Dionne Price, director of Division of Biometrics IV in the Office of Biostatistics, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, has been elected the 118th president of the American Statistical Association. She will serve a one-year term as president-elect beginning January 1, 2022; her term as president becomes effective January 1, 2023.

The ASA membership also elected Nicholas J. Horton, Beitzel Professor of Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Amherst College, as ASA vice president. Horton’s term begins January 1, 2022.

Price will be the first African-American president of the ASA. She credits her experience as a summer intern at the National Institutes of Health while an undergraduate student at Norfolk State University in Virginia, one of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities, with exposing her to the work of statisticians and setting her on the path to becoming a statistician herself.

One of her goals as ASA president is to make sure a variety of young people today have an opportunity similar to hers to see the enormous impact of statisticians. “Although much time has passed since I was an undergraduate, I believe there is still more work to be done in terms of increasing the awareness of statistics as a profession,” Price said. “Undoubtedly, there are untapped quantitative thinkers with great potential to impact the ASA community.” Price thinks it is imperative we highlight the benefits of ASA membership as we also increase awareness of statistics. “The ASA is a community, and one of great value to statisticians,” Price said.

Price also wants to continue the ASA’s efforts aimed at justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion for all. “It is important that we increase our collective awareness and understanding of the experiences of quantitative thinkers from various backgrounds,” she said. She believes these efforts will strengthen our community.

Price said she intends for the statistical community to continue playing an active role in science policy, advocating for sound statistical theory and ensuring the value of statisticians is recognized. “Throughout 2020, we were constantly presented with data and interpretations of those data pertaining to the coronavirus pandemic,” she said. “Now, more than ever, we must ensure that statistics is properly used to answer questions of interest.”

In her current role at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Price provides leadership to statisticians developing and applying methodology used in the regulation of drug products. She has been involved in the FDA response to many public health challenges, including serving on the Antibacterial Drug Development Task Force and as a member of the teams reviewing products to treat Ebola and coronavirus infections. She currently leads cross-cutting, collaborative efforts across FDA to better use complex, innovative trial designs in pharmaceutical drug development.

Horton begins his tenure as ASA vice president after 25 years of active service to the ASA. He has served on the ASA Board, Council of Chapters, and Council of Sections and chaired the Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistics working group, ASA Section on Statistics and Data Science Education, and ASA/NCTM Joint Committee. Horton is active in the Boston Chapter. His ASA awards include the Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Boston Chapter in 2018, the Founders Award for Distinguished Service in 2017, the Distinguished Service Award from the Boston Chapter in 2011, and the Waller Award for excellence and innovation in the instruction of elementary statistics at the undergraduate level in 2009. He was elected an ASA Fellow in 2012.

Horton earned his ScD in biostatistics from Harvard in 1999. He is the author of more than 180 papers about statistical methodology, clinical research, health services, and statistics and data science education, as well as four books about data science and statistics in R. He was the chair of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies and National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics. He also served on two National Academies projects related to data science education and is the director of the Five College Statistics Program.

Horton’s top two priorities for his tenure are to help ensure statistics is at the core of data science and to work toward a more diverse and inclusive profession that fosters the success of those who have been historically underrepresented and underappreciated.

The ASA membership also elected the following:

• Michelle Shardell, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, as the Council of Sections Representative to the ASA Board
• Kendra Schmid, Professor of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, as the Council of Chapters Representative to the ASA Board
• Susan Paddock, Chief Statistician and Executive Vice President at NORC at the University of Chicago, as Chair-Elect of the Council of Sections Governing Board
• Mimi Kim, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as Chair-Elect of the Council of Chapters Governing Board

The entire slate of election results, including officers for each of the ASA’s 29 sections, follows:

Bayesian Statistical Science (SBSS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
David van Dyk

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Huiyan Sang

Publications Officer 2022–2023
Brenda Betancourt

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Amy Shi

Biometrics (BIOM)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Sharina Person

Biopharmaceutical (BIOP)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Brian A. Millen

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Elena Polverejan

Publications Officer 2022–2024
Hiya Banerjee

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Janelle Charles

Charter Revisions Approved

Business and Economic Statistics (BE)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Bart Hobijn

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Xiaofeng Shao

Statistical Computing (COMP/CPGH)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Mine Cetinkaya‐Rundel

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Kun Chen

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2023
Dave Kessler

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Hua Zhou

Statistical Consulting (CNSL)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Chris Barker

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2023
Terrie Vasilopoulos

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Rhonda Rosychuk

Executive Committee at Large 2022–2024
Charlotte Bolch

Section on Statistics and Data Science Education (EDUC)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Nathan Tintle

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2024
Jennifer Broatch

Executive Committee at Large 2022–2024 (two positions)
Jennifer Ward
Adam Loy

Statistics in Defense and National Security (SDNS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Nick Clark

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Jane Pinelis

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2023
Kelly Avery

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Rebecca Medlin

Statistics and the Environment (ENVR)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Bo Li

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Eric Gilleland

Treasurer 2022 (Rotates to Secretary in 2023)
Staci Hepler

Publications Chair‐Elect 2022
Whitney Huang

Statistics in Epidemiology (EPI)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Nandita Mitra

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Michelle Shardell

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2024
Jenna Krall

Publications Officer 2022–2023
Yunyun Jiang

Statistics in Genomics and Genetics (SGG)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Nancy Zhang

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Kimberly Siegmund

Government Statistics (GOVT/GTSO)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Claire McKay Bowen

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Lisa Mirel

Statistical Graphics (GRPH/CPGH)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Lucy D’Agostino McGowan

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Allison Presmanes‐Hill

Publications Officer 2022–2023
Natalia Da Silva

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Xiaoyue Cheng

Health Policy Statistics (HPSS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Lisa Lix

Statistics in Imaging (SI)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Ying Guo

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Benjamin Risk

Statistical Learning and Data Science (SLDM)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Kellie Archer

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Cheryl Brooks

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Nusrat Rabbee

Lifetime Data Science Section (LIDS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Grace Yi

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Ying Ding

Secretary 2022–2024
Sharon Xie

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Ronghui Xu

Statistics in Marketing (MKTG)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Hui Lin

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Elaine Zanutto

Treasurer 2022–2023
Adraine Upshaw

Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Tracy Bergemann

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Dandan Xu

Mental Health Statistics (MHS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Knashawn Morales

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Christine Mauro

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Samprit Banerjee

Nonparametric (NPAR)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Chunming Zhang

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Long Nguyen

Treasurer 2022 (Rotates to Secretary in 2023)
Rui Song

Physical and Engineering Sciences (SPES/SPQP)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Ying Hung

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Arman Sabbaghi

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2023
Emily Casleton

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Erin Leatherman

Statistical Programmers and Analysts (SSPA)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Vipin K. Arora

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Maryanne Miller

Secretary 2022–2023
Manyan Huang

Treasurer 2022–2023
Zeqing Lu

Publications Officer 2022–2023
Jessica Chen

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Michael Anderson

Charter Revisions Approved

Quality and Productivity (QP/SPQP)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Sarah Burke

Risk Analysis (RISK)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Hongmei Zhang

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Yichuan Zhao

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2023
Yue Jiang

Publications Officer 2022–2023
Mike Pennell

Social Statistics (SOC/GTSO)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Stephanie Eckman

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Megan Price

Secretary/Treasurer 2022–2023
Elizabeth Tipton

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Sharon Stern

Statistics in Sports (SIS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Andrew Swift

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Michael Schuckers

Survey Research Methods (SRMS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Brady West

Program Chair‐Elect 2022
Andreea Erciulescu

Secretary 2022–2023
Qixuan Chen

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Kristen Olson

Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS)

Chair‐Elect 2022
Maria Ciarleglio

Council of Sections Representative 2022–2024
Amy Nowacki

Charter Revisions Approved