Edited by Sheng Luo, Biometrics Section Publications Officer

The Biometrics Section will sponsor two Continuing Education courses and six invited sessions at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington. To view the list of courses and invited sessions, as well as the winner of the travel awards and Byar Young Investigator Award, visit the Biometrics Section News for March.

The section also invites applications for funding to support initiatives developing outreach projects focused on enhancing awareness of biostatistics among quantitatively talented U.S. students. Of particular interest are projects that encourage students to pursue advanced training in biostatistics.

For more information, contact the strategic initiatives subcommittee chair, Roslyn Stone, at Roslyn@pitt.edu.

Career-Development Award

The section sent out a call for proposals on postdoctoral career-development opportunities in December 2014. These were applications for funding to support career-development efforts for assistant professors or associate/full professors interested in moving into a new research area.

The ad-hoc committee chose Diana Miglioretti as representative of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Biostatistics Faculty to be awarded funds for a biostatistician interested in conducting methodological or collaborative research in radiology/imaging clinical trials and attend the RSNA Clinical Trials Workshop in January 2016. The workshop will help RSNA biostatistics faculty members mentor and train a biostatistician in the relevant methodology and art of collaborating with radiologists and imaging specialists.

The career-development ad hoc committee was composed of Mike Daniels, Joe Hogan, and Jonathan Schildcrout.

For more information about the section, read its latest news and updates on their website.