Donna Spiegelman presented the 2026 Donna J. Brogan Lecture in Biostatistics on April 20 at Emory University. Spiegelman’s lecture, titled “Causal Inference: The Limits of Confounding, the Boundlessness of Measurement Error,” examined two central sources of bias in epidemiologic research.
Lecture
Leslie McClure Awarded Lectureship
The Barry P. Katz Lectureship in Biostatistics and Health Data Science was created to bring experts in biostatistics and health data science to Indianapolis, the Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.
Nominations Sought for Links Award
The Links Lecture Award Committee is seeking nominations of candidates who have contributed to the advancement of official statistics and have the ability to share a compelling vision for further progress through an inspiring and engaging lecture.
People News for August 2021
Susan Murphy and Bin Yu were honored recently.
Nominations Sought for Links Lecture Award
Data from official statistics is the direct or indirect basis for an enormous number of important decisions. Recognizing the possibilities and challenges for official statistics, the ASA created the Links Lecture Award in 2017 to focus on this area.
Bruce Meyer to Give 2019 Links Lecture
Bruce Meyer, the McCormick Foundation Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, has been selected as the 2019 awardee for the Links Lecture Award.
Kreuter Selected as Links Lecturer
Frauke Kreuter—director of the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland, College Park—has been selected as the inaugural Links Award lecturer.
Chapter Volunteers Speak to AP Stats Students
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter organized an initiative encouraging chapter volunteers to give a lecture about careers in statistics to AP Statistics students.
Pickard Lecture Call for Nominations
The Harvard University Statistics Department is soliciting nominations for the 2016 Pickard Lecture Award to recognize an outstanding university faculty member.
Quality and Productivity Section News
Quality and Productivity Section news for May 2014