January 2024 Workshop

Jan 17 2024, 01:00 PM - Jan 19 2024, 05:00 PM (EST)

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 toxicological, epidemiological, and genomic data with various data format (e.g., dichotomous, continuous data), probabilistic dose-response modeling and low-dose extrapolation, benchmark response selection, prior elicitation in Bayesian BMD analysis, and the collaborative features of the BBMD system.

Workshop Information:

Date and Time: 1PM to 5PM (EST) on every day from Wednesday January 17, 2024 to Friday January 19, 2024
Format and Capacity: Online Zoom meeting, 40 participants maximum
Price: $550 ($650 after 11:59PM on January 7, 2024)
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
Workshop Agenda (Time in EST):
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Introduction on benchmark dose modeling methodology (Kan Shao)
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Break
2:45 PM – 4:45 PM: Demonstration on the Bayesian Benchmark Dose (BBMD) analysis for dichotomous and data with exercises (Kan Shao)
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Q&A (Kan Shao)
Thursday, January 18, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:45 PM: BMD analysis using BBMD system for continuous data and categorical data (Kan Shao)
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM: Break
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM: Probabilistic reference dose (RfD) estimation using BBMD (Weihsueh Chiu)
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM: Break
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Discussion on benchmark response (BMR) selection (Kan Shao)
Friday, January 19, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM:BMD analysis using epidemiological data in BBMD with a case study (Kan Shao)
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM: Break
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM: Genomic data BMD analysis in BBMD (Kan Shao)
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM: Break
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Batch processing for BMD analysis in BBMD (Kan Shao)
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Collaborative features of BBMD and Q&A (Andrew Weissmann and Kan Shao)