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Statistics in Action
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The Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation is proud to
announce the Spring 2010 Statistics in Action series. The series was
created to further expose students to how data and statistics are used
in organizations and enable them to interact with local professionals.
We are thrilled to be partnering with these organizations for the
Spring 2010 Statistics in Action series!

Seating is limited. Registration will open to students approximately
two weeks prior to the presentation. Contact us for more details.

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Spring 2010 Schedule

Wednesday, January 27th: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Steve Waldschmidt, PayPal

WEL 2.312

Tuesday, February 9th: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Liz Jambor & Christopher Frye, Austin Energy

GSB 2.126

Wednesday, February, 17th: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Jonathan Hilland, Mindwave Research

BUR 216

Tuesday, March 9th: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Ryan Leslie, Seton Hospital

GSB 2.126

Tuesday, March 23rd: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Jim Firestone, GSD&M Idea City

GSB 2.126

Tuesday, April 13th: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Kevin Lawson, PPD Inc.

GSB 2.126

Monday, April 26th: 4:30 pm - 5:30pm

Drew Bishop, University of Texas Baseball

WEL 2.312

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Spring 2010 Schedule

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Steve Waldschmidt, PayPal
Wednesday, January 27th
4:30pm-5:30pm
WEL 2.312

Online transactions between buyers and sellers possess some risk to
both parties. Steve will discuss how his team uses statistics to
assess this risk. Steve will also describe how these risk assessments
are used in order to preserve a safe and secure environment for
PayPal’s buyers and sellers, while also maintaining PayPal's ease of
use.

Speaker Bio:

Steve Waldschmidt is a Senior Manager in Decision Management at
PayPal, managing a team of analysts that focus on reducing losses to
the company. Steve has 14 years of experience in data analysis and
statistical modeling, having also previously worked for Austin
Logistics, eFunds, and Fair Isaac. His responsibilities have included
the management and implementation of projects for banks and retail
merchants -- building models, decision optimization strategies, and
other general analytics.

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Liz Jambor and Christopher Frye, Austin EnergyTuesday, February 9th4:30pm-5:30pmGSB
2.126

The general public tends to view statistics and their use as a rather
dry exercise or as a way to distort or spin an issue to one’s favor.
This presentation seeks to introduce the idea that statistics is not
something bound up in numbers or formulas but a cool way to understand
the world. For Austin Energy, this involves going far beyond thinking
of our customers as simply those who use electricity or even worse,
simple ratepayers. By taking a collaborative approach with internal
Austin Energy staff that need information on their customers, Market
Research and Product Development provides more than just numbers.
First and foremost, we educate potential users of statistics to help
them understand what their needs are, what questions should be asked,
and what they should do with the answers when they receive them.
Ultimately, it is a never-ending process that cumulatively builds our
picture of the customer and what we can do to meet their needs and
manage their expectations.

Speaker Bios:

Liz Jambor, EdD:

Dr. Jambor has nearly 20 years experience with statistical analysis,
resulting in several published research papers and book chapters as
well as some pretty cool jobs. She has taught at Fort Valley State
College and Texas Tech University, applying her statistical knowledge
to the areas of leadership, team dynamics, and fans as consumers of
sport. The consumption research led to jobs with the Texas Lottery
Commission (citizens as consumers of lottery games) and Austin Energy
(citizens as consumers of energy). A self-professed numbers geek, she
likes answering the questions. Liz's current position with Austin
Energy involves integrating the results and interpretation of
statistical analyses into program and service design and
implementation.

Christopher Frye:

Mr. Frye serves as Senior Manager of Market Research & Product
Development at Austin Energy where he provides direction on market
research projects and the identification of potential programs and
services for Austin Energy customers. Christopher brings a diverse
background to his position, having served as a statistician with an
Austin-based survey research firm, the state labor economist for the
State of Wisconsin, as well as a labor market analyst for the Texas
Workforce Commission. Christopher graduated with Distinctive
Scholastic Achievement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with
degrees in Sociology, Statistics, and Latin American Studies. He also
holds a Master's degree in Community and Regional Planning from
UT-Austin.

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Jonathan Hilland, Mindwave Research
Wednesday, February 17th
4:30pm-5:30pm
BUR 216

Each year, leading global technology companies spend millions of
dollars developing new products, creating marketing campaigns to sell
them, and pursuing broader customer reach. What challenges do they
need to address? What types of information do they seek to solve these
challenges – market trends, customer feedback? And what methods are
used to capture this information? How do the top technology companies
use market research to ultimately guide strategy and drive decisions?

Mindwave Research is a leader in full-service market research and has
conducted custom studies in 30 countries for more than 100 leading
computer, telecom, and software companies since its launch in 1999.
Jonathan Hilland, CEO of Mindwave Research, will discuss how his team
uses forward-thinking qualitative and quantitative research
methodologies to provide actionable insights for its technology
clients.

Speaker Bio:

Jonathan Hilland is President / CEO of Mindwave Research, a
full-service market research firm which he co-founded in 1999.
Jonathan has over 15 years of experience in quantitative and
qualitative research, with special expertise as a qualitative
moderator. His deep knowledge of the technology industry began at CMP
Media – a publishing company for Information Week, Network Computing,
VAR Business, Reseller News, etc. – where he focused on advertising
and media research as well as technology market trends. In his spare
time Jonathan enjoys travel to France to visit family and friends,
horseback riding/roundup, and trying new red wines that he hasn’t
tasted yet!

Mindwave Research is a leader in global market research, and has
conducted custom studies in 30 countries for more than 100 leading
computer, telecom, and software companies since its launch in 1999.
The company employs a cohesive balance of multi-faceted professionals,
cutting edge technology and best-in-class processes to deliver proven
results in qualitative and quantitative research. Mindwave provides
its clients consultative and actionable insights with their in-depth
knowledge of markets and forward-thinking research techniques.

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Ryan Leslie, Seton Hospital
Tuesday, March 9th
4:30pm-5:30pm
GSB 2.126

Data on an individual patient can be used by a clinician to diagnose
illness and develop care plans. When the data are viewed in aggregate,
a similar approach can be taken from the community perspective. The
Seton Family of Hospitals serves a Central Texas population of nearly
2 million--so it's critical that we understand changing health trends
and needs of our community.

In this presentation, we'll show a few examples of how Seton uses data
analysis and statistics to do some pretty cool things, including:
- how we used historical flu season data to prepare for H1N1
- how we identify what causes some patients to have longer, costlier
stays
- how we use forecasted changes in the demographics and growth of the
community to develop our strategic plan for the future.

Speaker Bio:

Ryan Leslie is Director of Analytics for the Seaton Family of
Hospitals. He has three degrees from UT-Austin, including a BBA in MIS
and an MS and PhD in pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research. Before
joining the Seton Family of Hospitals he spent ten years as a business
consultant helping organizations make better use of their data.

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Jim Firestone, GSD&M Idea City
Tuesday, March 23rd
4:30 pm-5:30 pm
GSB 2.126

Every day, we come into contact with literally hundreds of brands. A
few of them call out to us – we think or feel something about them, or
perhaps through them we think or feel something about ourselves – but
the vast majority of those branded contacts go virtually undetected.
In that sort of competitive environment, how do you make sure your
brand has the best possible chance of being relevant and meaningful to
its intended audiences? How do you inform strategic and tactical
marketing decisions, optimize those branded contacts, and ultimately
demonstrate business success?

Learn how data and statistical analyses are helping Austin-based
marketing & communications agency GSD&M Idea City position its client
brands to win.

Speaker Bio:

As Vice President, Group Planning Director, at GSD&M’s Idea City, Jim
Firestone is responsible for bringing consumer, brand and marketplace
insights to bear on a wide range of strategic business decisions for
the agency’s clients, including Hallmark, L.L.Bean, AARP, AT&T and
others. Over his 20+ year career, Jim has initiated hundreds of market
research & data analysis projects to understand how people can form
meaningful connections with the brands they choose to make a part of
their lives. Working closely with account managers, media experts,
writers, designers and clients, his job is to transform the resulting
insights into actionable “big ideas” that can build brands and drive
business performance.

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Drew Bishop, University of Texas Baseball
Monday, April 26th
4:30pm-5:30pm
WEL 2.312

Ever wonder how sports teams use the statistics they collect to make
coaching decisions? Come learn how the baseball team uses data and
statistics on a daily basis right here at the University of Texas.

Speaker Bio:

Drew Bishop is the Director of Baseball Operations at The University
of Texas and played baseball at The University of Texas from 2005-
2008. While on the team, he served as the President of the Student
Athletic Advisory Council (S.A.A.C.). As the Director of Baseball
Operation, his responsibilities include organizing and coordinating
team travel, day-to-day operations, and recruiting. He finds that
statistics are a huge part of baseball for evaluation, scouting, and
records and has experience with them both as a player and in his
current role. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and traveling.

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Kevin Lawson, PPD Inc.
Tuesday, April 13th
4:30pm-5:30pm
GSB 2.126

In order to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new molecules and
devices, clinical trials are run that have continuous response
variable endpoints or categorical endpoints to evaluate Efficacy, and
a wide variety of variables used to evaluate safety. Examples are
presented from Oncology, Infectious Disease, and CNS therapeutic areas
as well as a device trial that will illustrate the research questions
for evaluating how well a drug or device works and how the case is
made to regulatory agencies. Key differences between parametric and
non-parametric analyses will be discussed using an example from an
insomnia trial. The process of collecting, analyzing, and presenting
the results will be discussed. The submission and approval process
will also be discussed with an example from a combination Device and
Drug trial. Examples will use either real data in cases where the data
are available publicly, or generated data in other cases, to
illustrate research questions and analysis techniques.

Speaker Bio:

Kevin Lawson, PhD, is a Senior Director, Biostatistics, with over 25
years of experience in statistical consulting and over 14 years
experience in design and analysis of clinical trials. He has been with
PPD's Biostatistics Department since October of 2002. Dr. Lawson has
also been a Sr. Statistician for Abbott Laboratories in Chicago and
Dallas, an Assistant Professor for the University of Texas Health
Science Center in San Antonio and the Air Force Institute of
Technology in Dayton, Ohio, and was an officer in the United States
Air Force (Major, Retired). Dr. Lawson has experience in analyzing
large and complex databases, working with multi-disciplinary teams to
develop the appropriate statistical analyses required to achieve
overall project objectives, mentoring statisticians, working with the
sponsors and regulatory agencies on design issues as well as
submission of data. He has represented clients in presentations and
discussions with the FDA and also an FDA Advisory Group. Dr. Lawson
has served as the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) statistician on
HIV, Oncology, and Device Studies, and has served as Sr. Reviewer for
DSMB meetings on an HIV study and several Oncology studies. His
responsibilities have included designing, analyzing, reviewing, and
overseeing the productions of descriptive and inferential statistics
for the endpoints of studies to determine safety and efficacy of new
compounds. Dr. Lawson is currently the Sr. Reviewer on a variety of
protocols, and his therapeutic experience includes protocols with
indications related specifically to oncology, endocrine/metabolic,
diseases of the nervous system, circulatory system, injury and
poisoning, women’s health, as well as indications in substance abuse,
devices, and diagnostics. As Sr. Reviewer, he is responsible for
ensuring the scientific integrity of a project, and is involved with
mentoring of those positions leading and coordinating with the entire
project team, from clinical team members and data management personnel
to statistical staff in order to produce quality statistical output.

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Fall 2010 Schedule

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Jonathan Hilland, Mindwave Research
Thursday, September 24th
4:30pm-5:30pm
UTC 3.122

Each year, leading global technology companies spend millions of
dollars developing new products, creating marketing campaigns to sell
them, and pursuing broader customer reach. What challenges do they
need to address? What types of information do they seek to solve these
challenges – market trends, customer feedback? And what methods are
used to capture this information? How do the top technology companies
use market research to ultimately guide strategy and drive decisions?

Mindwave Research is a leader in full-service market research and has
conducted custom studies in 30 countries for more than 100 leading
computer, telecom, and software companies since its launch in 1999.
Jonathan Hilland, CEO of Mindwave Research, will discuss how his team
uses forward-thinking qualitative and quantitative research
methodologies to provide actionable insights for its technology
clients.

Speaker Bio:

Jonathan Hilland is President / CEO of Mindwave Research, a
full-service market research firm which he co-founded in 1999.
Jonathan has over 15 years of experience in quantitative and
qualitative research, with special expertise as a qualitative
moderator. His deep knowledge of the technology industry began at CMP
Media – a publishing company for Information Week, Network Computing,
VAR Business, Reseller News, etc. – where he focused on advertising
and media research as well as technology market trends. In his spare
time Jonathan enjoys travel to France to visit family and friends,
horseback riding/roundup, and trying new red wines that he hasn’t
tasted yet!

Mindwave Research is a leader in global market research, and has
conducted custom studies in 30 countries for more than 100 leading
computer, telecom, and software companies since its launch in 1999.
The company employs a cohesive balance of multi-faceted professionals,
cutting edge technology and best-in-class processes to deliver proven
results in qualitative and quantitative research. Mindwave provides
its clients consultative and actionable insights with their in-depth
knowledge of markets and forward-thinking research techniques.

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Rep. Rodriguez, Councilmember Morrison, and Councilmember Spelman
Tuesday, September 29th
4:30pm - 5:30pm
UTC 4.110

Elected officials are coming to UT to discuss how data and statistics
are used in creating policy. Join Rep. Rodriguez, Councilmember
Morrison, and Councilmember Spelman in discussing how data effects
their decision making and how data is used to influence elected
officials.

Speaker Bios:

Representative Eddie Rodriguez:

First elected in 2002, Representative Eddie Rodriguez currently serves
on the Public Safety and the Technology, Economic Development and
Workforce committees. Eddie was born in McAllen, Texas, leaving home
to be the first in his family to attend college. He received his B.A.
in Government from the University of Texas in 1995 and received his
law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 2008. Eddie’s
legislative focus is on regional transportation, affordable housing,
health and human services and the promotion of renewable and
sustainable energy as part of a statewide approach to improving
environmental quality and creating economic development opportunities
for Texas. Some of Eddie’s significant legislative successes, thus
far, include the passage of bills and amendments relating to: the
establish the state's first Homestead Preservation District; automatic
homestead exemptions for individuals who are elderly or disabled; the
National School Breakfast Program; youth with disabilities who are
transitioning out of secondary school to adult activities and
services; the ability of the Austin police and fire retirement systems
to join the Proportionate Retirement Program; and the creation of the
Person with Permanent Disability Home Loan Program.

Council Member Laura Morrison:

Laura Morrison was elected to serve as an Austin City Council Member
in June of 2008. Prior to taking office, Laura served as a community
volunteer in many roles. She was President of the Austin Neighborhoods
Council (ANC), served with several organizations including Community
Action Network Community Council, HousingWorks Policy Committee and
the Pandemic Flu Taskforce. As a Council Member Laura sits on the City
Council's Emerging Technology and Telecommunications Committee and the
Land Use and Transportation Committee. In addition, she represents the
City on the Community Action Network Resource Council, the City of
Austin/AISD/County Joint Subcommittee and the Capital Area Council of
Governments. Laura's professional career has included working as an
engineer for Lockheed Martin, as a consultant in export compliance,
and more recently, in the field of pandemic flu preparedness. She
holds a Graduate Certificate in Community Preparedness and Disaster
Management from the School of Public Health at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill; a Master's degree in Mathematics from the
University of California, San Diego; and a Bachelor's in Mathematics
from the University of California, Berkeley.

Council Member Bill Spelman

Bill Spelman tries to bridge the gap between theory and practice. In
his day job, he is a professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at
the University of Texas, where he teaches courses in applied math and
statistics, urban policy, and public management. Between 1997 and
2005, he was also executive director of the Texas Institute for Public
Problem Solving, which trained 13,000 police officers throughout Texas
in the practice of community policing. Before coming to UT in 1988, he
spent seven years with the Police Executive Research Forum, a national
association of big-city police chiefs, working with local police
departments nationwide to develop the (then-new) concepts of community
policing and the epidemiology of crime. Spelman has won awards for
teaching, research, and community service; two of his policing
projects were finalists for the Ford Foundation’s program on
Innovations in State and Local Government. He has written a half-dozen
books and several dozen scholarly articles, mostly on police work,
prisons, and urban economic development. He holds a B.A. in political
science and economics from UCLA, an M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in public policy from
Harvard. Spelman served on the Austin City Council between 1997 and
2000, and was reelected (nine years late, but without opposition) in
2009.

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Liz Jambor and Christopher Frye, Austin Energy
Tuesday, October 6th
4:30pm-5:30pm
UTC 1.116

austinenergyThe general public tends to view statistics and their use
as a rather dry exercise or as a way to distort or spin an issue to
one’s favor. This presentation seeks to introduce the idea that
statistics is not something bound up in numbers or formulas but a cool
way to understand the world. For Austin Energy, this involves going
far beyond thinking of our customers as simply those who use
electricity or even worse, simple ratepayers. By taking a
collaborative approach with internal Austin Energy staff that need
information on their customers, Market Research and Product
Development provides more than just numbers. First and foremost, we
educate potential users of statistics to help them understand what
their needs are, what questions should be asked, and what they should
do with the answers when they receive them. Ultimately, it is a
never-ending process that cumulatively builds our picture of the
customer and what we can do to meet their needs and manage their
expectations.

Speaker Bios:

Liz Jambor, EdD:

Dr. Jambor has nearly 20 years experience with statistical analysis,
resulting in several published research papers and book chapters as
well as some pretty cool jobs. She has taught at Fort Valley State
College and Texas Tech University, applying her statistical knowledge
to the areas of leadership, team dynamics, and fans as consumers of
sport. The consumption research led to jobs with the Texas Lottery
Commission (citizens as consumers of lottery games) and Austin Energy
(citizens as consumers of energy). A self-professed numbers geek, she
likes answering the questions. Liz's current position with Austin
Energy involves integrating the results and interpretation of
statistical analyses into program and service design and
implementation.

Christopher Frye:

Mr. Frye serves as Senior Manager of Market Research & Product
Development at Austin Energy where he provides direction on market
research projects and the identification of potential programs and
services for Austin Energy customers. Christopher brings a diverse
background to his position, having served as a statistician with an
Austin-based survey research firm, the state labor economist for the
State of Wisconsin, as well as a labor market analyst for the Texas
Workforce Commission. Christopher graduated with Distinctive
Scholastic Achievement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with
degrees in Sociology, Statistics, and Latin American Studies. He also
holds a Master's degree in Community and Regional Planning from
UT-Austin.

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Wei Zhang, CEDRA
Tuesday, October 27th
4:30-5:30pm
UTC 4.110

Do you hear the ads on the TV or radio for prescription drugs and
wonder how they are tested? Wei Zhang, a Biostatistician at CEDRA,
will share his experiences with the drug research & development
process discussing how drug companies determine effects of dose,
formulation, dosing regimen, and drug interactions. He will provide a
brief introduction to how data and statistics are used in a contract
research organization (CRO) to achieve specific objectives. Here are
some of the topics that will be covered:

• What statistics are used to describe demographic information from
clinical studies
• What statistics are used to describe adverse events recorded at
clinical trials
• How data listing is used to organize clinical laboratory data
• What types of study designs are frequently used in clinical trials
• How do we “randomize” a study
• How do we determine if two bioanalytical methods are comparable
• “Drugs in a human body” – how do we test them “chemically” and
“statistically”
• How do we determine if a generic drug is equivalent to a
brand-name drug
• How to identify an outlier in a data set
• SAS and its uses in statistical analysis and data management

CEDRA Corporation is a CRO providing clinical and bioanalytical
services to pharmaceutical industries and government agencies. With
its state-of-the-art bioanalytical laboratory and two clinical
research sites (Austin and San Antonio), CEDRA offers a full range of
Phase I-IV clinical researches and bioanalytical services and provide
expert advice on everything from protocol development to regulatory
submission. CEDRA also conducts specialized studies to assess the
effects of dose, formulation, dosing regimen, drug interactions,
genotype, gender, and other factors on pharmacokinetics.

Speaker Bio:

Wei Zhang has been the Biostatistician at CEDRA since 2007. His job
responsibilities at CEDRA include (1) To ensure statistical principles
are applied appropriately in clinical trials; (2) To ensure that data
from clinical trials are analyzed with appropriate methods and the
results are interpreted and reported correctly; (3) To provide
statistical support for data analysis and results interpretation of
pharmacokinetic studies; (4) To provide general statistical support
for the whole organization; and (5) To create SAS programs needed for
data analysis and data management at CEDRA. Previously, Dr. Wei Zhang
worked at Louisiana State University as a specialist in charge of data
management, data analysis, and statistical report of multiple
biological research projects.

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Ryan Leslie, Seton Hospital
Monday, November 2nd
4:30pm-5:30pm
UTC 3.122

Data on an individual patient can be used by a clinician to diagnose
illness and develop care plans. When the data are viewed in aggregate,
a similar approach can be taken from the community perspective. The
Seton Family of Hospitals serves a Central Texas population of nearly
2 million--so it's critical that we understand changing health trends
and needs of our community.

In this presentation, we'll show a few examples of how Seton uses data
analysis and statistics to do some pretty cool things, including:
- how we used historical flu season data to prepare for H1N1
- how we identify what causes some patients to have longer, costlier
stays
- how we use forecasted changes in the demographics and growth of the
community to develop our strategic plan for the future.

Speaker Bio:

Ryan Leslie is Director, Analytics, and Special Assistant to the
Network COO for the Analytics for the Seton Family of Hospitals. He
has three degrees from UT-Austin, including a BBA in MIS and an MS and
PhD in pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research. Before joining the
Seton Family of Hospitals he spent ten years as a business consultant
helping organizations make better use of their data.

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Yuki Miyamoto, Austin Police Department
Tuesday, November 10th
4:30pm-5:30pm
UTC 1.116

The Austin Police Department (APD) Research and Planning Unit will
discuss the types of statistical requests that the planners analyze
and provide. With the consolidation of the Austin Police Department
and the Austin Public Safety and Emergency Management Department at
the beginning of 2009, APD is responsible for all municipal law
enforcement in the City of Austin, including Austin-Bergstrom
International Airport, parks, and municipal courts. APD employs
approximately 2,100 sworn officers and civilian personnel. Come
explore the exciting world of crime and traffic analysis and be
prepared to use your discernment in determining how framing a data
request can ultimately impact the information provided and the
decision outcome. Challenges to planners or researches in this field
are to provide the statistics that best answer the question being
asked. Often times the results this data analysis has a significant,
direct impact on the deployment of resources and the types of police
initiatives that take place in our community. Ultimately, these
decisions impact the safety of Austin residents and visitors to our
city.

Speaker Bio:

The Austin Police Department Research and Planning Unit of the Austin
Police Department is a team of four APD Planners, the APD Grant
Coordinator and their Supervisor and Manager. The team is responsible
for all major planning activities for the department including
redistricting of area command boundaries, business planning and
performance measurement, writing millions of dollars in new grants,
patrol staffing, and complex analysis of police operations and
citywide crime data. The planners come from diverse educational
backgrounds with training in areas such as organizational development,
political science, geography and sociology. In 2008, the Research and
Planning Unit received the distinction of being honored as the Austin
Police Department’s Unit of the Year for “devotion to duty, and for
diligent endeavors which have been added immeasurably to the
furtherance of the police profession.”

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Vance Rabius, American Cancer Society
Wednesday, November 18th
4:30pm-5:30pm
UTC 1.146

More than 70 percent of smokers want to quit and attempt to do so each
year, but without help, most fail. Vance Rabius will discuss the role
that data and statistics played in the development and growth of
Quitline, a clinically proven, telephone-based counseling program that
helps employees who use tobacco double their chances of successfully
kicking the habit.

Speaker Bio:

Vance Rabius is a Senior Scientist at the American Cancer Society and
an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health at the University of
Texas. He directs research related to smoking cessation at the
National Cancer Information Center in Austin. He completed his BA at
the University of Kansas in Economics and Psychology, his MA at
Arizona State University in Social Psychology, and his PhD at the
University of Texas, School of Public Health, in Behavioral Science,
Biomedical Statistics, and Health Economics . Dr Rabius participated
in the development and implementation of the American Cancer Society’s
Quitline® program and, for the first 6 years of its operation,
directed all related clinical trials, evaluations, and contract
reporting. He has also studied at the University of Texas Schools of
Law and Public Affairs and the Indian Law Institute in New Delhi. In
addition to Texas, he has lived in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona, Montana,
and India. Dr. Rabius has published numerous articles related to
smoking cessation in peer-reviewed journals and presented and
moderated at numerous national and international tobacco conferences.
He also reviews articles for several journals, grants & contracts for
various government agencies, and lectures periodically at various
universities in the US and Portugal.

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