As part of our Patient Focused Drug Development (PFDD) efforts, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed a pilot grant program to support the development of publicly available core set(s) of Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) and their related endpoints for specific disease indications (RFA-FD-19-006). On September 11, 2019 the FDA made three awards under this grant program. These awards will provide avenues to advance the use of patient input as an important part of drug development that can foster innovation and … Read More
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Stats Camp in Chongqing China
Dr. Cai, a VPG managing partner, will be teaching a summer workshop on item response theory methods using flexMIRT at Southwest University (SWU) in Chongqing, China starting August 23rd. SWU is under the administration of the Ministry of Education and responsible for training China’s next generation of psychometricians. We are proud to be part the process!
Lit. Review of COA development using Small N
Drs. Carrie Houts, Mike Edwards, and R.J. Wirth from VPG and Linda Deal, from Pfizer, published a literature review in Quality of Life Research entitled “A review of empirical research related to the use of small quantitative samples in clinical outcome scale development.”
ISOQOL Psychometric SIG Chair-Elect
Dr. R.J. Wirth, VPG President and Managing Partner, has been elected Co-Chair of the ISOQOL Psychometric Special Interest Group. He will take over as Chair-elect this October in Copenhagen at the ISOQOL annual meeting.
Measuring What Matters
Dr. R.J. Wirth will be attending ISOQOL’s Measuring What Matters Symposium on July 25-26 in Washington, DC. Check out our back cover ad in the Measuring What Matters program.
Contact Lens User Experience: CLUE
VPG’s Drs. Wirth, Edwards, and Houts have teamed with members of Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc. to develop the Contact Lens User Experience: CLUE assessment system. There is a link to the paper on our News Blog.
DIA 2016 Validity and Fit for Purpose
Drs. Wirth and Edwards of VPG will be joined by Drs. Ashley Slagle (Aspen Consulting) and Johnathan Rubright (National Board of Medical Examiners) when they discuss the roll of modern validity theory in evaluating a COA’s “fit for purpose”. Join them at DIA 2016 for Session #247 entitled “Fit for Purpose and Modern Validity Theory in PROs”. Learn more here.
Dr. Edwards Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
Vector Psychometric Group, LLC would like to congratulate Dr. Michael Edwards, a VPG Managing Partner, for earning the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching from The Ohio State University!
flexMIRT® Training at IMPS 2016
Drs. Wirth and Houts will be teaching an IRT software pre-conference workshop at the 2016 International Meeting of The Psychometric Society. The class is a full-day training workshop offering an introduction and overview of flexMIRT® features and capabilities as well as hands-on experience. Additional information and comprehensive course descriptions may be found on the conference website.
flexMIRT® Training at NCME 2016
Drs. Cai and Houts will be teaching an IRT software pre-conference workshop at the 2016 annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. The class is a full-day training workshop offering an introduction and overview of the flexMIRT® features and capabilities as well as hands-on experience. Additional information and comprehensive course descriptions may be found on the conference websites. Conference Program Here