The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians is giving you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Allison Florance explains why she found a master’s degree to be right for her.
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UNC Biostatistics Program Offers Undergraduate Students Opportunity
The program is the largest undergraduate degree in biostatistics in the country, graduating 20 or more students per class in recent years.
People News for November 2020
Marie Diener-West and Erin Tanenbaum were honored recently.
Strong Growth for Statistics and Biostatistics Degrees Continues Through 2019
The decade of statistics continued with robust growth in the number of statistics and biostatistics degrees awarded annually at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. According to the latest preliminary data release from the National Center for Education Statistics, bachelor’s degrees grew 13 percent from 2018 to 2019 to 4,472 (44 of which are for biostatistics) and master’s degrees increased 7 percent to 4,515 (768 for biostatistics). Doctoral degrees decreased by 4 percent to 688 (186 for biostatistics).
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.”
Sisters Collaborate on Book for Students Interested in Pharmaceutical Industry
ASA members and sisters Olga V. Marchenko and Natallia V. Katenka answer questions about the book they co-edited, Quantitative Methods in Pharmaceutical Research and Development: Concepts and Application.
Rajeshwari Sundaram Honored with 2020 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award
Rajeshwari (Raji) Sundaram was honored June 10 during a virtual ceremony for being exceptionally generous with her time spent mentoring and training staff at all levels.
Pharma Executive Offers Thoughts About COVID-19
Dr. Amrit Ray, global president, R&D and Medical, Upjohn Division, Pfizer Inc., offers his thoughts about the COVID-19 pandemic and how to best protect yourself and your family.
International Epidemiologist Awarded ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
Jess Craig—an epidemiologist who has worked in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—has been selected as the ASA’s 2020 AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow and will train as a science journalist with NPR.
ASA Members Show Leadership During COVID-19 Crisis
In January—when COVID-19 sprang up in China and the world seemingly began to transform daily—statisticians, biostatisticians, data scientists, and epidemiologists went to work turning data into information people could use. Here are some of the ASA members who forged ahead during the crisis and provided direction based on sound statistical practice.