The Health Policy Statistics Section presented its Mid-career Award and Long-term Excellence Award in October during the International Conference on Health Policy Statistics in Providence, Rhode Island.
People News
Xihong Lin receives National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award
Xihong Lin, ASA member and faculty member of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, received a prestigious National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award.
2015 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports Sets Record Attendance
The 2015 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports (NESSIS) was held in September in a symposium format featuring a mixture of invited talks, a poster session, and a panel discussion. NESSIS drew a record-breaking crowd of approximately 240 registrants, including attendees from at least six countries and 25 states.
Nell Sedransk Named New Director of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences
National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Chair Mary Batcher recently announced that the institute’s new director is Nell Sedransk.
Obituaries for November 2015
Obituaries for Charles Edgar Gates and Alvan Zarate.
People News for October
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the October issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.
Undergraduate Summer Program Held at University of Michigan
The department of biostatistics at the University of Michigan held its first undergraduate summer program, “Transforming Analytical Learning in the Era of Big Data.” The program was attended by 29 undergraduate students.
Obituaries for October 2015
Obituaries for Yvonne Bishop and Robert Verhalen
Funding Opportunities for Statisticians Meeting
Dave Higdon, chair of the ASA Committee on Funded Research, presented with seven representatives of federal funding agencies at the Funding Opportunities for Statisticians meeting during JSM in Seattle.
USGS Statistician Honored with Mentoring Award
Aldo “Skip” Vecchia received the 2015 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award for his mentoring of junior staff across government.