June 2026 Workshop

Jun 16 2026, 01:00 PM - Jun 30 2026, 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, prior elicitation in Bayesian BMD analysis, BMD estimation comparison, BMD estimation using specialty models, and the collaborative features of the BBMD system. The newly developed ToxDT system will be briefly introduced as well.

Workshop Information:

Date and Time: 1PM to 5PM (EDT) every Tuesday from June 16 to June 30.
Format and Capacity: Online Zoom meeting, 40 participants maximum
Price: $750 ($850 after 11:59PM on June 5, 2026)
Instructors:
  • Dr. Kan Shao, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University – Bloomington
  • Andrew Weissmann, Lead Programmer, DREAM Tech, LLC
Workshop Agenda (Time in EDT):
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Introduction on the Bayesian benchmark dose methodology
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Break
2:45 PM – 4:45 PM: Demonstration on BBMD modeling for dichotomous data with exercises
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Q&A
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: BBMD modeling for continuous data with exercises
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM: Break
2:40 PM – 3:50 PM: BBMD modeling for categorical data and probabilistic low dose extrapolation
3:50 PM – 4:00PM: Break
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: BMD analysis using epidemiological data and uncertainty quantification in BBMD
Tuesday, June 30,, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: BMD analysis using genomic data in BBMD
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM: Break
2:10 PM – 3:40 PM: Batch processing, specialty models, BBMD/BMDS comparison, and collaborative features in BBMD
3:40 PM – 3:50 PM: Break
3:50 PM – 5:00 PM: Brief introduction on the ToxDT system