Affiliation:
Director, Office of Biostatistical Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Educational Background
PhD, Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University
Master’s, Mathematics, Case Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s, Mathematics, The City College of New York

Professional and ASA Activities
ASA Fellow; Chair of the Elizabeth Scott Award Committee (2002); Chair of the Committee on Women in Statistics (1976–1981); President, International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (2001); President of the American Statistical Association (2011)

About Nancy
I was born and raised in New York City and attended the City College of New York, where I attained a bachelor’s in mathematics. I earned my PhD, also in math, at Case Western Reserve University. I’m not sure how my interest in biostatistics arose, but it was really developed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and, more recently, at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Perhaps my greatest accomplishment was serving as president of the American Statistical Association in 2011. Other accomplishments include leading my current group and writing many papers in biomedicine and biostatistics.