News from the Quality and Productivity section of the ASA in the November issue of Amstat News.
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LaVange Elected ASA President; Williamson Elected Vice President
Lisa LaVange, director of the Office of Biostatistics in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has been elected the 113th president of the ASA. LaVange will serve a one-year term as president-elect beginning January 1, 2017. Her term as president becomes effective January 1, 2018. The ASA membership also elected G. David Williamson, senior science adviser at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as an ASA vice president.
Members also elected several new board members, plus officers for each of the ASA’s 27 sections.
A Message from Q&P Chair, Don McCormack
Q&P Chair Don McCormack summarizes 2012, introduces new officers, and discusses upcoming conferences.
Message from Outgoing Chair, Angela Dean
SPES Chair Angela Dean summarizes 2012 and introduces the new officers for 2013. She also invites submissions for the 57th Annual Fall Technical Conference.
Statistics Education Reports on Year
The Statistics Education Section reports on its involvement in JSM 2012, award winners, new officers, and topics discussed at the annual business meeting.
Annual Biometrics Meeting Focuses on Conferences, Awards, Appointments
The Biometrics Section held its annual business committee meeting at JSM 2012 in San Diego, California, during which they shared election appointments, summarized past conferences, and announced the winners of several section awards. Read on for details.
Notes from the Chair
Jun Zhu, chair of the Section on Statistics and the Environment discusses, JSM, new officers, getting involved in the section, and the ENVR workshop. He also introduces a few of the section’s members.
Section Welcomes New Officers, Readies for JSM 2012
The Biometrics Section introduces its new officers and provides a look at their JSM 2012 invited sessions.
Q&P Welcomes New Officers
The Section on Quality and Productivity (Q&P) is happy to welcome Teresa Utlaut as chair-elect and Willis Jensen as program chair-elect for 2012.
Biometrics Section Deadlines, Awards, Transitions
The Biometrics Section reminds its members that the deadline to submit abstracts for the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) is February 1. Also, Tianxi Cai, 2011 JSM program chair, is collecting proposals for topic-contributed talks, and the section is seeking applications for the 2011 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award.