ASA Biopharm Bayesian Scientific Working Group (BSWG)

Mission: The mission of the BSWG is to foster innovation, collaboration, and excellence in Bayesian biostatistics. The group aims to provide a platform for biostatisticians worldwide to share expertise, engage in research, and facilitate the adoption of Bayesian methods in various sectors of the biostatistical community.

Officers:

 

BSWG officer roles

  Officers

Chair

  Pritibha Singh

Vice Chair

  Melissa Spann

Secretary(s)

Hao Sun
Spencer Woody

Webmaster

Melvin Munsaka Haijun Ma Spender Woody

Next Gen. Officer

  Jane Lin

 

Goals: Currently, most BSWG members are in the United States; however, the BSWG desires to expand its global presence to enhance relationships with local partners and facilitate leveraging geographical diversity. To grow BSWG’s global scientific presence, the leadership plans to prioritize networking and collaborating with scientific working groups across continents, establishing an online presence, and actively engaging with social media.

Furthermore, BSWG members are encouraged to continue publishing research in global forums and sharing their expertise in these international forums.

 

Sub-teams:

The BSWG consists of the following sub-teams, each with a broad scope and a commitment to long-term progress.

Table 2        Summary of sub-teams and their leaders

 

Sub-team

  Sub-team leader

Safety

Karen Price Amy Xia

  Melvin Munsaka

Non-inferiority

  Mani Lakshminarayanan

Joint Modeling

  Larry Gould

Missing Data

  Jiajun Liu

Benefit-Risk

Madhurima Majumder Carl DiCasoli

Best Practice

Fanni Natanegara Cory Heilmann

Real World Evidence

  Mani Lakshminarayanan

COVID-19

  Joan Buenconsejo

Use of historical data/prior specification

  Satrajit Roychoudhury

Reporting/Tools

Mani Lakshminarayanan Melvin Munsaka

Program-wide Decision Making

Bin Yao Karen Price

Education

  Fanni Natanegara

Medicine Adaptive Pathway to Patients (MAPPs)

Larry Gould Bob Campbell

Medical Outreach

Natalia Muhlemann Purvi Prajapati

NonClinical Bayesian Discovery Workstreams

  Yushi Liu

  Tony Pourmohamad

Adaptive Design Survey

  Amy Lalonde

Decentralized Clinical (DCTs)

  Pritibha Singh