SECTION NEWS
Biometrics
Section Welcomes 2008 Officers Section on Quality
Edited by Ralitza Gueorguieva, Biometrics Section Publications Officer
and Productivity
M
embers of the Biometrics Section
2008 QPRC
would like to introduce the
members of the section’s execu-
JSM Help Set for June
tive committee and offer a deserving thank
you to outgoing committee members. The
Needed
The theme of the conference
section chair for 2008 is Jeremy Taylor, is ‘With Data and Statistics,
Pharmacia Research Professor of Biostatistics
Want to get more involved
Unlock the Hidden Treasure
and professor in the Department of
in JSM but aren’t planning to
of Knowledge’
Radiation Oncology in the School of
submit an abstract? Consider
Medicine at the University of Michigan. He
volunteering to chair a
earned his PhD in statistics from the session. Chairing a session is
University of California-Berkeley and was an important responsibility
on the faculty at UCLA from 1983 to 1998, and a great way to meet
after which he moved to the University of your colleagues. If you are
Michigan. He has worked in various areas
interested, contact Debashis
of statistics and biostatistics, including Box-
Ghosh, 2008 program chair, at
Cox transformations, longitudinal and sur-
ghoshd@psu.edu.
vival analysis, cure models, missing data,
smoothing methods, and surrogate and aux-
iliary variables. He also has been heavily
involved in collaborations in radiation from Harvard University. Her research inter-
oncology, cancer research, and bioinformat- ests are in statistical methods for gene expres-
ics. Taylor takes over for Tom Ten Have, a sion analysis, integration of various genom-
professor in the Department of Biostatistics ic data sources, and Bayesian modeling
and Epidemiology at the University of and inference.
Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine. Debashis Ghosh follows Runze Li as
The 2008 QPRC will be held at
Chair-elect for 2009 is Daniel Heitjan, a the Biometrics Section program chair to
the Pyle Center on the University
professor of biostatistics and statistics at the the 2008 JSM Program Committee. He is
of Wisconsin campus in Madison,
University of Pennsylvania. He previously an associate professor in the Department of
Wisconsin, June 4–6, 2008. The
worked at UCLA (1985–1988), Penn State Statistics at Penn State and earned his doc-
theme of the conference is “With
(1988–1995), and Columbia University torate in biostatistics from the University of
Data and Statistics, Unlock the
(1995–2002). His research is in the areas of Washington. His research interests focus on
Hidden Treasure of Knowledge.”
incomplete data, clinical trials, longitudinal the analysis of functional genomic data, non-
George E. P. Box will be honored
studies, health economics, and pharmacoge- parametric and semiparametric inferential
for a lifetime of achievement in
nomics. His collaborative work has been pre- procedures, machine learning methodolo-
statistical methods and applica-
dominantly in cancer and cardiac surgery. gies, and multiple testing.
tions for quality and productivity,
Jianwen Cai, professor of biostatistics at Timothy Johnson follows John Preisser and C. F. “Jeff” Wu will be hon-
The University of North Carolina at Chapel as the Biometrics Section program chair for ored for seminal contributions to
Hill, will continue to serve as secretary/trea- the 2008 ENAR meeting program. Johnson statistical theory and methods for
surer in 2008. She earned her PhD from the is a research associate professor and adjunct quality and productivity.
University of Washington and is serving as associate professor in the Department of Titles and abstracts for con-
an associate editor of Biometrics and Lifetime Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. tributed papers must be sent to
Data Analysis. Her primary research interests He earned his PhD in biostatistics from QPRC@education.wisc.edu by
are in survival analysis, design and analysis UCLA and was on the faculty at UCLA until April 1, 2008. For information
of clinical trials, and analysis of correlated 2001. He joined the faculty in biostatistics at about registration, accommoda-
responses. Her research focus is in cardiovas- the University of Michigan in 2001, where
tions, and the pre-conference
cular disease and cancer. he also is a member of the Biostatistics Core
short course on June 3, visit www.
Mahlet Tadesse, assistant professor of of the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
education.wisc.edu/conferences/
mathematics at Georgetown University, will Amita Manatunga continues to serve as
2008QPRC.
continue serving as continuing education a representative to the Council of Sections.
chair. She earned her ScD in biostatistics She is a professor in the Department of
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