The Pfizer/ASA/Columbia University Symposium on Risks and Opportunities of AI in Clinical Drug Development aims to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drug development and deployment.
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Boston University to Hold Symposium on Statistics and Life Sciences
The one-day symposium will feature short presentations and discussion of statistical challenges and progress toward solutions in a handful of emerging and mission-critical areas of the health sciences.
Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month: What’s on the Agenda?
ASA has big plans to celebrate Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month in April, a full month of programs and initiatives dedicated to promoting better public understanding of mathematics and statistics.
New Sections Added to Journal of Statistics Education
Jeff Witmer will serve as editor of the Journal of Statistics Education for the next three years and plans to add at least two sections to the journal: Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences and Teaching Data Science.
David Allison to Head Indiana University School of Public Health in Bloomington
David B. Allison, a renowned scientist and researcher, is expected to bring a cross-disciplinary approach to research in his new role as dean of the Indiana University School of Public Health in Bloomington.
NIH-Funded Short Course Planned on Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research
The University of Alabama will host an NIH-funded short course, titled “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research,” at the University of Alabama at Birmingham July 24–28.
Biostatistics Competencies Maintained in Public Health Accreditation Criteria
The biostatistics community rallied to make the case for the importance of biostatistics to public health research and practice when the 2016 draft CEPH Masters of Public Health Accreditation Criteria no longer included specific mention of biostatistical skills among the required competencies.
2016 Causality in Statistics Education Prize Awarded
The American Statistical Association awarded the fourth Causality in Statistics Education Prize to Onyebuchi Arah, professor of epidemiology in the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Arvid Sjölander, associate professor at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Statisticians in Sierra Leone
Dana Haberling and Jodi Vanden Eng both spent some time working as statisticians in Sierra Leone. Here, they share their experiences.
Undergraduate Summer Program Held at University of Michigan
The department of biostatistics at the University of Michigan held its first undergraduate summer program, “Transforming Analytical Learning in the Era of Big Data.” The program was attended by 29 undergraduate students.