Statistical Experiences in Testing for Growth Hormone Abuse in Sport

Speaker: Glenn Stone

Affiliation: University of Western Sydney

Time: Monday 10/09/2012 from 14:00 to 15:00

Venue: Access Grid UWS. Presented from Parramatta (EB.1.32), accessible from Campbelltown (26.1.50) and Penrith (Y239).

Abstract:

Growth Hormone is believed to be widely abused in sport. It is a naturally occurring substance so testing for doping is not the same as detection. In this talk I will describe my experiences working with the Garvan Pituitary Research Unit and the World Anti-Doping Agency, some of which are statistical! We will touch on issues using a single biomarker (p=1), multiple biomarkers (p=6) and microarray data (p=41,000).

This seminar was recently presented to the Statistical Society of Australia (NSW branch).

Biography: Glenn Stone is Associate Professor of Statistics in the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney. He has worked as an applied statistician across a range of areas in CSIRO and IAG. Current research interests include hyperspectral data, flow cytometry and metagenomics.