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Lloyd J. Edwards
Lloyd Edwards earned a master’s in mathematical statistics at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1982 and then worked for TRW Defense Systems for three years as a software engineer focusing on antisubmarine warfare. He graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990 with a PhD in biostatistics, leading to a career as a faculty member in the University of North Carolina Department of Biostatistics for close to 25 years. Since 2017, Edwards has been a professor in the department of biostatistics in the school of public health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
JEDI Corner: Promoting Diversity in Data Repository Research
The National Institutes of Health is investing resources in constructing secure data repositories in which researchers and community members are able to use publicly available data. One such program is the NIH’s All of Us Research Program, which has expanded its Researcher Workbench to include data contributed by more than 329,000 participants, about 80 percent of whom are from communities that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical research.
Real-World Significance Beyond P-Value: Leadership Forum Discusses Impact of Moving Beyond Statistical Significance
Presenters and panelists called for more volunteers to build the community of statistics and data science. Attendees shared their stories and sought advice from the panelists.
ASA Leaders Reminisce: Jonas Ellenberg
In the 18th installment of the Amstat News series of interviews with ASA presidents and executive directors, we feature a discussion with 1999 ASA President Jonas Ellenberg.
Leadership Is Listening: Data-Driven Decision-Making at NIGMS
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow Jake Basson writes about his data-driven decision-making work at the National Institute for General Medical Sciences—and what he’s found is encouraging.
UAB Hosts Genetics Short Course
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Section on Statistical Genetics announces a short course, Next-Generation Sequencing: Technology and Statistical Methods, on December 13–16 at UAB in Birmingham and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama.