Column Contributors
Funding Opportunities
Employment, PSMs, and Other Topics p. 31
DEPARTMENTS
39 International News
Keith Crank, assistant director for research and gradu-
Dhaka Hosts International Statistics Conference
ate education at the ASA, writes about activities in
the Washington, DC, area that are of interest to ASA New Collaboration, Connections Established at
members. These brief articles include information ISNI2008
about new research solicitations and the federal bud-
get for statistics. Comments or suggestions for future
Research, Applications Converge at ORPA 4
articles may be sent to
keith@amstat.org.
43 Meetings
Great Escapes: Day Trips from Washington, DC,
Crank
While at JSM 2009
Crank has a BS in mathematics education and an MS in mathematics from
Michigan State University and a PhD in statistics from Purdue University.
Read All About It! Topics for Late-Breaking
Prior to joining the ASA, he was a program officer at the National Science JSM Sessions Needed
Foundation, primarily in the probability program.
47 Education
Statistics Education Research Clusters Forming
Science Policy News
Poster, Project Competitions Need Entries
In Dire Straits: The Urgent Need to Improve
Economic Statistics p. 33
Stephen W. Pierson, the ASA’s director of science
Great Escapes: Day Trips
policy, reports on what the ASA is doing to promote
from Washington, DC,
the inclusion of statistics in policymaking and the
While at JSM 2009
funding of statistics research. To suggest science p. 43
policy topics for the ASA to address, contact Pierson
at
pierson@amstat.org.
Reamer
Contributing Editor:
Andrew Reamer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program,
is an expert on federal statistical policy and programs; sources and uses of socioeco-
nomic data; state and local economic analysis and strategy; and the geography of Poster, Project
innovation and other regional studies. One of his current projects is to strengthen
Competitions
the economic statistical agencies by facilitating discussions between the data users,
Need Entries
data producers, and other stakeholders. Prior to joining the Brookings Institution,
Reamer was a principal in two economic development consulting firms. He is also
p. 48
the current president of the Association of Public Data Users.
Master’s Notebook
Master’s-Level Biostatistician Advises p. 37
MEMBER NEWS
51 People News
This column is written for statisticians with master’s
degrees and highlights areas of employment that
55 Award Deadlines and Information
will benefit statisticians at the master’s level. This 57 Section News
month’s notebook was written by the ASA’s Assistant
61 Chapter News
Director for Research and Graduate Education, Keith
Crank. Comments and suggestions should be sent
62 Calendar of Events
to him at
keith@amstat.org.
71 Professional Opportunities
Lakshminarayanan
Contributing Editor:
Mani Lakshminarayanan is senior director and franchise head (late develop-
ment statistics) at Merck & Co, Inc. He is currently an ASA Council of Sections
representative, an executive committee member of the ASA Biopharmaceutical
cover design by Melissa Muko
Section, and a member of the Committee Appointments Advisory Committee.
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