The ASA Section on Lifetime Data Science (LiDS) is the latest to be voted in by the Council of Sections. The objective of the section is to promote and support the development, application, and appropriate use of statistical methods for the design and analysis of studies of life history processes.
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Statistics in Physical and Engineering Sciences Section News for January
News from the Statistics in Physical and Engineering Sciences Section includes conference and awards updates.
Survey Research Methods Section News for May
The Survey Research Methods Section provides updates on how the section is preparing for JSM.
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.
JSM 2017 Program Committee Roster
Here is a list of the JSM 2017 Program Committee members.
2017 ASA Board of Directors Candidates
The ASA announces the selection of candidates for the 2016 election. The winning candidates’ terms will begin in 2017. Make sure to look for your ballots in your email inbox and vote early.
Beyond JSM, JASA: Finding Hidden Value in Your ASA Membership
ASA President Jessica Utts presents seven ideas for getting more value from your membership.
Gender Balance in ASA Activities Update
This article continues the tradition of looking at the representation of ASA women members among a range of activities supported by the ASA, using more recent data from September 2015. This report was written on behalf of the Committee on Women in Statistics (COWIS) with the primary objective to indicate areas where gender disparities have subsided, as well as highlight those areas where they persist.
EPA’s Barry D. Nussbaum Elected 112th ASA President
Barry D. Nussbaum, chief statistician at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was elected the 112th president of the American Statistical Association by the membership.
SPES Seeks Interest in Speaker Program
The Industrial Speakers Program was established by SPES in the early 1990s to coordinate visits by experienced statisticians to universities and colleges across the country. SPES approves up to six speaker visits per year and can reimburse the host institution up to $500 for the speaker’s travel expenses.