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.
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HPSS Achievement Awards Go to … Morton, Rosenbaum, Basu
The Health Policy Statistics Section (HPSS) presented the 2018 HPSS Achievement Awards—including the Mid-Career Award and Long-Term Excellence Awards—January 12, following the plenary session of the 12th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS) at the Charleston Marriott Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina.
There’s Strength in Numbers
One trip overseas; two conference invitations; three presidential initiatives; four American Statistical Association Board meetings; eight president’s columns; nine days at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC; about 10 visits to federal agencies; numerous letters signed regarding federal appointments, funding, and policy issues; 32 presidential address minutes; 57 new ASA Fellows; approximately 170 committee appointments; 6,804 attendees at JSM (a new record); and lessons learned too many to count. Just a few statistics to sum up a year as president of the American Statistical Association.