awards are available for registered postgraduate students to attend the annual conference and present a paper.
The Sub-committee shall receive submissions, judge them, and administer the awards.
The rules and procedures are announced in a timely issue of the Newsletter and on the ISCB annual conference webpage.
The Sub-committee takes actions for making the annual conferences a stimulating place with good networking opportunities for all young researchers (Informal Young Researcher Get Together, Student’s Day).
Chair:
1. Nadine Binder (G)
Secretary:
2. Katherine Lee (AU)
Members:
3. Carl-Fredrik Burman (SE)
4. Richard Cook (CA)
5. Thomas Jaki (UK)
6. Ulrich Mansmann (G)
7. Chris Metcalfe (UK)
8. Hein Putter (NL)
9. Dimitris Rizopoulos (NL)
10. Jeremy Taylor (USA)

3. StCA: Report
We received 23 StCA applications: 4 applicants came from the United Kingdom; 3 applicants came from Germany, Spain, and USA; 2 applicants came from Australia and Canada; 1 applicant came from Austria, Italy, Japan, Slovenia, The Netherlands, and Vietnam.
Thanks to all members of the SC for judging the applications and for giving good care and deliberation in the decision process. Thanks also to the President.
The SC selected four students after a double-blind review of the submitted abstracts and summary papers from each applicant:
Name
Country
University
Topic
Session
Sam
Brilleman
Australia
Monash
Bayesian joint models for multiple longitudinal biomarkers and a time-to-event outcome: software development and a melanoma case study
OC40
David Cheng
USA
Harvard
Efficient and Robust Semi-Supervised Estimation of Treatment Effects in Electronic Medical Records Data
OC34
Krithika Suresh
Michigan
Comparison of joint modeling and landmarking for dynamic prediction under an illness-death model
OC32
Lan Wen UK
Cambridge
Methods for handling longitudinal outcomes truncated by dropout and death
OC2

4. StCA: Report Further SC actions for students:
- Students’ Gathering: Sunday, 9 July
To meet peers beforehand the conference.
Thanks to the LOC for organisation
- Students’ Day: Thursday, 13 July
To stimulate discussion on how to be a good researcher and how to shape a biostatistical career.
Three experienced speaker presentations, 10 oral student contributions, and a moderated round on open questions.
Thanks to the Students Day organising group.