In a groundbreaking move for JSM, the ASA Membership Council and JSM Policy Committee launched a pilot program allowing select presenters to participate in both technical and professional development sessions in 2025.
Additional Features
Thought Leaders Headline Symposium on AI in Pharmaceutical Medicine
New features of this year’s conference included a workshop and poster sessions. The workshop focused on AI application and real-world evidence generation in drug development.
Honor a Member with a Legacy Page
Richard Zink explains how to create a campaign to set up a permanent legacy page on behalf of another individual, alive or deceased.
Industry Statisticians Discuss Influence on Regulatory Guidance, Policies
Meijing Wu and Di Zhang—editors of the Biopharmaceutical Report—interview Ivan Chan from BMS and Bill Wang from Merck about the impact of regulatory guidance/policies in driving statistical innovation.
Mentoring Is the Way
To understand strategies of successful mentoring programs and identify potential gaps, members of the mentoring working group conducted an environmental scan that included surveys of the ASA community. Do you have areas of practice you would like to build communities around? Let the working group know.
Nominations Open for the International Prize in Statistics
Nominations are open through October 1 for the 2025 International Prize in Statistics, awarded for a major achievement developed over time.
Federal Budget Cuts Leave Forensic Science Projects Unfinished, Student Researchers Defunded
The Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence, known as CSAFE, had its funding terminated May 31. CSAFE researchers are active in supporting the development of forensic standards. Without the needed advancements in statistics as applied to these forensic disciplines, the standards risk stagnating or falling behind.
Newest Issue of JSDSE Focuses on Sharing Deidentified Data, Code
In the July issue of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, an editorial co-authored by Nicholas J. Horton and Sara Stoudt discusses the journal’s requirements for authors to share deidentified data and code that underlies their papers. Here, they provide the key take-aways.
UNC Biostatistics Provides Undergraduate Summer Internship Template
The program’s infrastructure is managed by graduate students, while faculty members and alumni sponsor the opportunities. Graduate student directors manage the application process, pair applicants with appropriate opportunities, and plan several events throughout the summer.
ASA Video Contest—No Experience Required!
Using your cell phone, we challenge you to create a selfie video and address one of 10 contest prompts.