SECTION NEWS
Biometrics
JSM Activities, Winners Announced
Edited by Ralitza Gueorguieva, Biometrics Section Publications Officer
JSM Program
T
he David P. Byar Young Investigator
Award is given annually by the
The theme of this year’s Joint Statistical
Biometrics Section to a new
Byar Award Committee
Meetings is “Communicating Statistics:
researcher who presents an original manu-
Speaking Out and Reaching Out.” Be sure
Katie Kerr
script at the Joint Statistical Meetings. The
to check out the following events sponsored
University of Washington
award commemorates David Byar, an
by the Biometrics Section.
internationally known biostatistician who
Amita Manatunga
made significant contributions to the
Continuing Education
Emory University
development and application of statistical
August 3, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
methods during his career at the National Paul Vos
Statistical Challenges in Proteomics,
Cancer Institute. This year, there were 22 East Carolina University
by Scott C. Schmidler
papers submitted, with three travel award
winners chosen in addition to the Byar
Jeremy Taylor
Invited Sessions
award winner.
University of Michigan
August 3, 4:00 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.
Rebecca Hubbard, a postdoctoral fellow
Daniel Heitjan
“Statistical Methods for Multivariate
at the University of Washington, was cho- Dental Data”
sen for the David P. Byar Young Investigator
University of Pennsylvania
Award. She will receive a $1,000 award
Tom Ten Have
August 4, 2:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
for her paper, “Modeling Risk Factors for
University of Pennsylvania
“Challenges of Statistical Inference in
Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Using a ‘Large p, Small n’ Problems”
Nonhomogeneous Markov Process,” which
she will present at JSM in Denver. August 5, 10:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
Additionally, the following three section “New Statistical and Computational
members were given this year’s travel awards: Methods for Analysis of Genomic
Travel award winners will receive $500 Data with a Graphical Structure”
Hongyu Miao, a faculty member
to apply toward their travel expenses so
in the Department of Biostatistics
they may present their papers at JSM.
August 6, 10:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.
and Computational Biology at the
All winners will receive a certificate and
“A New Paradigm of Statistical Data
Analysis: ‘Omics’ Data”
University of Rochester School
plaque commemorating their awards at
of Medicine and Dentistry, for
the Biometrics Section business meeting
August 7, 8:30 p.m. to 10:20 p.m.
“Differential Equation Modeling of
Monday, August 4, at JSM.
“Time Series Analysis via
HIV Viral Fitness Experiments: Model
The committee was enthusiastic about
Mechanistic Models”
the response and exceptional quality of
Identification, Model Selection, and
applications. Section officers thank all
Multimodel Inference” Check the online program at www.
applicants and committee members for
amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2008/onlineprogram
their excellent work.
Megan Othus, a doctoral candidate
for updates on locations and times.
in the Department of Biostatistics at
business Meeting at JSM
JSM 2009
Harvard University, for “A Class of
The Biometrics Section mixer and business
It is already time to start thinking about
Semiparametric Mixture Cure Survival
meeting will take place Monday, August 4, invited sessions for next year’s Joint Statistical
Models with Dependent Censoring”
from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Room 208 of Meetings, which will be held August 2–6
the Colorado Convention Center. In addi-
in Washington, DC. Anyone interested in
Ronglai Shen, a member of the
tion to a brief summary and discussion of
organizing an invited session or who has
Department of Epidemiology
section business, the David P. Byar Young
ideas for one should contact the section’s
and Biostatistics at the Memorial
Investigator Award and section travel
2009 Program Chair, Wensheng Guo, at
Organizations Represented at Recent JSM Career Placement Services
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, for awards will be presented. All are encour-
wguo@mail.med.upenn.edu. Also, ideas
“Reconstructing Tumor-Wise Protein aged to attend, and refreshments will be
for short courses should be submitted to
Abbott Laboratories • Fannie Mae • Amgen • John Deere Credit • Bristol-Myers Squibb • National Security Agency
2009 Continuing Education Chair Gerald
Expression in Tissue Microarray Studies served. Come meet your fellow Biometrics
Heatley at
jerry.heatley@thoratec.com. n
Capital One • NORC • Eli Lilly and Company • PPD • sanofi-aventis
Using a Bayesian Cell Mixture Model” Section members.
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