The Biometrics Section will sponsor several topic-contributed and invited papers at this year’s JSM in Denver.
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Biometrics Section Invites Applications for Funding to Support Projects
The ASA Biometrics Section invites applications for funding to support projects developing innovative outreach projects focused on enhancing awareness of biostatistics among quantitatively talented US students. They’re particularly interested in projects encouraging students to pursue advanced training in biostatistics.
Biometrics Section News for March 2019
The Biometrics Section recently chose the David P. Byar Young Investigator Award winner and five travel award winners. Read on to find out who they are.
Using Big Data in Precision Medicine
Experts from pharma, biotech, government, academia, and technology providers discuss the opportunity to use big data to find the right drug at the right time using the right target.
Biometrics Section News for April 2018
The Biometrics Section will sponsor seven continuing education courses at the 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver. Here, they highlight four of them.
Nominees Sought for 2018 Gertrude M. Cox Award
Nominate an early- to mid-career statistician for the Gertrude Cox Award by February 28.
ASA Early Career Profiles: Bachelor’s-Level Graduates in Statistics and Data Science
These individuals are employed at the early stages of their careers after graduating from a bachelor’s degree program that included training in statistics or data science.
Biometrics Section News for March
The Biometrics Section is looking for volunteers to help chair a session at this year’s JSM. Also news this month are strategic initiatives, awards, and getting more involved with the section.
Biometrics Section News for February
Want to volunteer at JSM 2017? Contact the biometrics section’s program chair, Barbara Engelhardt.
Graduate Students Increase Awareness of Statistics as a Career
Graduate students from the University of Arizona carried out an outreach project to increase awareness of education and careers in statistics among under-represented students in upper-level math classes in southern Arizona high schools.