Traveling Course Schedule


Council of Chapters Traveling Course Schedule
2026 traveling courses are being offered in either virtual or in-person formats. The chapter and presenter must agree on the format while selecting a date.

Dates will be added as courses are scheduled. See Chapter websites for details

Tree-Based Machine Learning Methods for Prediction and Variable Selection

Instructors: Hemant Ishwaran and Min Lu, University of Miami
9-4-2026 Austin Chapter, 9 AM - 1 PM (in person)
9-11-2026 Southern Ontario, 9 AM - 1 PM 
9-26-2026 San Francisco Chapter (Virtual)
10-3-2026 Mid-Missouri Chapter (Virtual)
10-3-2026 Kansas-Western Missouri Chapter (Virtual)
10-24-2026 Southern California Chapter 

 

Random Effects and Recurrent Events in Survival Analysis

Instructors: Milind Phadnis, University of Kansas Medical Center
6-15-2026 Oklahoma Chapter (virtual)
9-14 -2026 Cincinnati Chapter (8 AM - Noon) 
TBD Boston Chapter (virtual)

Modern Ethical Issues and Best Practices in Data, Analytics, and AI

Instructor: David J. Corliss, Principal Data Scientist, Grafham Analytics
10-2-2026 Philadelphia Chapter, full day (virtual)
10-29-2026 & 10-30-2026 Princeton-Trenton, two half days (virtual)
TBD Washington Statistical Society 

Quick-thinking, Confident, Communicative, and Collaborative: Fundamentals of Applied Improvisation for (Bio)statisticians

Instructors: Richard C. Zink, PhD, Principal Statistical Fellow, JMP Statistical Discovery LLC
7-14-2026 Middle Tennessee Chapter
7-25-2026 OR 7-26-2026 New York City Chapter
TBD Cleveland Chapter

Improving Power and Precision in Randomized Trials Using Covariate Adjustment

Instructors: Michael Rosenblum and Josh Betz, Johns Hopkins; Kelly Van Lancker, University of Gent
TBD Central Indiana Chapter 

 

Survival Analysis Methods Correcting for Treatment Switching Effects in RCTs: Theory and SAS/R Code

Instructors: Dr. Jing Xu, Senior Director, Takeda; Dr. Bingxia Wang, Senior Director, Takeda; Dr. Qingxia (Cindy) Chen, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University
9-11-2026 Houston Chapter (virtual)
10-16-2026 Central Arkansas Chapter (in person) 
10-23-2026 Nebraska Chapter (in person)
11-6-2026 Iowa Chapter (in person)

More dates and information coming soon!