David Corliss starts the year off with a challenge list that shines a light on exciting new opportunities and is meant to encourage the D4G community to tackle overlooked or under-resourced concerns.
Committee Spotlight: Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
Members of the ASA Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee keep track of and are responsive to current events relating to the collection, analysis, and use of statistics. They help decide whether the ASA should comment on, or even support, for example, rule changes or legislation, generally in the federal government.
UConn Sports Analytics Symposium Boasts New Features
The fourth UConn Sports Analytics Symposium was supported by a three-year conference grant from the National Science Foundation and included a data challenge.
December Issue Sheds Light on FIFA World Cup
As the FIFA World Cup 2022 gets into full swing in Qatar, the December issue of Significance sheds statistical light on events on and off the field.
Obituaries for January 2023
ASA members Joseph Massaro and Tim Holt passed away recently.
Hundreds Celebrate International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science
The inaugural International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science took place October 11 with support from the Caucus for Women in Statistics, Portuguese Statistical Society, American Statistical Association, and 35 other statistical and data science organizations around the world.
Oxford University Hosts EDGE Summer Program for Women in Mathematics
A group of 14 students comprise the 2022 cohort of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Summer Program, designed for women about to enter PhD programs in the mathematical sciences. Now in its 25th year, EDGE has reached a milestone by hosting a program not based in the US.
‘God Bless the ASA’ by Lawrence Lesser
Inspired by JSM being in our nation’s capital for the first in-person JSM since 2019, UTEP’s Lawrence Lesser rewrote Lee Greenwood’s signature hit song, “God Bless the USA,” to give the ASA our own anthem.
2022 SPAIG Award Honors Health Care Collaboration
The Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government Award annually recognizes outstanding partnerships among academe, industry, and government organizations and aims to promote new cross-sector collaborations. This distinct ASA award emphasizes recognition of outstanding collaborations between organizations, while also recognizing key individual contributors and important advances.
More Work Needed to Increase Racial, Ethnic Diversity in Biostatistics, Epidemiology Departments
Melody Goodman, Jemar Bather, Xiangying Chu, Marcello Pagano, Christine Plepys, and Ronnie Sebro recently published a paper titled “Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Students, Graduates, and Faculty in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2010–2020” in Public Health Reports. We had a few questions for lead author Melody Goodman, who is the associate dean for research and professor of biostatistics at New York University School of Global Public Health. Check out here answers here.