May 2025 Workshop
May 28 2025, 01:00 PM - May 30 2025, 05:00 PM (EDT)
Workshop Overview:
This workshop will provide participants with knowledge and hands-on experience in benchmark dose modeling for chemical risk assessment using the Bayesian Benchmark Dose (BBMD) modeling system. The workshop will cover various topics, including Bayesian benchmark dose modeling for different study types (e.g., toxicological, epidemiological, and genomic studies) and data formats (e.g., dichotomous, continuous data), probabilistic dose-response modeling and low-dose extrapolation, benchmark response (BMR) selection, prior elicitation in Bayesian BMD analysis, BMD estimation comparison, and the collaborative features of the BBMD system.Workshop Information:
Date and Time: 1PM to 5PM (EDT) on every day from Wednesday May 28, 2025 to Friday May 30, 2025 Format and Capacity: Online Zoom meeting, 40 participants maximum Price: $600 ($700 after 11:59PM on May 18, 2025) Instructors:- Dr. Kan Shao, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University – Bloomington
- Dr. Weihsueh Chiu, Professor of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University
- Andrew Weissmann, Lead Programmer, DREAM Tech, LLC


