economics at the of Misuse of Statistics
Massachusetts Institute in Medical Research.
of Technology. He is a A Fellow of the ASA and
STATISTICIANS
Fellow of the American Royal Statistical Society,
Academy of Arts and Riffenburgh is chief of
Sciences, the Econometric biostatistics at the Naval
IN THE NEWS
Society, the American Medical Center in San Diego,
Statistical Association, California, as well as adjunct
Read about your colleagues
and the American Finance professor of statistics at San
and friends in the news. Go to
Association. He is also a Diego State University.
member of the U.S. National
www.amstat.org and click on
Academy of Sciences.
Jean Opsomer
“Statisticians in the News.”
Engle earned his Doctor
of Philosophy in econom- The Washington Statistical
ics and Master of Science Society (WSS) and RTI
in physics from Cornell International are pleased
University and his Bachelor to announce that Jean
of Science in physics from Opsomer, professor in the
Williams College. Department of Statistics at
Colorado State University in
Joseph Glaz
Fort Collins, has been chosen
as this year’s recipient of the
Joseph Glaz, associate head Gertrude M. Cox Award. The
and director of graduate award consists of a $1,000
programs in the Department honorarium, travel expenses
of Statistics at the University to attend the wss annual
Defining Moment: british Scientists
of Connecticut and Fellow dinner meeting, and a plaque
Conduct First Randomized Clinical Trial
of the American Statistical containing the WSS logo.
Association, has been elected Since receiving his PhD
Financial Times writer Clive Cookson looks at
Fellow of the Institute of from Cornell University in
the defining moment when a clinical trial,
Mathematical Statistics. 1995, Opsomer has made
designed by statistician Austin Bradford Hill,
noteworthy contributions
helped eradicate tuberculosis as a public
to the field of statistics in
health threat in the United Kingdom.
Robert
several areas, including sur-
Riffenburgh
Red State, blue State
vey research, environmental
statistics, and nonparametric
AsA member Andrew Gelman joins the Talking
Robert H.
regression. He will receive
Points Memo Book Club for a discussion of
Riffenburgh,
the award at the WSS annual
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why
author of
dinner meeting on June 18,
Americans Vote the Way They Do, a social science
Statistics in
2009, and give the keynote
analysis that dissects American voting patterns.
Medicine
served as
address, “Aspects of Sampling
Statistician Thinks 2010 Census
invited
Design: A Tale of Two
Could benefit Kentucky
Riffenburgh
keynote
Natural Resource Surveys.”
The Gertrude M. Cox
Ron Crouch of the Kentucky state Data
speaker at
Award was established in
Center reports to WFPL News that population
the elsevier Prestige seminar
2003 through a joint agree-
shifts in Kentucky indicate next year’s census
on Medical Statistics in
ment between WSS and
could be beneficial to the region.
China, with repeat seminars
in Guangzhou, Shanghai,
RTI to recognize statisti-
Swine Flu: Statistical Model Predicts
and Beijing. At each semi-
cians in early to mid-career
Spread in United States
nar, Riffenburgh presented
who have made significant
contributions to statisti-
Indiana University experts in statistical analysis
four lectures: What Statistics
cal practice. It is given in
and computer modeling of epidemics, health law,
Offers to Medical Research,
memory of Gertrude M.
and public health discuss statistical models for
Choosing an Appropriate
Cox (1900–1978), who, in
U.s. cases, challenges to addressing the spread
Statistical Method, Recent
of the swine flu, and advice for staying healthy.
Technology Transfers from
the 1950s, when head of the
Statistical Theory to Medical
Department of Experimental
Research, and Examples
Statistics at North Carolina
state College, played a
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