News from the Quality and Productivity section of the ASA in the November issue of Amstat News.
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Biometrics Section News
The latest news from ASA’s Biometrics Section, including its JSM 2016 continuing education courses and invited sessions and this year’s Byar and travel award recipients.
Biometrics Section News for March
Daniels Durante of the University of Padova was awarded the David P. Byar Young Investigator Award for 2015. Nine travel awards were also given. Read about the winners and what the Biometrics Section has planned for JSM 2015.
Biometrics Section Summarizes JSM 2013, Announces Award Competitions
The Biometrics Section had an active JSM, coming together for their business meeting and honoring six people with awards.
Byar, Travel Award Winners Announced
The Biometrics Section recently chose Kyu Ha Lee of the Harvard School of Public Health as winner of the David P. Byar Young Investigator Award for “Bayesian Semiparametric Analysis of Semicompeting Risks Data: Estimating Readmission Rates Among Pancreatic Cancer Patients.” Read on to find out who won travel awards, as well as which short courses and invited sessions the Biometrics Section is sponsoring at JSM 2013.
Biometrics Section Announces JSM 2013 Program
The Biometrics Section will sponsor six Continuing Education courses and six invited sessions at JSM 2013. Read on to find out what the topics are.
Biometrics Section Seeks JSM Proposals, Award Applicants
The Biometrics Section is accepting proposals for JSM 2013 topic-contributed sessions, as well as applications for the David P. Byar Young Investigator Award, travel awards, and funding support.
Applications Invited for Byar, Travel Awards
The ASA Biometrics Section is seeking applications for the 2013 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award and student travel awards. Applications are due by December 1. Read on to find out how to submit yours.
Byar Award Presented, Short Course Announced
During JSM 2011, the Biometrics Section presented its David P. Byar Young Investigator Award to Daniela Witten of the University of Washington for her paper “Penalized Classification Using Fisher’s Linear Discriminant.” It also invited section members to attend a two-day short course on the prevention and treatment of missing data in clinical trials.