Barry Graubard is a dedicated mentor, ASA Fellow, and pioneer in government statistics. His commitment to the profession exemplifies how passion, curiosity, and mentorship can leave a lasting legacy.
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Honoring Katherine Wallman’s Legacy at JSM
Speakers at JSM honored former ASA President and longtime chief statistician Katherine Wallman, highlighting her leadership, mentorship, and lasting impact on federal statistics and the ASA’s policy work.
Nominations Open for Health Science Awards
The Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Section offers four annual awards: the Young Investigator Award for promising early-career educators or researchers; the Outstanding Teaching Award for excellence in statistics education; the Distinguished Achievement Award for longtime service to the section and ASA; and Best Contributed Paper at JSM Award. Nominations are open for three of them.
Wanted: Speakers for the Dionne Price Lecture Series
The American Statistical Association invites suggestions for Dionne Price Public Lecture Series speakers. This distinguished series honors Price’s vision of statistics and data science as forces for public good, echoing her chosen theme, “One Community: Informing Decisions and Driving Discovery.”
Diversity Workshop and Mentoring Program to Take Place at JSM 2024
This program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians and data scientists at early to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians and data scientists from academia, government, and the private sector.
Nominate Standout Colleague for Mentoring Award
The award is bestowed upon an ASA member who has demonstrated over a long period extraordinary leadership in developing the careers of statistics students, statisticians, or statistical researchers early in their careers. Nominations are due March 1.
Biopharmaceutical Section Seeks Applications for $15k Scholarship
The Nonclinical Biostatistics Working Group of the ASA’s Biopharmaceutical Section is offering a scholarship program for students in US graduate programs such (bio)statistics, data science, and engineering.
Diversity Mentoring Program, StatFest See Record Participation
For the first time in four years, the Committee on Minorities in Statistics held in-person meetings for both its signature programs, the Diversity Mentoring Program and StatFest. The Diversity Mentoring Program matched 45 mentees to mentors across all sectors of statistics. And, despite Tropical Storm Ophelia landing the same day, StatFest welcomed approximately 170 attendees.
ICSA Panel Discusses Real-World Statistics, Data Science Skills
Panelists from industry offer advice at the Chinese Statistical Association’s 2023 Statistics Symposium.
Hallmark Diversity Workshop and Mentoring Program Returns to JSM
The program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians/data scientists at early- to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians/data scientists and features one-on-one mentoring and professional development.