The Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference will feature keynote speaker Bhramar Mukherjee and include three days of talks and a graduate student poster session.
Bhramar Mukherjee
Thank You, Mentors: Members Show Gratitude for Guidance
May marks graduation season and provides an opportunity to show gratitude for those who have guided and motivated us throughout our respective journeys. Here, invited by the ASA GivesBack Team, members express their appreciation through “thank you notes” to those who mentored them.
2023 Peace Award Honors COVID Researcher with Global Impact
Bhramar Mukherjee of the University of Michigan was recently honored with the 2023 Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Contributions for the Betterment of Society, recognizing her commitment to and accomplishments in biostatistics on a global scale.
Marino, Mukherjee, Pollard, and Quackenbush Elected Members of National Academy of Medicine
The October 17 announcement states, “Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.”
UM Biostatistics Readies for 70th Anniversary
In celebration of its 70th anniversary, the University of Michigan Department of Biostatistics is organizing a symposium, titled “Biostatistics, Data Science, and Genomics,” in Ann Arbor May 15–16.
An Interview with COPSS Award Winner VanderWeele
Tyler J. VanderWeele, recipient of the 2017 COPSS Presidents’ Award, talks about mentors, causal inference, and how ideas in philosophy and theology might inform empirical statistical research in the social and biomedical sciences.
People News for May
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the May issue. For a complete listing of news and information about ASA members, click here.