Claire Kelling joined the ASA in graduate school and had an invaluable experience at the Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference in 2017, which sparked her association engagement.
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Melody S. Goodman
Melody Goodman began her undergraduate studies as a pre-med student. During her first semester, she heard senior pre-med students talking about cat lab, where you dissect a cat, and she dropped the pre-med major the next day. After a long period of being undecided, she changed her major to applied mathematics and statistics. She fell in love with combinatorics and game theory and eventually landed a job on Wall Street; she didn’t like it. After googling “math in health,” she learned about biostatistics and went to graduate school. She is now the associate dean for research and an associate professor of biostatistics at the NYU School of Global Public Health and working to educate the general public about quantitative public health data literacy and expose racial and ethnically diverse students to biostatistics and data science.
Carol V. Caldwell Honored with 2021 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award
The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring award acknowledges supervisors, technical directors, team coordinators, or other members of federal, state, and local government statistical staff who make unique efforts to mentor and encourage younger staff at all levels.
BIOP Mentoring Program Enriches Professional Experience
A constructive mentorship relationship can take many forms and may occur at any stage of one’s career, with benefits for both the mentor and the mentee. Learn more about the Biopharmaceutical Section Mentoring Program.
StatFest Back for 21st Year in 2021
StatFest 2021 is a free conference over two half days aimed at encouraging BIPOC undergraduates to pursue careers or graduate studies in the statistical and data sciences. This year’s event will take place virtually September 18–19.
Government Statistics Mentoring Program Is Underway
The Government Statistics Section is looking for participants to be mentors or mentees. You don’t even have to belong to the section to participate.
Joan Georgette Staniswalis
Joan Georgette Staniswalis was professor emerita at The University of Texas at El Paso and a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Her fluency in the customs and languages of two lands—combined with her exceptional intelligence, spiritual sensitivity, and generosity—made her a beloved mentor to legions of students, colleagues, and co-parishioners. She passed away in 2018.
Light Sabers, Dr. Pepper, and More
Amanda Malloy, the ASA’s director of development, shares an example of what the ASA is doing to inspire kids and improve statistics education by providing innovative resources to educators.
Rajeshwari Sundaram Honored with 2020 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award
Rajeshwari (Raji) Sundaram was honored June 10 during a virtual ceremony for being exceptionally generous with her time spent mentoring and training staff at all levels.
Biopharmaceutical Section Invites Members to Join Mentoring Program
The goal of the program is to help members further enrich and enhance their professional experience through achieving personal and professional goals.