Biometrics Section program chair, Timothy D. Johnson, is collecting proposals for topic-contributed talks. The section also is seeking applications for the 2012 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award, given to a young investigator for best emerging work to be presented during JSM.
Section News
Reflections by JSM 2011 SRMS Program Chair
JSM 2011, held in Miami Beach, provided the usual mix of science and camaraderie, along with the added benefits of beach, sunshine, and excellent Latin food. As always, offerings from the Survey Research Methods Section figured prominently on the conference program.
Q&P Welcomes New Officers
The Section on Quality and Productivity (Q&P) is happy to welcome Teresa Utlaut as chair-elect and Willis Jensen as program chair-elect for 2012.
Section’s Inaugural Poster Competition Takes Off at JSM
The Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts held its inaugural “Hindsight Is 20-20” poster competition during JSM 2011. The competition encouraged authors to present a poster highlighting a difficult programming obstacle and detailing the solution(s).
Epidemiology Section Lauds Award Winners
The Statistics in Epidemiology (SIE) Section would like to congratulate Mitchell Gail of the National Cancer Institute for winning the 2011 Nathan Mantel Lifetime Achievement Award for his lifetime contributions to the intersection of statistical science and epidemiology. Congratulations also go to the following winners of the 2011 SIE Young Investigator Award: Jennifer Feder Bobb, Tamar Sofer, Jessica Myers, Ying Guo, Jun Li, Thomas Birkner, Nicole Bohme Carnegie, Matthew White, Farid Jamshidian, Karen McKeown, Arpita Ghosh, and Aasthaa Bansal.
Biopharmaceutical Section Seeks Fellow Nominations
Do you know someone in the Biopharmaceutical Section who you think deserves to become an ASA Fellow? If so, visit the Fellows web page to determine whether that person is already an ASA Fellow. If he/she is not, review the list of criteria for rating nominees and then send your nomination to the Biopharmaceutical Section Fellows Committee.
Biometrics Section Accomplishes Much at JSM
The Biometrics Section held its annual business committee meeting at JSM 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida. Read on to see all the section accomplished during the past year.
Byar Award Presented, Short Course Announced
During JSM 2011, the Biometrics Section presented its David P. Byar Young Investigator Award to Daniela Witten of the University of Washington for her paper “Penalized Classification Using Fisher’s Linear Discriminant.” It also invited section members to attend a two-day short course on the prevention and treatment of missing data in clinical trials.
Q&P Invites All to Fall Technical Conference
This year’s Fall Technical Conference will take place in Kansas City, Missouri, from October 12–15. The conference, themed “Quality and Statistics: Getting Up to Date,” is a premier forum in which to discuss topics at the interface of statistics and quality, leading to a more effective use of statistics to improve quality.
HPSS Announces JSM Events
The Health Policy Statistics Section announce its program for the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami Beach, Florida. A packed program covers a range of topics in health policy research and applications, as HPSS is the primary sponsor for one short course, four invited sessions, five topic-contributed sessions, and six contributed sessions.