BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:GMT Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251002T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYHOUR=1;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:GMT Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate: \;Tuesday 9th September 2025\nTime:&nbs p\;16:00-17:00 GMT | 17:00-18:00 CET \;| 11:00-12:00 EST\nPresenters:& nbsp\;Sofia Weigle and Weng-Kee Wong\nChair: \;William F. Rosenberger\ nLocation: \;Online via Zoom\n\nWho is this event intended for? \; Anyone interested in hearing more about randomization.\nWhat is the benefi t of attending? \;Please join us to hear \;Sofia Weigle \;and& nbsp\;Weng-Kee Wong \;present their recent work on randomization.\nThi s event is free to attend for both Members of PSI and Non-Members.\nTo reg ister\, please \;click here. \;\nOverview\nPlease join us to hear& nbsp\;Sofia Weigle \;and \;Weng-Kee Wong \;present their recen t work.\n1. \;Sofia Weigle\, Davit Sargsyan\, Javier Cabrera\, Luwis D iya\, Jocelyn Sendecki\, Mariusz Lubomirski: Randomization in Pre-Clinical Studies: When Evolution Theory Meets Statistics - \;https://onlinelib rary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pst.70005\n2. Alan R. Vazquez\, \;Weng -Kee Wong: Mathematical programming tools for randomization purposes in sm all two-arm clinical trials: A case study with real data - \;https://o nlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pst.2388\nPost presentation discussions to information to follow\nPSI Journal Club is sponsored by Wiley. For eac h of these published papers there will be a 20 minute presentation by auth or followed by a 10 minute discussion.\nPapers will be made available to v iew prior to the meeting and presentation slides will be available a week before the JC. Journal subscribers can access papers at any time. Audio re cordings will be available shortly after the JC to download from the PSI w ebsite.\nThe meetings are open to both PSI and non-PSI members.\nSpeaker d etails\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n William F. Rosenberger\, George Mason Universi ty\n \n William F. Rosenberger is Distinguished Univ ersity Professor at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. in math ematical statistics from George Washington University in 1992 and since th en has spent much of his career developing statistical methodology for ran domized clinical trials. He has two books on the subject\, Randomization i n Clinical Trials: Theory and Practice (Wiley\, 2002)\, which won the Asso ciation of American Publishers Award for the best mathematics/statistics b ook published that year\, and has recently been issued in a second edition (Wiley\, 2016)\; and The Theory of Response-Adaptive Randomization in Cli nical Trials (Wiley\, 2006). In 2017 he was named the 15th Armitage Lectur er at the University of Cambridge\, UK. He was elected the North American Editor of the tier-1 biostatistical methodology journal Biometrics\, for 2 021-2024. In 2024 he was named the 41st Fisher Memorial Lecturer by the Fi sher Memorial Trust. He has supervised 20 doctoral students who are now le aders in academia\, industry\, and government.\n \n \n \n Sofia Weigle\, Johnson &\; Johnson\n \n Sofia Weigle is a PhD candidate from Rutgers University who liv es in Tewksbury\, NJ with her husband\, 3 kids and 2 dogs. She has been wo rking at Johnson &\; Johnson since 2021 where she started with Discover y Statistics. She is currently a Senior Scientist in Manufacturing Statist ics where she supports everything from CMC regulatory filings and response s to analytical methods development.\n \n \n \n  \;\n Weng-Kee Wong\, UCLA\n Professor Wong is a Professor at UCLA since 1990 and over the years\, he has done c ollaborative work in dentistry\, environment health science\, rheumatology \, and various domains in oncology\, including in the design and analysis of cancer control and prevention trials for controlling Hepatitis B among Asians\, colorectal cancer for Hispanics\, and fighting obesity and promot ion of minority health at workplace. His main methodology research area is in constructing model-based optimal experimental designs for biostatistic al applications. His recent interest is in the application of metaheuristi cs to tackle challenging problems in designs for toxicology and other area s of statistics. Prof. Wong has received several R01 grant awards from NIH \, NSF and private foundations as a principal investigator. He is fellow o f the American Statistical Association\, the Institute of Mathematical Sta tistics\, the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, an ele cted member of the International Statistical Institute and a full member o f the Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Honor Society. He currently holds a Yushan Scholarship Award from the Taiwan&rsquo\;s Ministry of Education .\n \n \n\n \; DTEND:20250909T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260519T231105Z DTSTART:20250909T150000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:PSI Journal Club: Randomization UID:RFCALITEM639148290652512742 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Wiley logo
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\nDate: \;Tuesday 9th September 2025
\nTime: \;16: 00-17:00 GMT | 17:00-18:00 CET \;| 11:00-12:00 EST
\nPres enters: \;Sofia Weigle and Weng-Kee Wong
\nChair : \;William F. Rosenberger
\nLocation:& nbsp\;Online via Zoom
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Who is this event intended for? \;Anyone interested in hearing more about randomization .

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What is the benefit of attending? \;Please join us to hear \;Sofia Weigle \;and \;Weng-Kee Wong \;pre sent their recent work on randomization.

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This event is free to att end for both Members of PSI and Non-Members.
\nTo register\, please&n bsp\;click here.  \;

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Overview

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Please join us to hear \;Sofia W eigle \;and \;Weng-Kee Wong \;presen t their recent work.

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1. \;Sofia Weigle\, Davit Sargsyan\, Javi er Cabrera\, Luwis Diya\, Jocelyn Sendecki\, Mariusz Lubomirski: Randomiza tion in Pre-Clinical Studies: When Evolution Theory Meets Statistics -&nbs p\;https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pst.70005

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2. Alan R. Vazquez\, \;Weng-Kee Wong: Mathematical programming too ls for randomization purposes in small two-arm clinical trials: A case stu dy with real data - \;https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pst.2388

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Post presentation discussions to information to follow

\n< p>PSI Journal Club is sponsored by Wiley. For each of these published pape rs there will be a 20 minute presentation by author followed by a 10 minut e discussion.

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Papers will be made available to view prior to the m eeting and presentation slides will be available a week before the JC. Jou rnal subscribers can access papers at any time. Audio recordings will be a vailable shortly after the JC to download from the PSI website.

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Th e meetings are open to both PSI and non-PSI members.

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Speaker deta ils

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Biography

\n \n \n \n William Rosenberger
\n William F. Rosenberger\, George Mason University
\n \n William F. Rosenberger is Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. in mathematical statistics from George Washington University in 1992 and sinc e then has spent much of his career developing statistical methodology for randomized clinical trials. He has two books on the subject\, Randomizati on in Clinical Trials: Theory and Practice (Wiley\, 2002)\, which won the Association of American Publishers Award for the best mathematics/statisti cs book published that year\, and has recently been issued in a second edi tion (Wiley\, 2016)\; and The Theory of Response-Adaptive Randomization in Clinical Trials (Wiley\, 2006). In 2017 he was named the 15th Armitage Le cturer at the University of Cambridge\, UK. He was elected the North Ameri can Editor of the tier-1 biostatistical methodology journal Biometrics\, f or 2021-2024. In 2024 he was named the 41st Fisher Memorial Lecturer by th e Fisher Memorial Trust. He has supervised 20 doctoral students who are no w leaders in academia\, industry\, and government.\n \n \n Sofia Weigle
\n Sofia W eigle\, Johnson &\; Johnson
\n \n Sofia Weigle is a PhD candidate fr om Rutgers University who lives in Tewksbury\, NJ with her husband\, 3 kid s and 2 dogs. She has been working at Johnson &\; Johnson since 2021 wh ere she started with Discovery Statistics. She is currently a Senior Scien tist in Manufacturing Statistics where she supports everything from CMC re gulatory filings and responses to analytical methods development.\n \n \n \n  \;Weng-Kee Wong
\n Weng-Kee Wong\, UCLA\n Professor Wong is a Professor at UCLA since 1990 and over the years\, he has done collaborative work in de ntistry\, environment health science\, rheumatology\, and various domains in oncology\, including in the design and analysis of cancer control and p revention trials for controlling Hepatitis B among Asians\, colorectal can cer for Hispanics\, and fighting obesity and promotion of minority health at workplace. His main methodology research area is in constructing model- based optimal experimental designs for biostatistical applications. His re cent interest is in the application of metaheuristics to tackle challengin g problems in designs for toxicology and other areas of statistics. Prof. Wong has received several R01 grant awards from NIH\, NSF and private foun dations as a principal investigator. He is fellow of the American Statisti cal Association\, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics\, the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, an elected member of the Inte rnational Statistical Institute and a full member of the Sigma Xi - The Sc ientific Research Honor Society. He currently holds a Yushan Scholarship A ward from the Taiwan&rsquo\;s Ministry of Education.\n \n \n\n

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