ASA President Madhumita (Bonnie) Ghosh-Dastidar writes that ASA members are uniquely positioned to drive positive change within the organization, bringing together the areas in which they work and the communities they serve.

To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees. This month’s program officer is Jemin George from the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships and the awardee responses are from Yuzhou Chen of Temple University.

The Association for Clinical and Translational Science created the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Special Interest Group, which serves as a community for members interested in advancing JEDI in both clinical and translational science.

Chris Franck chats with Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose love of astronomy led her to a career in astrostatistics and topological data analysis.

Adrian Docal, staff accountant, graduated from the University of Maryland Global Campus and enjoys giving back to his community, going to the gym, attending car shows, being out in nature, traveling, dabbling in photography, biking in the city, and spending time with friends and family.