Pepper Center Rounds

The Center for Applied Health Research on Aging (CAHRA), Northwestern Pepper Center, OAIC National Coordinating Center, and the AGING Initiative are pleased to present Pepper Center Rounds. Pepper Center Rounds are a venue to showcase high-quality research from early career faculty across the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAIC) network. Please join us!

November 21, 2025, 12pm CT

“Composite endpoints in aging research: Design considerations using the win ratio"

Lauren Balmert Bonner, PhD
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Division of Biostatistics & Informatics
Northwestern University

Dr. Bonner is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, in the Division of Biostatistics and Informatics, at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. As a member of the Biostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC) and Northwestern University Data Analysis and Coordinating Center (NUDACC), she collaborates across a range of clinical fields including gastroenterology, HIV maternal child health, and general internal medicine and geriatrics. She is MPI and DCC lead for the NIDDK-funded Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis trial and serves as the Data Management Core PI for the Data Translation Center supporting the NHLBI-funded HeartShare network. Dr. Bonner is particularly interested in connecting methodological developments in trial design and analysis with clinical applications.