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  • Friday, Aug 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CEST
    Representing and Leveraging Heterogeneity Between Data Sources in Multi-database Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies
    Location: C1M0
    Presenting Author: Rosa Gini, PhD – Agenzia Reg Della Sanit
    Author: Romin Pajouheshnia, PhD – University of Utrecht
    Author: Gillian C. Hall, PhD, FISPE – Gillian Hall Epidemiology Ltd
    Author: Robert W. Platt, PhD – McGill Dept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
    Author: Soko Setoguchi, MD, DrPH, FISPE – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Author: Susana Perez-Gutthann, MD, PhD, MPH, FISPE, FRCP – RTI Health Solutions
    Author: Corinne Willame, MPH – UMC Utrecht
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    1:30 PM - 1:45 PM CEST
    Inverse Probability Weighting or Multiple Imputation for Nonmonotone Missing Data?
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Rachael K. Ross – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Stephen Cole – UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Daniel Westreich – University of North Carolina
    Co-Author: Julie Daniels – University of North Carolina
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Stringer – University of North Carolina
    Co-Author: Jessie Edwards, PhD MSPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    1:30 PM - 1:45 PM CEST
    Using Bias Correction Methods with Hybrid Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Plus Real World (RW) Controls to Replicate Results of a Phase Iib RCT of Baricitinib for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Anita Loughlin – CorEvitas
    Co-Author: Kristin Sheffield, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Co-Author: Oksana Pugach, PhD – CorEvitas, LLC
    Co-Author: Mingyang Shan, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Co-Author: Douglas Faries, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Co-Author: Paul Lakin, MS – CorEvitas, LLC
    Co-Author: Samantha Kerti, MS – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Co-Author: Zhanglin Cui, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Co-Author: Sarah Curtis, MPH – Eli Lilly and Company
    Co-Author: Heather Litman, PhD – CorEvitas, LLC
    Co-Author: Leslie Harrold, MD, MPH – CorEvitas, LLC
    Co-Author: Joseph Johnston, MD, MSc – Eli Lilly and Company
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CEST
    A Tivoli Gardens Distillery of Applied Methods
    Location: C1M5
    Moderator: Joshua J. Gagne, PharmD, ScD, FISPE – Johnson & Johnson
    Moderator: Tania Schink – Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CEST
    Moving from Trials to Real-World Evidence, Back and Forth
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Moderator: Olaf H. Klungel, PharmD, PhD, FISPE – University of Utrecht
    Moderator: Hongbo Yuan, MD, PhD, MSc – Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM CEST
    Sampling Biases in Analyses of Prescription Durations
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Henrik Stovring, DMSc, PhD, MSc – Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
    Co-Author: Anton Pottegård, PhD, MSc – University of Southern Denmark
    Co-Author: Jesper Hallas, MD, PhD, FISPE – University of Southern Denmark
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM CEST
    Better Analysis of RCTs
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Tim Feeney – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Stephen Cole – UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:00 PM - 2:15 PM CEST
    The impact of parametric assumptions on the bias-variance tradeoff for causal analysis of time-to-event outcomes
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Andrew G. Allmon, DrPH – Target RWE
    Co-Author: Samantha Eiffert – UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
    Co-Author: Alexander S. Breskin, PhD – Target RWE
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:00 PM - 2:15 PM CEST
    Risk Ratios versus Hazard Ratios in Comparative Effectiveness Research: An Illustration Using Clinical Trial Data
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Chase D. Latour – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: I-Hsuan Su – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Megan Delgado – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Virginia Pate, MS – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Charles Poole – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Jessie Edwards, PhD MSPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD, FISPE – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Jennifer L. Lund, PhD, FISPE – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Michele Jonsson Funk, PhD, FISPE – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM CEST
    Successful Implementation of Inverse-probability-of-screening Weights to Address Differential Outcome Screening: Effects of Statin Persistence on Breast Cancer Risk in Denmark
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Sophie E. Mayer – RTI Health Solutions
    Co-Author: Jesper Hallas, MD, PhD, FISPE – University of Southern Denmark
    Co-Author: Jessie Edwards, PhD MSPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Louise Henderson – School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD, FISPE – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM CEST
    Differential Misclassification of Overdose Safety of in a Prominent Comparative Effectiveness RCT Comparing Buprenorphine and Naltrexone for Opioid Dependence
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Nabarun Dasgupta – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Ajazi – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Todd Schwartz – University of North Carolina
    Co-Author: Stephen Marshall – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CEST
    Analytic Methods for Elucidating Continuous Dose-response Associations in the Presence of Spike-effects: Avoiding the Illusion of a Safe Dose
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Andrew Wiese, MPH, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Andrew Spieker – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Carlos Grijalva, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Margaret adgent, MSPH, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Sarah S. Osmundson, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Amelie Pham, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Sharon Phillips, MSPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Ed Mitchel, Jr., M.S. – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CEST
    Predicting Treatment Effects of a New Drug in a Target Population Based on Randomized Controlled Trial Results
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: HoJin Shin – Harvard School of Public Health
    Co-Author: Shirley V. Wang, PhD, FISPE – Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital
    Co-Author: Dae Kim – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Co-Author: Mufaddal Mahesri – Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Lily G. Bessette – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Joshua J. Gagne, PharmD, ScD, FISPE – Johnson & Johnson
    Co-Author: Sebastian Schneeweiss, ScD, MD, FISPE – BWH Div of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
    Co-Author: Mehdi Najafzadeh – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:45 PM - 3:00 PM CEST
    Antidepressant Drug-Drug-Drug Interactions and Unintentional Traumatic Injury: Pharmacoepidemiologic Screening to Detect Three-Way Drug Interaction Signals
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Charles E. Leonard, FISPE – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Cheng Chen, PhD – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Sean Hennessy, Pharm. D., Ph.D. – Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Colleen Brensinger, MS – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Emily Acton – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Warren Bilker – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Todd Miano, PharmD, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Thanh Phuong Pham Nguyen, PharmD, MBA, MSCE – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    2:45 PM - 3:00 PM CEST
    How Choosing the Risk Ratio or the Risk Difference Changes Sufficient Adjustment Sets for External Validity
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Michael Andrew Webster-Clark, PharmD, PhD – McGill University, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health
    Co-Author: Alexander Keil – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CEST
    Advanced Methods for Covariate Balancing: Going Beyond Propensity Score Matching and Weighting Using Optimization Techniques
    Location: C1M0
    Presenting Author: Stephen S. Johnston, PhD – Johnson & Johnson
    Author: Pranjal Tewari, BE – Mu Sigma
    Author: Paul M. Coplan, MBA, ScD, FISPE – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:15 PM - 5:30 PM CEST
    Using Active Comparators in Self-controlled Case Series: An Application to Two Studies in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Anna Schultze – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: Jeremy Brown, MSc – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: John Logie, PhD – GlaxoSmithKline R&D
    Co-Author: Marianne Cunnington, PhD – Epidemiology, Value Evidence & Outcomes, R&D, GlaxoSmithKline
    Co-Author: Stephen Evans, MSc – Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: Ian Douglas, PhD – Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
    Co-Author: Nicholas Galwey – Research Statistics, GSK, Stevenage, UK
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:15 PM - 5:30 PM CEST
    Influence of Incomplete Death Information on Cumulative Risk Estimates in United States Claims Data
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Julie Barberio – Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
    Co-Author: Timothy Lash – Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    Co-Author: Ashley Niami – Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    Co-Author: Rachel Patzer – Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    Co-Author: Christopher Kim, PhD – Center for Observational Research, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
    Co-Author: M. Alan Brookhart, PhD – Duke University
    Co-Author: David Gilbertson – Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, MN
    Co-Author: Brian Bradbury – Center for Observational Research, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
    Co-Author: Carrie Nielson – Center for Observational Research, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:15 PM - 6:45 PM CEST
    Methods - Comparators, Controls, and Unmeasured Confounding
    Location: C1M5
    Moderator: Stephen S. Johnston, PhD – Johnson & Johnson
    Moderator: Mette Norgaard, MD, PhD – Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:15 PM - 6:45 PM CEST
    Pharmacoepidemiologic Methods and SARS-CoV-2
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Moderator: Alicia W. Gilsenan, PhD, RPh, FISPE – RTI Health Solutions
    Moderator: Vincent Lo Re, III, MD, MSCE, FISPE – UPenn Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research & Training
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:30 PM - 5:45 PM CEST
    Negative Control Outcomes to Assess the Comparability of Biologics versus Small-molecule Therapeutics for Osteoporosis: Considerations for Differential Non-adherence
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Lydia Feinstein, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Alexander S. Breskin, PhD – Target RWE
    Co-Author: Peter S. Samai – NoviSci
    Co-Author: M. Alan Brookhart, PhD – Duke University
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:30 PM - 5:45 PM CEST
    Estimating Real-world Outcomes Under a Rapidly Evolving Treatment Paradigm: Dexamethasone and Inpatient Mortality Among US Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth M. Garry, MPH, PhD – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Imaani Easthausen – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Sarah Vititoe, MPH – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Andrew Weckstein – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Aloka Chakravarty, PhD, MStat – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Tamar Lasky, PhD – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Marie C. Bradley, PhD – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Silvia Perez-Vilar, PhD – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Donna R. Rivera, PharmD, MSc, FISPE – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Kenneth Quinto, MD, MPH – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Di Zhang, PhD – US Food and Drug Addministration
    Co-Author: Yueqin Zhao, PhD – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Anil Rajpal, MD, MPH – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Aidan Baglivo, BS – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Jeremy A. Rassen, DSc, FISPE – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Sandy Leonard, MPH – HealthVerity
    Co-Author: Nicolle Gatto, PhD, FISPE – Aetion, Inc.
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:45 PM - 6:00 PM CEST
    Evaluation of Methods for Unmeasured Confounding Control in Pharmacoepidemiology Using Healthcare Databases: An Empirical Study Concerning Drugs Inducing Prematurity
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Chi Hong Duong, PhD – INSERM
    Co-Author: Romain DEMAILLY – High-Dimensional Biostatistics for Drug Safety and Genomics, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, 94807, Villejuif, France
    Co-Author: Sylvie Escolano – High-Dimensional Biostatistics for Drug Safety and Genomics, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, 94807, Villejuif, France
    Co-Author: Anne Thiébaut – High-Dimensional Biostatistics for Drug Safety and Genomics, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, 94807, Villejuif, France
    Co-Author: Pascale Tubert-Bitter – High-Dimensional Biostatistics for Drug Safety and Genomics, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, 94807, Villejuif, France
    Co-Author: Ismaïl Ahmed – High-Dimensional Biostatistics for Drug Safety and Genomics, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, 94807, Villejuif, France
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    5:45 PM - 6:00 PM CEST
    Adjusting for Calendar Time in Analyses of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness: A Simulation Study
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Lars Christian Lund
    Co-Author: Jesper Hallas, MD, PhD, FISPE – University of Southern Denmark
    Co-Author: Henrik Stovring, DMSc, PhD, MSc – Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    6:00 PM - 6:15 PM CEST
    Alternative Analytic and Matching Approaches for the Prevalent New-user Design: A Simulation Study
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Michael Andrew Webster-Clark, PharmD, PhD – McGill University, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health
    Co-Author: Panagiotis Mavros – Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC
    Co-Author: Elizabeth M. Garry, MPH, PhD – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD, FISPE – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Jessica C. Young, PhD, MSPH – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH, FISPE – Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    6:00 PM - 6:15 PM CEST
    Evaluating the Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Repurposed Drugs for COVID-19
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Eng Hooi (Cheryl) Tan, PhD – Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences,University of Oxford
    Co-Author: Dalia Dawoud – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London, UK
    Co-Author: Faaizah Arshad – Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics, New York, NY, USA
    Co-Author: Jennifer Lane – Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford
    Co-Author: James Weaver, MS – Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Co-Author: Talita Duarte-Salles – IDIAPJGol, Barcelona, Spain
    Co-Author: Scott DuVall – VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    Co-Author: Thomas Falconer – Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Co-Author: Kristin Kostka – Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford
    Co-Author: Kristine Lynch – VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    Co-Author: Michael Matheny – VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System VA, Nashville, TN, USA
    Co-Author: Christian Reich – IQVIA, Cambridge, MA, USA
    Co-Author: Peter Rijnbeek – Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Co-Author: George Hripcsak – Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Co-Author: Martijn Schuemie – Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics, New York, NY, USA
    Co-Author: Patrick Ryan, BSCE – Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics, New York, NY, USA
    Co-Author: Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, MD, MSc, PhD, FISPE – CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford
    Co-Author: Marc Suchard – Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics, New York, NY, USA
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    6:15 PM - 6:30 PM CEST
    Proton Pump Inhibitors and Myocardial Infarction: An Application of Active Comparators in a Self-controlled Case Series
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Angel Wong – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: Celine SL Chui – School of Nursing, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Co-Author: Ka Shing Cheung – Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
    Co-Author: Jeremy Brown, MSc – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: Ian Douglas, PhD – Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
    Co-Author: Ian Wong – Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Co-Author: Esther W Chan – Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    6:15 PM - 6:30 PM CEST
    Adjusting for Data Observation Delay in near Real-time Safety Surveillance of COVID-19 Vaccines Using Administrative Claims Databases
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Yoganand Chillarige, MPA – Acumen LLC
    Co-Author: Mao Hu – Acumen, LLC
    Co-Author: Yuhui Feng – Acumen LLc
    Co-Author: Xiangyu Shi – Acumen LLC
    Co-Author: Cindy Zhou, PhD – Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Hui Lee Wong, PhD – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Yixin Jiao – Acumen, LLC
    Co-Author: Patricia C. Lloyd – US Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Kandace Amend – Optum
    Co-Author: Daniel C. Beachler, PhD – HealthCore, Inc.
    Co-Author: Alex Secora, PhD – IQVIA Government Solutions Inc.
    Co-Author: Anne Marie Kline – CVS Health
    Co-Author: Tainya C. Clarke, PhD, MPH, MSc – DHHS/FDA
    Co-Author: Rachel Ogilvie – Optum Epidemiology
    Co-Author: Christian Reich – IQVIA, Cambridge, MA, USA
    Co-Author: Cheryl N McMahill-Walraven, PhD – CVS Health Clinical Trial Services
    Co-Author: John D. Seeger, PharmD, FISPE – Optum Epidemiology
    Co-Author: Steven Anderson, PhD, MPP – Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Azadeh Shoaibi, PhD – US Food and Drug Administration
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    6:30 PM - 6:45 PM CEST
    Advantages of Splitting Switchers and New Users in the Prevalent New User Design
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Jessica C. Young, PhD, MSPH – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Michael Andrew Webster-Clark, PharmD, PhD – McGill University, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health
    Co-Author: Panagiotis Mavros – Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC
    Co-Author: Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD, FISPE – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Elizabeth M. Garry, MPH, PhD – Aetion, Inc
    Co-Author: Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH, FISPE – Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Friday, Aug 26th
    6:30 PM - 6:45 PM CEST
    Near Real Time Safety Surveillance of COVID-19 Vaccines in the UK
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Katherine Donegan, PhD – Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (UK)
    Co-Author: Jemma Walker – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: Nick Andrews – UK Health Security Agency
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    8:00 AM - 8:15 AM CEST
    One Design to Rule Them All: The Clone-Censor-Weight Design as a General Framework for Epidemiologic Studies
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Alexander S. Breskin, PhD – Target RWE
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CEST
    Methods for Generating RWE Through Emulation of Target Trials
    Location: C1M5
    Moderator: Chintan Dave, Pharm.D., PhD – Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science
    Moderator: Elizabeth M. Garry, MPH, PhD – Aetion, Inc
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    8:15 AM - 8:30 AM CEST
    Effect of Different Durations of Treatment with Antihypertensive Drugs with Anticholinergic Effects on the Risk of Dementia: A Target Trial Emulation Study
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Jaume Aguado, PhD – RTI Health Solutions
    Co-Author: Lia Gutierrez, MPH, BScN – RTI Health Solutions
    Co-Author: Kenneth Rothman – RTI Health Solutions
    Co-Author: Xabier Garcia de Albeniz – RTI Health Solutions
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    8:30 AM - 8:45 AM CEST
    Evaluation Metrics for Data-driven Propensity Score Estimation: A Simulation Study
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Yuchen Guo – CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford
    Co-Author: Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, MD, MSc, PhD, FISPE – CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford
    Co-Author: Victoria Y. Strauss – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Co-Author: Sara Khalid – CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM CEST
    Emulating a Sequence of Target Trials to Avoid Immortal Time Bias in Pregnancy Studies — an Application to Antibiotic Initiation and Preterm Delivery
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Ellen Caniglia – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Rebecca Zash – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Co-Author: Christina Fennell – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Co-Author: Modiegi Diseko – Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
    Co-Author: Gloria Mayondi – Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
    Co-Author: Jonathan Heintz – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Mompati Mmalane – Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
    Co-Author: Joseph Makhema, F.R.C.P – Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
    Co-Author: Shahin Lockman – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Co-Author: Sunni L. Mumford – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Eleanor Murray – Boston University School of Public Health
    Co-Author: Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, MD, MPH, FISPE – Harvard School of Public Health
    Co-Author: Roger Shapiro – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM CEST
    Comparing the Effects of Neoadjuvant versus Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II-III, Triple-negative Breast Cancer: Illustration of Trial Emulation Using the Clone-Censor-Weight Method
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: I-Hsuan Su – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Charles Gaber, PhD, MPH – University of Illinois-Chicago
    Co-Author: Stephanie Downs-Canner, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Emilie D. Duchesneau – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Co-Author: Jennifer L. Lund, PhD, FISPE – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM CEST
    Emulating Stratified Randomized Trials by Propensity Score Methods
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Phyo T. Htoo – Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Robert Glynn, PhD, ScD – Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Co-Author: Shirley V. Wang, PhD, FISPE – Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital
    Co-Author: Julie M. Paik, MD, ScD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Sebastian Schneeweiss, ScD, MD, FISPE – BWH Div of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
    Co-Author: Elisabetta Patorno – Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    1:00 PM - 1:15 PM CEST
    Comparative Evaluation of Automated Approaches for Confounder Selection in Ultra High-dimensional Data with Rare Outcomes
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Richard Wyss, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Mark van der Laan – University of California, Berkeley
    Co-Author: Susan Gruber – Putnam Data Sciences
    Co-Author: Xu Shi – University of Michigan
    Co-Author: Hana Lee – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Sarah Dutcher, PhD, MS – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Co-Author: Darren Toh, DSc, FISPE – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Co-Author: Jennifer Nelson – Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
    Co-Author: Shirley V. Wang, PhD, FISPE – Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital
    Co-Author: Joshua Lin, MD
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CEST
    Methods: Machines Making Predictions
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Moderator: John D. Seeger, PharmD, FISPE – Optum Epidemiology
    Moderator: Mackenzie M. Herzog, PhD, MPH – IQVIA
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    1:15 PM - 1:30 PM CEST
    Fracture Risk Estimation in Post-menopausal Women: A Comparison of Machine Learning Methods and Software Systems
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: David Pritchard – Target RWE
    Co-Author: Matthew Phelan – NoviSci, LLC
    Co-Author: M. Alan Brookhart, PhD – Duke University
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    1:30 PM - 1:45 PM CEST
    A New Artificial Intelligence Guided Method for Identifying Add-on and Switch in Secondary Data Sources: A Case Study on Antiseizure Medications in Danish Registries
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Maurizio Sessa, PhD – University of Copenhagen
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM CEST
    Claims-based Model to Predict Obesity in Older Patients
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Karine Suissa – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Zhigang Lu – Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
    Co-Author: Lily G. Bessette – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Cassandra York – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Co-Author: Richard Wyss, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Joshua Lin, MD
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    2:00 PM - 2:15 PM CEST
    Development of a Multivariate Prediction Model to Identify Possible Signal Triggering Reports from Spontaneous Individual Case Safety Reports
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Florence van Hunsel – Netherlands Pharmavigilance Centre Lareb
    Co-Author: Helen Gosselt – Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
    Co-Author: Liza Bazelmans – Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
    Co-Author: Thomas Lieber – Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
    Co-Author: Linda Harmark – Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM CEST
    Predicting Wilson Disease Progression Using Machine Learning with Real-world Electronic Health Records
    Location: Congress Hall D4
    Presenting Author: Caihua Liang, MD, PhD – Pfizer Inc
    Co-Author: Scott P. Kelly, PhD – Pfizer Inc
    Co-Author: Rongjun Shen – Pfizer, Global Medical Epidemiology
    Co-Author: Ling Li – Pfizer, Global Medical Epidemiology
    Co-Author: Kasia Lobello – Pfizer, Global Product Development
    Co-Author: Steven Arkin, M.D. – Pfizer, Worldwide Research and Development
    Co-Author: Kui Huang, PhD – Pfizer Inc
    Co-Author: Xiaofeng Zhou, PhD – Pfizer Inc
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    4:15 PM - 5:45 PM CEST
    Late Breakers (oral presentations)
    Location: C1M2
    Moderator: Reimar W. Thomsen, MD, PhD – Aarhus University
    Moderator: Noelle M. Cocoros, DSc – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    4:15 PM - 5:45 PM CEST
    HARmonized Protocol to Enhance Reproducibility (HARPER): An ISPE-ISPOR Joint Task Force of the RWE Initiative
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Shirley V. Wang, PhD, FISPE – Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital
    Speaker: Donna R. Rivera, PharmD, MSc, FISPE – US Food and Drug Administration
    Speaker: William Crown – Brandeis University
    Speaker: Xavier Kurz, MD – European Medicines Agency
    Speaker: Wim Goettsch, PhD – Utrecht University
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Saturday, Aug 27th
    4:15 PM - 5:45 PM CEST
    Real-World Evidence Studies in the post-COVID-19 Era: Methodological Considerations for Pandemic Related Disruptions
    Location: C1M1
    Presenting Author: Anne Mobley Butler, PhD – Washington University School of Medicine
    Author: Mehmet Burcu, PhD, MS – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Author: Helga Gardarsdottir, PhD, FISPE – University of Utrecht
    Author: G. Caleb Alexander, MD – JHSPH Center for Drug Safety & Effectiveness
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CEST
    Methods: Validation
    Location: Congress Hall D5
    Moderator: Sangmi Kim – Eli Lilly & Company
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM CEST
    Evaluation of Mortality Data Sources Compared to the National Death Index in the Healthcore Integrated Research Database
    Location: Congress Hall D5
    Presenting Author: Aziza Jamal-allial, PhD, MS – HealthCore, Inc.
    Co-Author: Todd Sponholtz – HealthCore, Inc.
    Co-Author: Shiva K Vojjala – HealthCore Inc.,
    Co-Author: Anahit Papazian – HealthCore, Inc.
    Co-Author: Biruk Eshete – HealthCore inc.
    Co-Author: Patrice Verpillat, MPH, MD, PhD – Merck KGaA
    Co-Author: Daniel C. Beachler, PhD – HealthCore, Inc.
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM CEST
    Adaptability of High Dimensional Propensity Score Procedure in the Transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in the US Healthcare System
    Location: Congress Hall D5
    Presenting Author: Amir Sarayani, PharmD, MPH, PhD – University of Florida Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
    Co-Author: Joshua Brown, PharmD, PhD – Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety, Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL USA
    Co-Author: Christian Hampp, PhD, FISPE – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
    Co-Author: William T. Donahoo, MD – 4. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, College of Medicine, University of Florida
    Co-Author: Almut Winterstein, PhD, FISPE – University of Florida
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM CEST
    Reproducibly Estimating Drug Exposure from Free-text Prescriptions
    Location: Congress Hall D5
    Presenting Author: William G. Dixon – The University of Manchester
    Co-Author: Belay Yimer, PhD – The University of Manchester
    Co-Author: David Selby – Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    Co-Author: Meghna Jani, MBCHB, PhD, MRCP, MSc – Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis
    Co-Author: Mark Lunt – Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    Co-Author: Goran Nenadic – Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    9:30 AM - 9:45 AM CEST
    A Bootstrap Approach for Validating Groups Identified by Latent Class Growth Models
    Location: Congress Hall D5
    Presenting Author: Marc Simard – Laval University
    Co-Author: Miceline MESIDOR – Université Laval
    Co-Author: Caroline Sirois – Laval University
    Co-Author: Denis Talbot – Laval University
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    9:45 AM - 10:00 AM CEST
    Can Administrative Claims Data Be Used to Determine Pre-treatment HbA1c Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes?
    Location: Congress Hall D5
    Presenting Author: Jenna Wong, MSc, PhD – Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Co-Author: Xiaojuan Li, PhD – Harvard Medical School Department of Population Medicine
    Co-Author: David Arterburn, MD, MPH – Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
    Co-Author: Dongdong Li, PhD – Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Messenger-Jones, MSPH – Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Co-Author: Rui Wang, PhD – Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Co-Author: Darren Toh, DSc, FISPE – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CEST
    Shaping the Future of Pharmacoepidemiology
    Location: C1M5
    Presenting Author: Vicki Osborne, PhD – Jazz Pharmaceuticals
    Author: Deborah Layton, PhD, FISPE – PEPI Consultancy Limited
    Author: Amie Goodin, PhD, MPP – University of Florida
    Author: Almut Winterstein, PhD, FISPE – University of Florida
    Author: Andrew Bate – GSK
    Author: Catherine Cohet, PhD – European Medicines Agency
    Author: Xavier Kurz, MD – European Medicines Agency
    Author: Lisa G. Pont, PhD, FISPE – University of Technology Sydney
    Author: David Moeny, MPH – US Food and Drug Administration
    Author: Olaf H. Klungel, PharmD, PhD, FISPE – University of Utrecht
    Author: Simone P. Pinheiro, MSc, ScD – AbbVie
    Author: John D. Seeger, PharmD, FISPE – Optum Epidemiology
    Author: K. Arnold Chan, MD, ScD, FISPE – National Taiwan University
    Author: Stanley Edlavitch, PhD, MA – University of Missouri–Kansas City
    Author: Hugh Tilson – FISPE
    Author: Joshua Brown, PharmD, PhD – Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety, Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL USA
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CEST
    What Do Real World Data Validation Best Practices Look Like? Operationalizing Guidance for Real-world Studies Intended for Decision-making
    Location: Congress Hall D2
    Presenting Author: Ulka Campbell – Aetion, Inc
    Author: Sangmi Kim – Eli Lilly & Company
    Author: Darren Toh, DSc, FISPE – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
    Author: Seamus Kent – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    Author: Jeffrey Brown, PhD – TriNetX
    Author: Carla V. Rodriguez-Watson – Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Sunday, Aug 28th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CEST
    Emulation Differences versus Bias: Implications of Large-scale Emulation of Randomized Clinical Trials Using Clinical Practice Data (RCT-DUPLICATE)
    Location: C1M0
    Presenting Author: Shirley V. Wang, PhD, FISPE – Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital
    Author: Sebastian Schneeweiss, ScD, MD, FISPE – BWH Div of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
    Author: Xavier Kurz, MD – European Medicines Agency
    Author: Hans-Georg Eichler – Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions Medical University of Vienna
    Author: Melvin Olson – Novartis
    Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology