Susan S. Ellenberg was been appointed interim chair of the department of biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
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New Sections Added to Journal of Statistics Education
Jeff Witmer will serve as editor of the Journal of Statistics Education for the next three years and plans to add at least two sections to the journal: Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences and Teaching Data Science.
Frederick L. Hoffman
The seventh president of the ASA, Frederick Ludwig Hoffman investigated, studied, and recorded details about subjects such as safety and health conditions of industry workers, especially that of miners.
Pittsburgh Chapter Judges 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Statisticians from the Pittsburgh Chapter participated as judges in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair this past May and were impressed by the depth of research methods and approaches the students applied to problems across specialties like medicine, energy, materials sciences, plant sciences, molecular biology, and computational biology.
Sally C. Morton
The daughter of two immigrant doctors, Sally Morton has focused her career on health policy with the objective of using statistics to help patients and their families make better health care decisions. She chose to study statistics because she enjoyed applied mathematics and desired a career with the potential for helping people live a better life.
Significance Spotlights Arithmetic Mean in December Issue
The December 2017 issue of Significance is now available in print and digital formats. The cover story tells the history of the arithmetic mean.
People News for February
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the February issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.
Experiences as a Biostatistician at an Academic Health Center
Here, Cindy Weng and James Grady share how they learned to collaborate, prioritize, and appreciate their work as consultants at academic health centers.
Medpedia: Do Biostatisticians Have a Role?
Medpedia is a project sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, the University of Michigan, and several health care organizations. Its goal is “to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine, and the body among medical professionals and the general public.”