This month, we’re featuring Staci Hepler, whose work spans teaching, research, and service.
National Institutes of Health
Stuart, Schisterman Elected to National Academy of Medicine
ASA Members Elizabeth Stuart and Enrique Schisterman are among the 100 members elected to the National Academy of Medicine this year.
Introducing Our Newest Members: Spotlight on Christianah Jemiyo
This month, we welcome many new members and spotlight Christianah Jemiyo, a research scholar/data analyst at the University of North Dakota.
ICHPS 2025: Statistical Innovation to Improve Health Equity
Statisticians, health service researchers, health economists, epidemiologists, and policy analysts will gather at the 15th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics to exchange and build on ideas to improve health equity research.
JEDI Corner: JEDI Initiatives Alive in Clinical and Translational Science
The Association for Clinical and Translational Science created the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Special Interest Group, which serves as a community for members interested in advancing JEDI in both clinical and translational science.
A Conversation with Dean Follmann of NIAID
Chris Franck met Dean Follmann during a visit to the Biostatistics Research Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He grew curious to learn more about Dean, who leads the group, and conducted this featured interview about his work.
NHLBI to Hold Biostatistics Workshop on Clinical Trial Designs
The Office of Biostatistics Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will host a two-day workshop September 18–19 at the Natcher Conference Center on the main campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and virtually via Zoom.
Papers Wanted for Supplemental Issue of Prevention Science
The issue will bring together current thinking and new ideas about design and analytic methods for studies aimed at reducing health disparities from structural racism and other structural determinants of health.
ASA President’s Learning Curve
ASA President Kathy Ensor talks about the many ways to get involved in the association, including joining chapters, sections, and committees.
JEDI Corner: Promoting Diversity in Data Repository Research
The National Institutes of Health is investing resources in constructing secure data repositories in which researchers and community members are able to use publicly available data. One such program is the NIH’s All of Us Research Program, which has expanded its Researcher Workbench to include data contributed by more than 329,000 participants, about 80 percent of whom are from communities that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical research.