PharmaSUG 2013 Interactive Schedule Grid

Welcome to the PharmaSUG 2013 Interactive Schedule Grid. Use the links below to jump to a portion of the schedule, then click on a paper title to view the abstract and other details!

(Revised May 6)

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Monday AM

Section 9:15 AM 9:30 AM 9:45 AM 10:00 AM 10:15 AM 10:30 AM 10:45 AM 11:00 AM 11:15 AM 11:30 AM
Beyond the Basics The Hash of Hashes as a "Russian Doll" Structure: Application to Clinical Adverse Events Data Analysis The Baker Street Irregulars Investigate: Perl Regular Expressions and CDISC Doing the hashwork: Using the data step hash object to perform common clinical programming chores.
Coders Corner Automating the Footnote Generation Beep, Beep, Beep, Back It Up! A Fool Proof Approach to Archiving with no Copying SAS Logic Coding Made Easy Revisit User-defined Function Tracking the Use of Standard Programs in Clinical Trials Methods to Derive COVAL-COVALn in CO Domain Get in line! How to make your data alignment easy! Extending the PRX Functions with PROC FCMP. Numeric and Decimal Place Alignment in RTF Files with Non-Monospaced Fonts Using SAS® to Locate and Rename External Files
Data Standards Assessing Drug Safety with Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling Using PROC MCMC and JMP Macro %D_ADSL Automating ADSL Creation from Metadata File ADaM Implementation Round Table
Hands-on Training Quick Results with PROC SQL
Health Outcomes & Epidemiology Obesity and Weight Cycling Use SAS® Software for Epidemiological Studies Practice of SMQs for Adverse Events in Analysis of Safety Data and Pharmacovigilance Imputing Dose Levels for Adverse Events MedDRA Beyond that basic AE report. How SMQs and MedDRA structure can enhance reporting. Taking a Census in Utero: An Introduction to Pregnancy Registries with an Emphasis on Identifying Multiple Gestations
Management & Support If 'standard code' is so great& Life Cycle of a Data Point - A Tool to Educate the Clinical Development Team on What it Takes to Go From the Clinic to a Submission Modern SAS Programming: Using SAS Grid Manager and Enterprise Guide in a Global Pharmaceutical Environment Deployment of SAS® Programming Contract Staff: Pathway to Sinkhole or Best Strategy for Programming Division? Be a Dead Cert for a SAS® Cert How to prepare for the most important SAS Certifications in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Statistics & Pharmacokinetics Doctoring Your Clinical Trial with Adaptive Randomization Probability Based Criteria for Early Phase Drug Development Combining Analysis Results from Multiply Imputed Categorical Data Oh Quartile, Where Art Thou?
SAS Super Demos Clinical Graphs Using SAS ODS Graphics Quick Results with SAS ODS Graphics Designer Using the SAS® Clinical Standards Toolkit 1.5 for define.xml creation Doing More with Metadata SAS Visual Analytics

Monday Early PM

Section 1:15 PM 1:30 PM 1:45 PM 2:00 PM 2:15 PM 2:30 PM 2:45 PM 3:00 PM 3:15 PM
Beyond the Basics Coding For the Long Haul With Managed Metadata and Process Parameters Four Useful VBA Utilities for SAS® Programmers Avoiding SAS Data Set Locks in a Windows Environment
Coders Corner Array, Hurray, Array; Consolidate or Expand Your Input Data Stream Using Arrays Can you export all the datasets into Excel for me? a small dynamic macro that does it as fast as they think it should. Bring Excel file with SDTM data in multiple sheets to SAS Combining SAS ® LIBNAME and VBA Macro to Import Excel ® file in an Intriguing, Efficient way Combining First Page of Multiple RTF Outputs in SAS ® using Bookmark and VBA Macro Dynamic Project Setup and Programming Using SAS Automatic Macro Variables and Environment Variables Creating a Clinical Summary Table within a Single DATA Step with the Dynamic Trio: DOSUBL(), Hash Objects, and ODS Objects When Asked for Subject Incidences, Go Ahead and FREQ OUT
Data Standards Implementation considerations for PARAM/PARAMCD using ADaM BDS Leveraging SDTM Standards to Cut Datasets at Any Visit Programming Validation Tips for SDTM prior to using OpenCDISC validator
Hands-on Training The Armchair Quarterback: Writing SAS® Code for the Perfect Pivot (Table, That Is)
Management & Support The Challenges and Opportunities for SAS Statistical Programmers in Two Commonly used CRO Resourcing Models Statistical Computing Environment Implementation - An Agile Approach Using Workflows and Metadata Information to Standardize Business Processes in Pharmaceutical Programming Managing 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance: Using Checksums On Open Systems
Statistics & Pharmacokinetics Adjusted proportion difference and confidence interval in stratified randomized trials Time to Event Analysis in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries Case-Control the analysis of Biomarker data using SAS ® Genetic Procedure SAS® 9.3: Better graphs, Easier lives for SAS programmers, PK scientists and pharmacometricians
Techniques & Tutorials: Foundations Essentials of PDV: Directing the Aim to Understanding the DATA Step! Creating and Customizing the Kaplan-Meier Survival Plot in PROC LIFETEST Let SAS® Do Your DIRty Work
Freelancers Forum Introduction / First Hurdles in Becoming an Independent Consultant Basics of Self Employment Getting the Word Out - How to Promote Yourself

Monday Late PM

Section 3:30 PM 3:45 PM 4:00 PM 4:15 PM 4:30 PM 4:45 PM 5:00 PM 5:15 PM
Application Development Just Press the Button - Generation of SAS Code to Create Analysis Datasets directly from an SAP - Can it be Done? Let SAS Set Up and Track Your Project Application Interface for executing a batch of SAS® Programs and Checking Logs
Beyond the Basics OpenCDISC: Beyond Point and Click Not All Equals are Created Equal: Nonstandard Statement Structures in the DATA Step
Coders Corner PRXCHANGE: Accept No Substitutions A Closer Look at PROC SQL s FEEDBACK Option Conditional Processing Using the Case Expression in PROC SQL Add a Little Magic to Your Joins Turn Your Plain Report into a Painted Report Using ODS Styles
Data Standards Building Traceability for End Points in Analysis Datasets Using SRCDOM, SRCVAR, and SRCSEQ Triplet From Standards that Cost To Standards that Save: Cost Effective Standards Implementation
Hands-on Training Some Techniques for Integrating SAS Output with Microsoft Excel Using Base SAS®
Management & Support Patient Profile Graphs using SAS Therapy Lessons Learned to Empower Programmers Transition from hands-on statistical programmer to leader of a team of role based statistical programmers. Tools and tips.
Techniques & Tutorials: Foundations Google® Search Tips and Techniques for SAS® and JMP® Users The SAS Data Step: Where Your Input Matters Working Hard to Become Lazy
Freelancers Forum Working from Home - Pros & Cons from Those Who Have Done It Always Do This… / Never Do This… - Tips from the Pros You’re a SAS Guru, Not an Accountant

Tuesday Early AM

Section 8:00 AM 8:15 AM 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 9:00 AM 9:15 AM 9:30 AM 9:45 AM
Application Development More Power to SAS - Embedding Other Programming Languages in SAS Through SAS/IML® Studio A Simple Approach to the Automated Unit Testing of Clinical SAS Macros Automating Validation of Define.xml using SAS®
Beyond the Basics Sharpening Your Skills in Reshaping data: PROC TRANSPOSE vs. Array Processing Processing MedDRA SMQs: Using Recursive Programming to Handle Hierarchical Data Structures Bayesian Analysis of Survival Data with SAS PHREG Procedure
Coders Corner How MEAN is T-test? Handling Dynamic Variable Types in SAS® Graph Your SAS off An alternate log axis using SAS PROC GPLOT® Automating the Labeling of X- Axis Creating Customized Sphaghetti Plots Useful Tips for Handling and Creating Special Characters in SAS A Quick Patient Profile: Combining External Data with EDC-generated Subject CRF
Hands-on Training Using PROC FCMP to the Fullest: Getting Started and Doing More
Statistics & Pharmacokinetics Introduction to Bayesian Analysis Using SAS® Software
Techniques & Tutorials: Foundations The Bylaws of By Group Processing Anatomy of a Merge Gone Wrong Give the Power of SAS® to Excel Users Without Making Them Write SAS Code
SAS Super Demos ODS and Traffic lighting for PROC PRINT, REPORT and PROC TABULATE Clinical Graphs Using SAS ODS Graphics

Tuesday Late AM

Section 10:15 AM 10:30 AM 10:45 AM 11:00 AM 11:15 AM 11:30 AM
Application Development SAS Drug Development 4.x The Next Generation Platform for Enterprise Analytics Running OpenCDISC in SAS
Beyond the Basics Enhancements to Basic Patient Profiles Atypical Applications of the UPDATE Statement
Coders Corner Creating a Batch Command File for Executing SAS with Dynamic and Custom System Options Macro to Conduct Consistency Checks Using SAS Driver Programs to Automate Workflows and Respond to the Unexpected A One Line Method to Extract a Substring from a String using PRX Don't Get Blindsided by PROC COMPARE A strategy to ensure non-estimable confidence intervals having equal lower and upper confidence limits are displayed correctly
Computational Science Symposium The PHUSE/FDA Computational Science Working Groups: A Collaboration Breaking Down the Walls between FDA and Industry
Data Standards Mapping Unique Aspects of Implantable Medical Device Study Data to CDISC SDTM Medical Device Domains Data Standards Will Be Required: Challenges for Medical Device Submissions
Hands-on Training Hands-On ADaM ADAE Development
SAS Super Demos Introducing PROC QUANTSELECT Doing More with Metadata SAS Visual Analytics

Tuesday Early PM

Section 1:15 PM 1:30 PM 1:45 PM 2:00 PM 2:15 PM 2:30 PM 2:45 PM 3:00 PM 3:15 PM
Application Development Methods and Application for Determining the Integrity and Veracity of Medical Device Safety Related Data in Social Media GUI-Based Utility Macro for Creating a Version Controlled Project Directory and Copying in Standard Tools and Templates Files Automated Validation of Third Party Data Imports
Data Standards Standardizing the Standards: A Road Map for Establishing, Implementing and Unifying Standards in Your Organization The Y2K17 Bug! Using a System of Metadata to Respond to PDUFA V Requirements Good vs Better SDTM: Limitations as Operational Model
Data Visualizations & Graphics Managing Graphic Appearance for Grouped Data in ODS Graphics SAS GTL: Improving Patient Safety and Study Efficiency JMP versus JMP Clinical for Interactive Visualization of Clinical Trials Data
Hands-on Training SDTM, ADaM and define.xml with OpenCDISC®
Industry Basics Map Metadata taking the next step/Connecting the dots. How metadata can go beyond data standards to define data movement. Pretty Please?! Making RTF Output "Pretty" with SAS
Techniques & Tutorials: Foundations How Do I . . .? There is more than one way to solve that problem; Why continuing to learn is so important Why the Bell Tolls 108 times? Stepping Through Time with SAS Mission Possible: Your Assignment, Should You Decide to Accept It, Is to Validate A Study
Freelancers Forum Business Licenses and Types of Insurance You Need SAS Certification & SAS Alliance Partners Program Rate Setting

Tuesday Late PM

Section 3:30 PM 3:45 PM 4:00 PM 4:15 PM 4:30 PM 4:45 PM 5:00 PM 5:15 PM
Application Development DataSetBuilder - An Application for Creating Edit Check Test Cases within SAS Data Sets by Non-Programmers A Generic Concept to Handle SDTM (and other CDISC) Data Sets A SAS Based MedDRA Coding System A Macro to Batch Submit a List of Programs with Real Time Feedback
Data Standards Designing and Tuning ADaM Datasets Experiences in Preparing Summary Level Clinical Site Data within NDA s submission for FDA s Inspection Planning
Data Visualizations & Graphics Creating High Quality Statistical Graphs for Publications Data Visualization Power Tools: Expedite the Easy, Implement the Difficult, or Handle Big Data Customizing Survival Plot Using ODS Graphics Template Language
Hands-on Training Using the SAS® Clinical Standards Toolkit 1.5 to import CDISC ODM files
Industry Basics Serving SAS®: A Visual Guide to SAS Servers Due (Data) Diligence: Study Data Review for Acquisitions Clinical Trials: If You Can Explain Them to Second Graders, You Can Explain Them to Anyone!
Techniques & Tutorials: Foundations SQL, HASH Tables, FORMAT and KEY= More Than One Way to Merge Two Datasets Making the Log a Forethought Rather Than an Afterthought Defensive Programming and Error-handling: The Path Less Travelled What s Hot, What s Not Skills for SAS® Professionals
Freelancers Forum Prospecting & Obtaining Leads The Portable Office Taxes and the Self-Employed My Journey

Wednesday Early AM

Section 8:00 AM 8:15 AM 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 9:00 AM 9:15 AM 9:30 AM 9:45 AM
Application Development Clinical Reporting By Elements Solving Samurai Sudoku Puzzles -- A First Attempt Submitting SAS Code on the Side
Data Standards Some Strategies for Validating Your Data before Submission Considerations in Data Modeling when Creating Supplemental Qualifiers Datasets in SDTM-Based Submissions
Data Visualizations & Graphics A Picture is worth 3000 words!! 3D Visualization using SAS® Data Visualization Tips and Techniques for Effective Communication
Hands-on Training Effectively Utilizing Loops and Arrays in the DATA Step
Industry Basics SAS Programmer To Clinical SAS Programmer The Value of an Advanced Degree in Statistics as a Clinical Statistical SAS Programmer Introduction to the CDISC Standards
Techniques & Tutorials: Foundations Let's get SASsy Effective Independent Validation - Tips to Improve the Independent Validation Process There's Nothing ODiouS about ODS Things Dr Johnson Did Not Tell Me: An Introduction to SAS® Dictionary Tables
SAS Super Demos Doing More with Metadata Introducing the New ADAPTIVEREG Procedure for Adaptive Regression Using the SAS® Clinical Standards Toolkit 1.5 for define.xml creation Quick Results with SAS ODS Graphics Designer

Wednesday Late AM

Section 10:15 AM 10:30 AM 10:45 AM 11:00 AM
Application Development SDTM Harmonization in the Absence of CDASH Modularized Approach to Domain Programming A Simple Interface for Metadata
Data Standards Considerations in the Use of Timing Variables in Submitting SDTM-Compliant Datasets
Data Visualizations & Graphics Communication of Statistical Findings by Tables and Graphs Dances with Box Plot
Industry Basics Is Your Data Set Really Validated: Beware of Blind-Fold Validation Analysis of Concomitant Medication Data
Techniques & Tutorials: Foundations Access to Relational Databases Using SAS® Extend the Power of SAS® to Use Callable VBS and VBA Code Files Stored in External Libraries to Control Excel Formatting Routines
SAS Super Demos SAS Visual Analytics