This month, we welcome many new members and spotlight Chris Burger, who answered some questions so we could get to know him better.
UConn Sports Analytics Symposium Showcases Student-Oriented Educational Innovation
The fifth UConn Sports Analytics Symposium was held April 12–13 at the University of Connecticut. The event offered a comprehensive program designed to showcase the field’s interdisciplinary impact while fostering collaboration between students, academic programs, and the sports industry.
SDSS 2025 to Bridge Disciplines and Advance AI, Statistics, Data Science
The theme for the 2025 Symposium on Data Science and Statistics is “Bridging Disciplines: Advancing AI, Statistics, and Data Science Together.” Taking place April 29–May 2, 2025, at the Hilton in Salt Lake City, Utah, the theme reflects the transdisciplinary role statistics, data science, and now AI have integrated multiple disciplines to push the innovation boundaries of these rapidly evolving fields.
Diversity in Backgrounds, Careers a Major Theme in Survey of Master’s Graduates
The 2023 statistics and biostatistics master’s graduates who responded to the ASA follow-up survey in spring 2024 came to their graduate program with undergraduate majors in 45 fields and then diverged into careers and studies in a variety of sectors, regions, and fields.
Registration Open for Symposium on AI in Pharmaceutical Medicine
The symposium, which can be attended in person or virtually, will take place June 10–11 at the Northeastern University campus in Boston with the theme Generative AI in Medical Research and Drug Development: Hype or Reality?
NIJ to Support New Research in 2024
The National Institute of Justice is the scientific research, development, and evaluation agency of the US Department of Justice. Each year, NIJ identifies needed topical research in the physical and social sciences, solicits proposals from universities and other research institutions to conduct that research, and awards grants to fund the selected proposals.
Recognizing the ASA’s Longtime Members
Each year, the ASA recognizes all members reaching a milestone of 35, 40, 45, and 50 years of membership. All members who joined 35 years ago or more are also extended an invitation to a reception at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings.
A Conversation with Dean Follmann of NIAID
Chris Franck met Dean Follmann during a visit to the Biostatistics Research Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He grew curious to learn more about Dean, who leads the group, and conducted this featured interview about his work.
From Inspiration to Impact: Mentoring Matters
ASA President Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar’s April column focuses on mentoring—both her own experience of being mentored and the ASA’s focus on mentoring programs.
SRMS to Host JSM Short Course
The Survey Research Methods Section is sponsoring the course Data Integration in Surveys and Clinical Trials: Methods and Software at the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings.