We are excited to announce that we are accepting applications for the ISPE Peer Mentoring Program, a pilot program developed by the ISPE Membership Committee. We invite all eligible ISPE members to join small, carefully coordinated groups of 5-6 peers, matched on career sector, years of experience, and meeting time preferences, when possible. Peer-to-peer mentoring will provide invaluable career development opportunities with peer advice, allowing members to enhance professional skills, broaden perspectives, and build a supportive community within ISPE. Visit our page for more details.
ISPE is pleased to announce the induction of new ISPE Fellows this year. The induction ceremony is scheduled for ISPE's Annual Meeting 2024 in Berlin, Germany
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The ISPE Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of the recent election of 6 new directors to the Board, who will take office at our annual meeting in August in Berlin, Germany.
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September 27, 2024, 11:00 – 12:00 pm EST
Combining Super Learner with high-dimensional propensity score to improve confounding adjustment: A real-world application in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (PDS), the official journal of ISPE, presents the Ronald D. Mann Best Paper Award each year to the strongest contribution within a given volume of the journal. The award for 2023 is presented to Dr. Neil Dhopeshwarkar and collaborators for their paper --- Combining Super Learner with high-dimensional propensity score to improve confounding adjustment: A real-world application in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Super Learner (SL) was proposed to assist with high-dimensional propensity score (hdPS) covariate selection and was found to improve bias reduction and precision compared to hdPS alone in the simulated setting. This paper compared the performance of SL-hdPS with hdPS alone in the applied setting of a cohort study comparing bleeding rates between ibrutinib- and bendamustine-rituximab-treated individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The study findings provide support for the use of SL-hdPS in applied observational studies. In this webinar, Dr. Dhopeshwarkar will present study findings followed by comments by PDS regional editor for the Americas, Dr. Vincent Lo Re. The audience will not only have the opportunity to discuss the paper with Dr. Dhopeshwarkar but to also ask questions regarding the PDS editorial process with Dr. Lo Re.
Registration Link (No Payment Required):
https://kellen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IOJkOgeOSbibCXwwIibDVg#/registration
October 11, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 am EST
Epidemiological Methods in Health Equity & Diversity (sponsored by ISPE’s Health Equity SIG)
Diversity and inclusion in interventional studies remains an ongoing concern, as highlighted by recent regulatory guidance in the U.S. The application of epidemiological methods are paramount to addressing issues in diversity and inclusion in both interventional and non-interventional research. The webinar will consist of three major components. The first section of the webinar, presented by Claudia Cabrera, will focus on health equity in clinical trial planning. The critical role of epidemiology and real-world evidence will be presented, and there will be a discussion of methods considerations including the clinical trial diversity index. The second portion of the webinar, presented by Paula Strassle, will address potential biases in observational data in the health equity setting. Issues of selection bias, differential missingness, and adjustment strategy will be presented along with and some proposed solutions. The third component of the webinar, presented by Macarius Donneyong, will focus on methodological frameworks for guiding the planning and implementation of health equity research in pharmacoepidemiology through the use of real-world data sources. A review of frameworks and methods for assessing health equity in pharmacoepidemiology will be provided, along with a discussion of how to evaluate real world databases for the suitability of health equity research. The webinar will conclude with a discussion of gaps and future directions and audience Q&A.
Registration Link (No Payment Required):
https://kellen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Rh-qs3FQwel-CjsrmwA9w
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