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ISPOR
e-BULLETIN provides updates of recent ISPOR activities and events. For detailed
information on ISPOR activities, members are encouraged to go to
www.ispor.org.
Please share these new ISPOR activities with your colleagues.
NEW THIS MONTH
**NEW**
ISPOR 2nd Asia-Pacific Congress-UPDATES
**NEW**
ISPOR
Special Interest Group (SIG) – UPDATES
**NEW**
23
New Positions at the ISPOR Website
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
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3 February
2006 – Board of Directors
Nominations Deadline
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5 February
2006 – ISPOR 2nd
Asia-Pacific Conference, Shanghai Worldfield Convention Hotel, Shanghai, China **EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE**
Ř 15 February 2006 – ISPOR Avedis Donabedian, Bernie
J. O’Brien New Investigator Award, and Research Excellence Awards **NOMINATION
DEADLINE**
Ř 5-7 March 2006 – ISPOR 2nd
Asia-Pacific Conference, Shanghai Worldfield Convention Hotel, Shanghai, China
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25 April
2006 – Early
Registration Deadline ISPOR 11th Annual International Meeting, Marriot
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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20-26 May
2006 – ISPOR
11th Annual International Meeting, Marriott Philadelphia, Philadelphia , PA, USA
ISPOR ONGOING ACTIVITIES
1.
Publications
2.
Meetings and Congresses
3.
Educational Activities
4.
Student News
5.
ISPOR Special Interest Groups
6. Committee and Task Force Activities
7. Asia Consortium and Local
Chapter News
8.
Employment in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
9.
Membership
1. PUBLICATIONS
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VALUE IN HEALTH
VALUE IN HEALTH "ON-LINE EARLY"
MANUSCRIPTS
"On-Line Early" manuscripts for Volume 9, Issue 2,
March/April 2006, will be on-line early later this month. To view these
"On-Line Early" articles, simply go to
http://www.ispor.org/valueinhealth_index.asp,
log on using your membership information, and follow the link.
2. ISPOR MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES
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ISPOR 11th
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING May 20-24 2006, Marriott Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Early Registration
Deadline: 25 April 2006
EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES:
Exhibitor opportunities are
available at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/ExhibitorOpportunities.aspx?event=2
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Sponsorship Opportunities are
available at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/SponsorshipOpportunities.aspx?event=2
ADVERTISE IN THE FINAL
PROGRAM
Advertising deadline: 13 April 2006
http://www.ispor.org/advertising/finalprg.asp
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ISPOR 2nd ASIA-PACIFIC
CONFERENCE Early Registration Deadline
Shanghai Worldfield Convention Hotel, Shanghai, China • 5-7 March 2006
IMPROVING EVIDENCE AND OUTCOMES IN HEALTH CARE
DECISION MAKING IN ASIA PACIFIC: CHALLENGE TO A NEW ERA
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 5 February 2006
Click here to register:
http://www.ispor.org/members/events/closed.asp
For further conference information, go to:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/index.asp
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
OPPORTUNITIES
Financial support opportunities are available at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/SponsorshipOpportunities.aspx?event=1
EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES:
Exhibitor opportunities are
available at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/ExhibitorOpportunities.aspx?event=1
3. EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
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ISPOR SHORT COURSES–ISPOR 11TH ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL MEETING – May 2006
In addition
to many of the well-attended staple short courses, we will have 9 NEW courses this year!!!
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2006
NEW! Qualitative Methods for Quality of
Life/Patient-Reported Outcomes
Faculty: TBD
For full descriptions of ALL Saturday short courses,
please visit:
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/phila0506/sc_sat.asp
SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2006
NEW! Cost-Effectiveness Analysis alongside
Clinical Trials
Faculty: Scott Ramsey MD, PhD, Full Member, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Richard Willke PhD, Senior
Director, Group Leader, Global Outcome Research, Worldwide Outcomes Research,
US Development Sites Pfizer, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, USA
NEW! Use of Real World Data in Outcomes Research
Faculty: Diana Brixner PhD, RPh, Associate Professor
and Department Chair, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
UT; Gregory de Lissovoy, PHD, MPH Senior Research Scientist, Health
Analytics Group, United BioSource Corp., Bethesda MD; Daniel M. Huse MA,
Practice Leader, Information Products, Thomson Medstat Inc., Cambridge, MA
NEW! Bayesian Analysis: Advanced
Faculty: Bryan Luce MBA, PhD, Founder and
Senior Research Leader, The MEDTAP Institute at United BioSource Corporation,
Bethesda, MD, USA; Christopher S. Hollenbeak PhD, Surgery and Health
Evaluation Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA; David
Vanness PhD, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, University
of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA
NEW! Propensity Scores and Comorbidity Risk
Adjustment
Faculty: Fadia Shaya MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor/Associate
Director, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Center on Drugs and Public
Policy, Baltimore, MD, USA
NEW! Patient Registries: Overview &
Application
Faculty: Jeff Trotter MBA, President, Ovation Research Group,
Highland Park, IL, USA
NEW! Outcomes Research for Medical Devices &
Diagnostics
Faculty: TBD
NEW! Case Studies in Pharmaceutical/Biotech
Pricing II – Advanced
Faculty: Jack Mycka, President, Optimar Strategic Consulting
LLC, Montclair, NJ, USA; Renato Dellamano PhD, President, ValueVector
(Value Added Business Strategies), Milan, Italy
NEW! Risk Assessment: Analysis and Management
Faculty: The ISPOR Risk Management Special Interest Group Chairs
For full descriptions of ALL Sunday short courses, go
to:
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/phila0506/sc_sun.asp
4. STUDENT NEWS
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For more details on the ISPOR Student Network, please
visit:
http://www.ispor.org/student/student_index.asp
5. ISPOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)
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SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS are
very important to ISPOR to achieve its mission. Their goals are to: develop
consensus; stimulate debate; advance knowledge/understanding; publish good
research practices; develop indices & tools for researchers and
decision-makers; compile health care information for public; respond to health
care public policy.
For more
information and to join an ISPOR SIG, go to
http://www.ispor.org/sigs/sigsindex.asp.
The ISPOR SIGs are:
**NEW**EVIDENCE-BASED
REIMBURSEMENT SIG
TRANSLATING
RESEARCH TO PRACTICE SIG
PATIENT REGISTRY SIG
PATIENT
REPORTED OUTCOMES SIG
MEDICATION COMPLIANCE & PERSISTENCE SIG
RETROSPECTIVE DATABASE SIG
RISK
MANAGEMENT SIG
**NEW** UPDATES
EVIDENCE-BASED REIMBURSEMENT SIG
Value-Based
Reimbursement SIG and Health Technology Assessment SIG have been combine into a
new SIG called Evidence-Based Reimbursement SIG.
It includes
4 working groups as followed:
·
HTA
Reimbursement Economics/Global Reimbursement Strategies Working Group
·
HTA to Support
Marketing Initiatives Working Group
·
Evidence and
Payer Decision-making/ Payer-oriented Evidence Guidelines Working Group
·
Global
Reimbursement Trends/Reimbursement Literature Working Group
TRANSLATING
RESEARCH TO PRACTICE SIG
New working
groups formed:
·
Employer/Insurer
Working Group
·
Drug Formulary
Management Working Group
·
Disease
Management Working Group
·
Health Plan
Perspective Working Group
6. ISPOR BOARD, COMMITTEE, AND TASK
FORCE ACTIVITIES
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COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
ISPOR 2005-2006 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
ISPOR is a member-driven organization. As a
member-driven organization, its governance is determined by the
membership. The ISPOR Nominations Committee is seeking qualified
candidates for the position of PRESIDENT-ELECT and 2 DIRECTOR positions. You,
as an ISPOR member, are invited to submit your name if you wish to be
considered for a position on the ISPOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. You may also
recommend the name of another ISPOR member. Please email your interest or
recommendation to:
nominations@ispor.org. Please attach a
curriculum vitae. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday,
February 3, 2006.
ISPOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The ISPOR Awards Committee is seeking nominees for both the
ISPOR Research Excellence Award for Methodology Excellence and Research
Excellence Award for Practical Application Excellence. See
http://www.ispor.org/awards/methodology_.asp
and
http://www.ispor.org/awards/application_.asp
for Excellence Awards descriptions, criteria, selection process, nature of
award, and past recipients.
ISPOR BERNIE O'BRIEN NEW INVESTIGATOR
AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The ISPOR Bernie O'Brien New Investigator Award was
established in 2004 to honor the long-standing commitment of Bernie J. O'Brien,
PhD to training and mentoring new scientists in the fields of outcomes research
and pharmacoeconomics. The award will be presented at the ISPOR 11th
Annual International Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, USA 20-24, 2006. The ISPOR
Awards Committee is seeking nominees for this award. See:
http://www.ispor.org/awards/Obrien_investigator.asp
for descriptions, criteria, selection process, and nature of the award.
The deadline to submit nominees for both awards is FEBRUARY
13, 2006.
7. ASIA CONSORTIUM
AND LOCAL CHAPTER NEWS
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ISPOR ASIA CONSORTIUM
Asia Consortium extends its network to Pakistan. Consortium members are now from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. For more details on this
consortium, please visit:
http://www.ispor.org/consortiums/asia.asp
8. EMPLOYMENT
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**NEW** 23 NEW POSITIONS AT THE
ISPOR WEBSITE:
http://www.ispor.org/employment/employment_index.asp
Advertise your positions on ISPOR Website (~1 million
hits per month)
INTERNSHIPS
Visit ISPOR's Internship-Professional Recruitment
Assistance Program (I-PRAP) at
http://www.ispor.org/iprap/index.asp
STUDENTS: Post your CVs/resumes for employers to view and search for
internship positions available. Nine student resumes posted!
EMPLOYERS: Post
your Intern positions for FREE and access CVs/resumes from students. If
you have any questions, please contact:
iprap@ispor.org. For more information, visit
our website at
http://www.ispor.org/prap.asp
9. ISPOR MEMBERSHIP
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Update your email address at
https://www.ispor.org/members/addresschange.asp!
Your email address is required as part of your log in information in the
members only section of the ISPOR website.
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