If you are going to the upcoming ACSM Annual Meeting in New Orleans,
and you have a keen interest in the wonderful world of Biostatistics,
please make time to attend the Biostatistics Interest Group Meeting on
Wednesday May 30 from 5:45-7:15 p.m. in Room 346 of the Convention
Center. The main item of business will be to discuss session proposals
for ACSM 2008, so please bring your ideas to the table for discussion.

At this year's meeting, the Biostatistics Interest Group has organized
two stimulating sessions. On Wednesday, May 30 (4:25-5:15 pm, room
352) Dwight Thé presents a Tutorial Lecture on 'Validating Prediction
Equations with Statistical Simulation: Bootstrapping and Generalized
Bootstrapping'. Then, on Friday June 1 (9:10-10:00 AM, room 352) the
Interest Group hosts a Conversational Forum on 'Meta-Analyses:
Appropriate Growth or Malignant Tumor?' (Presenters are Will Hopkins
and Ian Shrier, moderated by Alan Batterham).

Best regards, and look forward to seeing some of you in New Orleans.

Alan.


Alan M Batterham PhD FACSM FRSS
Centre for Food, Physical Activity, and Obesity Research
School of Health and Social Care
University of Teesside
Middlesbrough TS1 3BA
UK