The 2017 Quality and Productivity Research Conference will be hosted by the University of Connecticut (UConn) and held in Storrs June 13–15.
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Thank You, 2016 Donors
In 2016, a total of just about $163,000 was raised in support of ASA programs, which is nearly 15% more than 2015’s total.
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.
Oscar Kempthorne
Kempthorne, published “Design and Analysis of Experiments” in 1952—the first comprehensive treatment of experimental design at a “theoretical” level intended for graduate studies and research in this field.
Samuel W. Greenhouse
Samuel W. Greenhouse was one of the founding statisticians at the National Institutes of Health, helped pioneer the use of statistical methods in epidemiological research, and was influential in the early development of the theory and practice of clinical trials.
Janet Norwood
Norwood was the first female Commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor statistics and was appointed in 1979 by Jimmy Carter and reappointed by President Reagan.
ASA Leaders Reminisce Sally C. Morton
In the 20th installment of the Amstat News series of interviews with ASA presidents and executive directors, we feature a discussion with 2009 ASA President Sally Morton.
For the Thanksgiving Season, Thank Someone with an Award Nomination
Take the time to thank someone who has been influential in your life by nominating them for an award!
Obituary for Theodore W. Anderson
Stanford professor emeritus Theodore W. “Ted” Anderson died of heart failure September 17 at Stanford Hospital.
Member Spotlight: Bo Zhang
Bo Zhang is a senior data scientist at IBM.