WORKING GROUPS
Working Group 2: Evaluation of diagnostic tests with BLCMs
Working Groups:
Initially, WG2 will summarize the existing BLCM methodology for the estimation of the Se and Sp of the diagnostic tests.
Subsequently, WG2 will identify existing gaps and propose modifications to the available methods to cover these gaps. Consequently, WG2 will also be responsible for the creation of open-source software tools for implementing the new methods and making more straightforward the application of existing.
WG2 will also be in charge of issuing guidelines for the sound application of BMLCs in routine diagnostics in the field.
Training and the development of available online material for BLCMs on the evaluation of diagnostic tests will also be the responsibility of WG2 in conjunction with WG5.
Tasks
- T2.1. Perform systematic review and evaluation of existing BLCMs for the estimation of the Se and Sp of the diagnostic tests.
- T2.2. Prepare a white paper on the sound application of BLCMs for Se/Sp estimation in Life Sciences.
- T2.3. Develop training material for domain-expert scientists as well as methodologists in BMLCs.
WG2 Members
Julio Alvarez
WG2 Co-leader & MC Member
VISAVET Health Surveillance Center
Spain
Sonja Hartnack
WG2 Active Co-leader & MC Substitute
Vetsuisse faculty
Switzerland
Adina Iftimi
WG Member
Department of Statistics and O.R. Universitat de València
Spain
Andrzej Jarynowski
WG3 Co-leader & MC Member
Interdisciplinary Research Institute
Poland
Arianna Comin
WG4 Co-leader & MC Member
National Veterinary Institute - SVA
Sweden
Boris Bikbov
MC Substitute
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri (IRCCS)
Italy
Carolina Soledad Romero García
MC Substitute
Hospital General Universitario
Spain
Christiana Demetriou
MC Member
University of Nicosia Medical School
Cyprus
Enisa Ademović
MC Substitute
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
László Ózsvári
MC Member
University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest
Hungary
Lejla Dzananovic
MC Member
Faculty of Medicine University of Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Luzia Gonçalves
MC Member
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Portugal
Marcel Leppée
STSM Coordinator & MC Member
Institute for Healthy Ageing
Croatia
Marina Zekic Stosic
MC Substitute
Scientific veterinary institute Novi Sad
Serbia
Matthias Greiner
MC Substitute
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Germany
Milton Severo Barros da Silva
MC Member
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
Portugal
Noemi Kiss
WG3 Active Co-leader & MC Substitute
Austria Health Insurance Institute
Austria
Rosário Oliveira
MC Substitute
Instituto Superior Técnico
Portugal
Saraya Tavornpanich
WG5 Co-leader & MC Member
Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Norway
Sorana D. Bolboacă
WG5 Active Co-leader & MC Member
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Søren Saxmose Nielsen
MC Member
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Denmark
Tarmo Niine
WG4 Active Co-leader & MC Substitute
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Estonia
Vasileios Papatsiros
MC Substitute
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly
Greece
Vesna Velikj Stefanovska
MC Member
Medical Faculty, University "St Kiril and Metodij"
Macedonia
