Task force members are working with ASA meetings staff to understand current policies and procedures for selecting a meeting location and developing a checklist for ASA staff to consider when selecting meeting locations.
Quality and Productivity Section News
Check out what members of the Quality and Productivity Section has been up to and what they have planned for the rest of the year.
Bryant Scholarship Applications Wanted
Applications for the Edward C. Bryant Scholarship for an Outstanding Graduate Student in Survey Statistics are being accepted until March 1. One scholarship recipient is selected annually and receives a certificate and cash prize of $2,500.
Apply for the Biopharmaceutical Section Scholarship
Applications for the $3,000 award can be submitted until March 15.
JEDI Corner: Suggestions for Combining Secondary Data Analysis and Community-Based Research
Traditional approaches to secondary data analysis do not involve the people most affected by the analysis, which can create distance between statisticians or data scientists and the communities behind it. By connecting secondary data analysis with community-based research, we can decrease this distance.
Nominations Open for Annie T. Randall Innovator Award
The award honors path-breaking Black female statistician Annie T. Randall for her pioneering career in government amid pervasive racial discrimination.
ASA Pride Scholarship Nominations Open
The ASA Pride Scholarship was established to raise awareness for and support the success of LGBTQ+ statisticians and data scientists and allies.
Co-editors Publish Award-Winning Book
Kelly H. Zou, Lobna A. Salem, and Amrit Ray recently completed a book titled Real-World Evidence in a Patient-Centric Digital Era that won an award from the 2022 Reuters Events Pharma Awards.
Measuring and Reducing Bias in Machine Learning, AI
Learning to avoid sources of bias and quantifying and minimizing its impact allow the realization of the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to benefit all, David Corliss says.
Obituaries for February 2023
Ray A. Waller and Winston Ashton Richards passed away recently.