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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Biometrics Section News for March 2019
The Biometrics Section recently chose the David P. Byar Young Investigator Award winner and five travel award winners. Read on to find out who they are.
Michelle C. Dunn
Michelle Dunn fell in love with statistics on her way to freshman year at Harvard, after studying for a quantitative reasoning test. Now, she is CTO and co-founder of Data Collaboratory, a technology company that builds data science tools—and a company she built from the ground up. Michelle’s goal is to continue to put into action what she has learned about leadership from her hero, statistician and hiring manager Brenda Edwards.
NC Universities Awarded NIH Grant
A team of statisticians and clinicians was recently awarded a $12.5 million, five-year P01 Research Program Project grant from the National Cancer Institute.
R15: The Academic Research Enhancement Award
Most statisticians know the National Institutes of Health is a major source of funding for statistical methodology research relevant to the health sciences through investigator-initiated research grants. Less well known is that NIH has a variety of mechanisms, which vary according to purpose and target audience.