Thanks to everyone who presented a paper at PharmaSUG 2016. There were many outstanding paper presentations. The section chairs awarded the status of Best Paper to the following papers:
Applications Development
AD17. The New STREAM Procedure as a Virtual Medical WriterJoseph Hinson, inVentiv Health, Princeton, NJ
Beyond the Basics
BB07. Meaningful Presentation of Clinical Trial Data with Multiple Y-Axes GraphMina Chen, Roche Product Development in Asia Pacific, Shanghai, China
BB15. The Impact of Change from wlatin1 to UTF-8 Encoding in SAS Environment
Hui Song, PRA Health Sciences, Blue Bell, PA
Anja Koster, PRA Health Sciences, Zuidlaren, The Netherlands
Career Planning
CP03. Are You Thinking About Becoming an Independent Contractor? Things to Consider as you Plan for Your New EntrepreneurshipKathy Bradrick, MSM, Chiltern International, Inc.
Dawn Edgerton, MBA, RAC, Edgerton Data Consulting, LLC
Data Standards
DS08. Deconstructing ADRS: Tumor Response Analysis Data SetSteve Almond, Bayer Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Data Visualization and Graphics
DG15. Elevate your Graphics Game: Violin PlotsSpencer Childress, Rho, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
Healthcare Analytics
HA01. PrecMod: An Automated Precision SAS® Macro for Random Effects ModelsJesse A. Canchola, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA
Pari Hemyari, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA
Industry Basics
IB12. Handling Interim and Incomplete Data in a Clinical Trials SettingPaul Stutzman, Axio Research LLC, Seattle, WA
Management and Support
MS06. Recruiting and Retention Strategies for 2016 in the SAS Programmer Staffing OrganizationsHelen Chmiel, Experis, Inc, Kalamazoo, MI
Mindy Kiss, Experis, Inc, Kalamazoo, MI
Andrea Moralez, Experis, Inc, Kalamazoo, MI
Posters
PO09. Don't Agonize, Organize: Maximizing efficiency and effectiveness of SAS® Programming in Clinical Trials projects, by using Project Management Organizing MethodologiesShefalica Chand, Seattle Genetics, Inc., Bothell, WA
PO17. Standards Implementation & Governance: Carrot or Stick?
Julie Smiley, Akana, San Antonio, TX
Judith Goud, Akana, Bennekom, Netherlands
Quick Tips
QT08. Trivial Date Tasks? PROC FCMP Can HelpJueru Fan, PPD, Morrisville, NC
QT14. SAS® and R - stop choosing, start combining and get benefits!
Diana Bulaienko, Experis Clinical, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Statistics and Pharmacokinetics
SP07. Latent Structure Analysis Procedures in SAS®Deanna Schreiber-Gregory, National University, Moorhead, MN
Submission Standards
SS04. To IDB or Not to IDB: That is the QuestionKjersten Offenbecker, Spaulding Clinical Research, West Bend, WI
Beth Seremula, Chiltern International, King of Prussia, PA
Techniques and Tutorials
TT10. May the Function Be With You: Helpful SAS® Functions, Particularly When Handling CDISC DataAngela Lamb, Chiltern, King of Prussia, PA