ASA Announces 2008 Election Results
Election Turnout Was Largest in ASA History
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astry G. Pantula of North Carolina State University has been officer, 2001–2004; chair-elect, 2007; COPSS Award Committee,
elected to serve as the 105th president of the ASA. Pantula, 2002–2005; and Youden Award Committee, 2004–2006. He has
who is the head of the North Carolina State University served as ASA Board treasurer since 2005 and chaired the finance
Statistics Department and director of the Institute of Statistics, will and audit committees. He was the associate editor of The American
begin his term January 1, 2010. Statistician from 1987–1993 and the Journal of Business & Economic
Christy Chuang-Stein of Pfizer Inc. was selected as vice presi- Statistics from 2001–2006.
dent. Jeri Metzger Mulrow of the National Science Foundation Pantula earned his PhD in statistics from Iowa State University
will serve as the board representative for the Council of Sections, and an MS and BS in statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute,
and David Marker of Westat will serve as the representative for the Calcutta, India. He became the statistics department head at NCSU
Council of Chapters. All their terms will begin January 1, 2009. in 2002, after serving the university as assistant department head,
“Statistics is the backbone of scientific research,” Pantula said. director of graduate programs, and professor of statistics. He is the
“[The] ASA, in collaboration with many other international asso- author, with J. O. Rawlings and D. A. Dickey, of Applied Regression
ciations and institutes, now has tremendous potential to advance Analysis: A Research Tool.
science and guide public policy. The diversity of our membership Chuang-Stein serves as the executive director of the Statistical
and the cross-sectoral relationships among our members in aca- Research and Consulting Center at Pfizer. She is an associate edi-
demia, business, government, and industry provide a unique talent tor for both the Drug Information Journal and the Encyclopedia of
pool to address global problems related to health, environment, Clinical Trials. She was a founding editor and currently serves as
and resources. I am excited and humbled by this opportunity to an editorial board member of Pharmaceutical Statistics. A 1998
serve [the] ASA at this pivotal time.” ASA Fellow, Chuang-Stein is an active ASA member and a cur-
A 2002 Fellow of the ASA, Pantula was the recipient of the rent member of the ASA Fellows Committee. She served on the
Department Head Award of the SAA-PAMS in 2005. He received Executive Committee of the Biopharmaceutical Section of the ASA,
the Young Statistician Award from the International Indian 1996–1999; president of the ASA’s South-West Michigan Chapter,
Statistical Association in 2002 and the D.D. Mason Faculty 1997; chair of the biopharm annual workshop, 1996–1997; and
Award in 2001. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, associate editor of The American Statistician, 1993–1999.
Gamma Sigma Delta, and Mu Sigma Rho. Pantula has been active A complete list of the new ASA board members, governing
in the ASA, serving as program officer for JSM 2000; publications board members, and section officers follows.
Council of Sections Board Representative (SBSS) Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
Jeri Metzger Mulrow, National Science Foundation Chair-elect
Mike West, Duke University
Council of Chapters Board Representative
Program Chair-elect
David Marker, Westat
Alyson Wilson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Publications Board Representative
(BIOM) Biometrics Section
Karen Kafadar, Indiana University
Chair-elect
Barry I. Graubard, National Cancer Institute Secretary/
(COSGB) Council of Sections Governing Board Chair-elect
Treasurer
Sarah M. Nusser, Iowa State University
Thomas R. Belin, University of California, Los Angeles
Council of Sections Representative
(COSGB) Council of Sections Governing Board Vice Chair
Denise J. Roe, University of Arizona
John L. Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
(COCGB) Council of Chapters Governing Board Chair-elect (BIOP) Biopharmaceutical Section
V. A. Samaranayake, Missouri University of Chair-elect
Science & Technology Katherine L. Monti, Rho Inc.
Program Chair-elect
(COCGB) Council of Chapters Governing Board
Dionne L. Price, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Vice Chair, Region 1, Dist. 1
Secretary
Nicholas J. Horton, Smith College
Richard J. Caplan, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Council of Sections Representative
Alex Dmitrienko, Eli Lilly and Company
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