In Memoriam of Dr. Pilar Lim

Abstract Number:

1168 

Submission Type:

Invited Paper Session 

Participants:

Samiran Ghosh (1), Rosanne Lane (2), Samiran Ghosh (1), Gheorghe Doros (3), Qing Liu (4), Yun Zhang (5), Lorenzo Guizzaro (6)

Institutions:

(1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, N/A, (2) Janssen, N/A, (3) Boston University, Boston, MA, (4) Quantitative and Regulatory Medical Science, LLC, N/A, (5) Janssen R&D, N/A, (6) N/A, N/A

Chair:

Samiran Ghosh  
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Discussant:

Rosanne Lane  
Janssen

Session Organizer:

Samiran Ghosh  
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Speaker(s):

Gheorghe Doros  
Boston University
Qing Liu  
Quantitative and Regulatory Medical Science, LLC
Yun Zhang  
Janssen R&D
Lorenzo Guizzaro  
N/A

Session Description:

In this memorial session, we would like to discuss the life and work of our esteemed colleague Dr. Pilar Lim, who passed away peacefully on January 2023. She graduated from Wharton School of Business, where she earned a Ph.D. in Statistics. Pilar was a Senior Bio-statistician at Janssen for nearly 30 years. She was not only a great researcher but also a mentor, and friend who positively impacted the life of many around her. She was not only an active member of ASA but also many other organizations. Most recently, in 2022 she was the Chair of the Mental Health Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association. Her work on a few areas that we want to highlight in this memorial session are,

- Placebo response and the sequential parallel design:
- Estimands and Missing Data in CNS Trial
- Statistical Analysis Plan in Clinical Trials

In this session, we have three speakers who will talk about various contributions she made in each of these areas. In addition, we have Dr. Rosanne Lane from Janssen who worked with Pilar for more than 20 years to reflect on Pilar's contribution.

Sponsors:

No Additional Sponsor 3
Memorial 1
Mental Health Statistics Section 2

Theme: Statistics and Data Science: Informing Policy and Countering Misinformation

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Estimated Audience Size

Small (<80)

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