In 1940, Irene Hesse came to work with Leslie Kish at the Survey Research Center. Under Kish, she trained many graduate students in the details of sampling.
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Usha Govindarajulu
Usha Govindarajulu was inspired by her father to pursue biostatistics—which combined her love for biology and statistics. Her research in cardiac device safety recently generated three first-author publications and, when FDA statisticians saw her research presented during the Joint Statistical Meetings, she was asked to advise them on her methods. Her research has also been featured on the radio program “Public Health Minute.”