UK-PMPR 2016 - 1st UK Prediction Modelling in Psychiatric Research (UK-PMPR) Workshop

On Friday 15 July 2016 the Department of Biostatistics of the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London will hold a one day workshop on “Prediction modelling in psychiatric research” with invited guest speakers from the University of Manchester, Imperial College London, King’s College London and the London start-up company Babylon. Keynote speaker will be Prof. David Hand, Imperial College London.
All presentation sessions will be held in the Robin Murray lecture theatre at the main building of the IoPPN, Denmark Hill Campus.
Theme of the meeting
Prediction models are mathematical formulae that try to predict the clinical outcome for individual patients based on characteristics related to the patient, treatment or disease. Predictions in mental health can range from diagnosis of a disorder, recurrence of an event, such as a depressive or psychotic episode or response to treatment.
In recent years, more and more data is being collected from patients, such as Electronic Health Records, medical imaging databases, disease registries, spontaneous reporting sites, genetic data, cohort studies and clinical trials. As a result, traditional statistical prediction modelling using regression approaches are not sufficient anymore to build reliable and valid prediction models. Statistical and machine learning modelling techniques have become critical to the development of clinical useful prediction model and it is of crucial importance that such models are developed and tested appropriately.
Organizer
The meeting is organised by the Statistical Learning Group from the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience. An exciting line-up of six speakers from the University of Manchester, Imperial College, King’s College London and the London start-up company Babylon will present about modern applications and new methodologies in prediction modelling. Highlights include the keynote address from Prof. David Hand, Imperial College London.
Aim of UK-PMPR
This workshop is a new initiative to organise a regular UK based meeting on prediction modelling in psychiatric research as a collaborative effort across the methodology research community in the psychiatric and psychological sciences.
It aims to:
provide a forum for people interested in prediction modelling such as psychiatrists, psychologists, statisticians, bioinformaticians and computer scientists to meet informally;
for early career researchers to highlight their work;
to offer opportunities for networking to foster future research opportunities and collaborations;
and to enhance the interaction between practitioners, statisticians and computer scientists working on problems from psychiatry and health care.
Poster Presentations
This 1st workshop will present work from six invited speakers. However, we welcome poster presentations from anyone who would like to attend. The theme of the meeting is “Prediction Modelling in Psychiatric Research” and the focus is on methodology and interesting applications, though presentations from topics outside psychiatry that can be useful for applications in psychiatry are also welcome. Please sent an email to: biostatistics_workshop-AT-kcl.ac.uk (with author name(s), affiliations and title) if you would like to present a poster. Due to space constrictions, portrait posters are preferred.