AUGUST 2009 • ISSUe #386
Executive Director
Ron wasserstein: ron@amstat.org
Associate Executive Director and Director of Operations
FeAtURes
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Director of Education
3 President’s Corner
Martha Aliaga: martha@amstat.org
5 the AsA Fellow Award—Revisited
Director of Science Policy
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8 High-School Students Honored
9 Pondering Statistical Genomics, H1N1 Flu, and
Managing Editor
Megan Murphy: megan@amstat.org
Quarantined Life in Singapore
Production Coordinator/Graphic Designer
13 Why We Need Data on Our Profession
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Contributing Staff Members
Amy Farris • Rick Peterson • Rebecca Nichols • Kathleen Wert
Pondering Statistical Genomics,
H1N1 Flu, and Quarantined
Life in Singapore
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