"Predicting pediatric pneumonia severity in the emergency room: Statistical considerations"

Abstract: This talk will discuss statistical considerations relevant for the project that culminated in the publication of the pediatric pneumonia severity prediction rules by the Pediatric Emergency Research Network.

 Reference: Florin TA, Tancredi DJ, Ambroggio L, et al. Predicting paediatric pneumonia severity in the emergency department: a multinational prospective cohort study of the Pediatric Emergency Research Network. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 383–92

About Speaker: Dr. Tancredi is Professor in Residence in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis,. Highly collaborative, he shares his statistical expertise in the design, analysis, and reporting of complex biomedical research with numerous research teams, leading to over 400 co-authored journal articles across a diversity of fields, including pediatrics, emergency medicine, health services research, neurodevelopment, nutrition, and violence prevention. He is a board member for the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP), where he co-hosts their “Science, Microbes, and Health" podcast, and recently joined the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Pediatrics and their sister publication, J Peds—Clinical Practice. He holds a B.A. in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Mathematical Statistics) from the University of Illinois at Chicago.