Here are results from the fall 2009 Salary Survey of Biostatistics and Other Biomedical Statistics Departments and Units conducted by the ASA. All salary figures are for a 12-month period. As in the past, previous salary survey data have been included for comparative purposes. The estimates are based on responses from 30 departments, plus a few individuals who responded to the survey.
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It is Thanksgiving Day as I write this column, though by the time you read it, it will be the beginning of a very happy new year. I wish you all a peaceful, healthy, and prosperous year, and I look forward to working with you to make our association thrive.
This year, for the first time, the ASA collected gender information along with the salary information during the salary survey of biostatistics and other biomedical statistics departments. Keith Crank, the ASA’s research and graduate education manager, suggests a story for the gender information provided.
View this slideshow of photos from the 2009 JSM in Washington, DC.
As most statisticians and survey methodologists know, social data collected under any circumstance can have problems associated with them. However, data on casualties caused by political violence or war are collected under some of the most trying circumstances. A two-day conference on casualty recording and estimation in times of conflict was held to establish methods and discussed each methods strengths and weaknesses.
On December 14, 2009, EURANDOM—an international research institute in stochastics at the Eindhoven University of Technology—celebrated the 100 workshops they have initiated throughout the past 11 years.
The editorial board of the Chilean Journal of Statistics (ChJS) plans to publish the first volume of the journal in 2010 in memory of Pilar Iglesias (1960–2007), who served as the president of the Chilean Statistical Society from 1998–2003.
The 2010 International Methodology Symposium, titled “Social Statistics: The Interplay Among Censuses, Surveys, and Administrative Data,” will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from October 26–29.
The January Amstat News member spotlight is on E. J. Reedy, manager in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation.
A worldwide computer programming contest illustrates the importance of statistics and probability courses.
Statistics Without Borders (SWB) has made great strides as an organization in the past several months. This ASA-affiliated group, which now includes nearly 100 volunteers, provides pro bono statistical expertise to organizations working on problems broadly related to international health issues.
Volume 22, No. 4 of CHANCE magazine includes articles on a diverse set of topics. Here are the highlights.
The November 2009 issue of Technometrics is a special collection of articles on statistical problems that arise in computer modeling. The stimulus for this issue was a focus year on the topic held in 2006–2007 at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute.
This month’s guest columnists, both ASA Fellows, write about the need for measurement to play a stronger role in economics and suggest a cultural shift in this field is necessary to realize such a change.
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the January issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.
The Biometrics Section is partnering with the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society to fund three or four applications for projects that raise awareness of the biostatistics profession among high-school and college students. Of particular interest are projects encouraging students to pursue advanced training in biostatistics.
Nominate an outstanding supervisor, technical director, team coordinator, or other member of a governmental statistical staff who encourages mentoring of junior staff in the federal, state, or local statistical system for the 2010 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award.
The University of Michigan Biostatistics Department held a conference in Ann Arbor November 13–14, 2009, to celebrate 55+/-5 years in existence … 55+/-5? Can they count? Or is that a 95% confidence interval?
Here are results from the fall 2009 Salary Survey of Biostatistics and Other Biomedical Statistics Departments and Units conducted by the ASA. All salary figures are for a 12-month period. As in the past, previous salary survey data have been included for comparative purposes. The estimates are based on responses from 30 departments, plus a few individuals who responded to the survey.
Sally Morton wound down her term as ASA president by leading the board through intense discussion of important topics during the board’s December 4–5, 2009, meeting at the ASA office in Alexandria, Virginia. Here are the highlights.
