The ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Scholarship Award recognizes notable research, academic achievement, and applied project work in biopharmaceutical statistics.
ASA Biopharmaceutical Section
ICSA Panel Discusses Real-World Statistics, Data Science Skills
Panelists from industry offer advice at the Chinese Statistical Association’s 2023 Statistics Symposium.
Student Travel Grants Available for Biopharm Workshop
Graduate students can receive up to $500 to support their participation in the 2023 workshop.
MWM: Free Virtual Workshop for Statistics and Math Teachers
Teachers will learn to use strategies and technology tools that support students’ learning and empower them to investigate questions using real-world data.
My ASA Story: Arinjita Bhattacharyya, Senior Scientist
Arinjita Bhattacharyya is an early-career statistician working as a senior scientist in the biostatistics and research decision sciences division at Merck & Co.
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Biopharmaceutical Section: The Early Years (1966–1990)
Over its long history, the Biopharmaceutical (BIOP) Section has fostered community and created a shared sense of purpose among statisticians in the medical product industry. The year 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of BIOP.
Stan Altan Nonclinical Biostatistics Paper Award
Submissions are due March 15, 2021, for the Stan Altan Nonclinical Biostatistics Paper Award. The paper must address a relevant topic in “nonclinical biostatistics.”
Biopharmaceutical Section Offers Summary of Dos and Don’ts for Submitting Manuscripts
Recently, the Biopharmaceutical Section conducted a survey of the editors and associate editors of several applied statistics journals with a biopharmaceutical orientation. The survey was designed to be open-ended and asked the editors to list—based on their experiences—three don’ts commonly seen in submitted manuscripts and three dos.
Melvin S. Munsaka
Melvin S. Munsaka’s father, a former teacher turned pastor, often hinted to him about medical school, but Munsaka was drawn to mathematics and science and eventually pursued mathematics at the University of Zambia. It was in graduate school that he switched his major to statistics and probability and was awarded a Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship to complete his MSc at McGill. Since then, Munsaka has worked for STATPROBE, Takeda Pharmaceuticals (where he received three of the company’s prestigious awards), and AbbVie.
Diagnosing and Treating Noncommunicable Diseases Around the World
Kelly H. Zou, Jim Z. Li, and Nik Sethi of the Upjohn Division of Pfizer Inc. taught a three-part web-based lecture on generating and harnessing real-world evidence, health information technology, and artificial intelligence. Here, Richard Zink from the Biopharmaceutical Section asks the lecturers a few follow-up questions.