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, benchmark response (BMR) selection, prior elicitation in Bayesian BMD analysis, BMD estimation comparison, and the collaborative features of the BBMD system. Some specialty models (multi-tumor model and nested dichotomous model) will be explored 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: $600 ($700 after 11:59PM on June 5, 2026)
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 EDT):
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Introduction on the Bayesian benchmark dose methodology (Kan Shao)
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Break
2:45 PM – 4:45 PM: Demonstration on BBMD modeling for dichotomous data with exercises (Kan Shao)
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Q&A (Kan Shao)
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: BBMD modeling for continuous and categorical data (Kan Shao)
2:30PM – 2:45 PM: Break
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM: Batch processing and BBMD/BMDS comparison function for BMD estimation
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM: Break
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM: BMD analysis using genomic data in BBMD (Kan Shao)
Tuesday, June 30,, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM: Probabilistic low dose extrapolation using BBMD (Weihsueh Chiu)
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM: Break
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM: BMD analysis using epidemiological data and uncertainty quantification in BBMD (Kan Shao)
3:15PM – 4:00 PM: Benchmark response (BMR) selection and specialty models (Kan Shao)
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM: Break
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM: Collaborative features of BBMD and discussion of participants’ topics of interest (Andrew Weissmann and Kan Shao)

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