On October 2, members posted messages of hope and encouragement, signed up to volunteer, and donated nearly $69,000 in support of ASA programs.
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To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 2
The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Mark Otto discusses the path he took after earning his master’s degree.
Ronald Snee Recognized as 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year
Longtime ASA member Ronald D. Snee, a Washington & Jefferson College alumnus and founder and president of Snee Associates, LLC, was recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year at the college’s annual Entrepreneurial Leadership Dinner February 20.
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.
Charlotte Baidoo
Charlotte Baidoo loved how statistics told a story from data when she was in high school and, while she was an undergraduate, a professor inspired her to pursue a career in biostatistics. It was an opportunity to combine her love of applied math with helping others. Now, she aids the development of medicines to transform patient’s lives. A child of Ghanaian immigrants, she is also passionate about inclusion and diversity and co-leads EMBRACE, GSK’s first multiethnicity-focused employee resource group.
Consulting Best Practices: Practice and Mentorship
Many have touted what you should do to be an effective consultant over the past several years while neglecting the how. Here, David Morganstein and Philip Rocco Scinto discuss how to successfully implement and execute the necessary “nontechnical” habits, characteristics, qualities, and practices.
ASA Members Elect Robert Santos and Dionne Price to Association Leadership
American Statistical Association members elected Robert L. Santos as the association’s 116th president. Santos, vice president and chief methodologist at the Urban Institute, will begin a three-year term on the ASA Board of Directors in January 2020 as president-elect. Dionne L. Price was elected vice president and will also start a three-year term in 2020. Price is director of the Division of Biometrics IV in the Office of Biostatistics in the Food and Drug Administration Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
Inaugural Leadership Challenge Ends With Many Winners
Teams from North Carolina State University, Purdue University, and Vanderbilt took up the challenge to develop and present a business plan outlining strategies for recruitment and retention of students and early-career members of the American Statistical Association.
2018 Stewardship Report: A Big Impact on Data for Good
David Corliss discusses how the American Statistical Association’s annual stewardship report, published in April, serves a necessary function in reporting how the ASA spends the money members have contributed to programs and the causes we care about.
Choosing to Lead with Decision Analytics
The goals for this leadership series of virtual sessions were to develop the ability to identify key factors, information, and challenges in decision-making; examine the knowledge base of decision tools; and develop the ability to influence decisions and lead the decision-making process.