More than 210 statisticians, methodologists, and health policy experts gathered from October 5–7, 2011, at The Ritz Carlton in Cleveland, Ohio, for the ninth International Conference on Health Policy Statistics.
Section News
Contributed Paper Submissions Wanted for QPRC
The 29th ASA Quality and Productivity Research Conference will be held at the Long Beach, California, campus of California State University from June 5–7. The goal of the conference is to stimulate interdisciplinary research among statisticians, scientists, and engineers in quality and productivity, industrial needs, and the physical and engineering sciences.
Greetings from the Chair
John Czajka outlines the activities the Survey Research Methods Section has lined up for 2012.
Section Readies for Busy Year
It looks as if 2012 will be an exciting year, with a number of conferences slated and new webinars on the horizon.
Section Welcomes New Officers, Readies for JSM 2012
The Biometrics Section introduces its new officers and provides a look at their JSM 2012 invited sessions.
Abstracts, Nominations Sought for JSM 2012
The Biometrics Section is seeking contributed and topic-contributed papers for JSM 2012, as well as applicants for the David P. Byar award. Read to find out how to submit an application.
Statistics in Epidemiology Section Invites Young Investigator Award Applications
The Section on Statistics in Epidemiology invites applications from young investigators who will be presenting papers at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, California.
Section Chair Gives End-of-Year Report
Steve Cohen lists the highlights of the Survey Research Methods Section and thanks section officers for their work.
Message from GSS Outgoing Chair
Steven Paben, 2011 chair of the Government Statistics Section reflects on the past year and summarizes where the section stands.

