Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Award Winners, JSM Program Announced
Robert Oster, TSHS Publications Officer;
Jodi Lapidus, TSHS Program Chair; and Scott Evans, TSHS Chair
to organize an invited panel in line with
O
fficers of the Teaching of Statistics
in the Health Sciences (TSHS)
the theme of this year’s JSM. The session,
Section are pleased to recognize
titled “Training Community Collaborators
the section’s JSM 2007 award winners,
To Understand and Effectively Use Health-
describe the awards available this year, and
Related Data,” will be held Sunday, August
present the section’s exciting portion of the
3, from 4:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. The panel
JSM 2008 program.
will discuss statistics training strategies that
The recipient of the 2007 Distinguished
are outside the normal realm of academic
Achievement Award is Ralph O’Brien, then
teaching, including research training activi-
of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and
ties conducted as part of community-based
now of Case Western Reserve University.
collaborative research.
The Distinguished Achievement Award rec-
Distinguished Achievement
Topic-Contributed
ognizes an individual with outstanding ser-
Award recipient Ralph O’Brien
vice to the TSHS section. This award repre-
“Integrating Statistics and Bioinformatics
sents the most prestigious award bestowed
Curricula” will take place Monday, August
committees, and use of prediction for inter-
upon an individual by the section, is given
4, from 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. Presenters
im data monitoring. There will be motivat-
only once every two years, and includes a
in this session include Mark Segal of the
ing examples and discussion of standard
plaque and $1,000 prize. O’Brien’s numer-
University of California, San Francisco;
and novel approaches to analysis.
ous contributions to TSHS were summa-
Monnie McGee of Southern Methodist
On Monday, from 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.,
rized in the fall 2007 issue of the TSHS
University; Paul Schliekelman of the
the section will conduct its business meet-
newsletter at
www.bio.ri.ccf.org/ASA_TSHS/
University of Georgia; and Olga Vitek of
ing and mixer, which is open to all JSM
pdf/TSHSnews07fall.pdf.
Purdue University. The discussant is John
participants. The section is also cosponsor-
Also awarded was the 2007 Best
Stevens of Utah State University.
ing several invited and contributed sessions
Contributed Paper Award. It was given to
in which presenters will discuss a range of Contributed
Harry Norton of the Carolinas Medical
topics, including innovative teaching meth-
Monday, August 4, will be a busy day for
Center for “Use of Interesting Examples
ods, distance education, and statistical lit-
section-sponsored activities. TSHS contrib-
from Medicine and Biology.”
eracy. Search the online JSM program for
uted poster presentations will be on display,
This year, the TSHS section will present
a full list of all TSHS-related activities. We
with authors available for discussion from
a new young investigator award and best
look forward to seeing you in Denver.
8:30 a.m.–10:20 a.m.
paper and poster awards for respective pre-
To learn about “Ideas for Improving
sentations at JSM. The young investigator
Invited
Statistical Competence of Health Science
award includes a plaque and $500. Awards
“Statistics Education in the Health
Professionals and Graduate Students,”
will be presented at JSM for the best invited
Sciences During the Clinical and
attend the TSHS-sponsored contributed
paper, best topic-contributed paper, best
Translational Science Era: Bench to Beside
session on Tuesday, August 5, from 8:30
contributed paper, and best contributed
to Populations” will take place Wednesday,
a.m.–10:20 a.m. Presenters in this session
poster. Each includes a plaque and $250.
August 6, from 2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m.
will discuss a range of topics, from quan-
We look forward to announcing our 2008
The session features presenters from aca-
titative literacy skills required to perform
award winners in Amstat News after JSM
demic centers that are part of a national
clinical research to ways of introducing
in Denver.
consortium funded through Clinical and
Bayesian methods in the classroom.
JSM Offerings
Translational Science Awards from the
National Institutes for Health. The recent Roundtables with Coffee
The TSHS section is sponsoring a short
shift in focus from clinical to translational
The TSHS section has organized two round-
course, titled “Hot Topics in Clinical
research, which is sometimes referred to
tables with coffee. “A New Statistics Student:
Trials.” The course will be team taught
as a bridge from discovery to delivery, has
The Translational Researcher” will take
by Scott Evans, Lingling Li, and LJ Wei,
caused many biostatistics faculty to rethink
place Tuesday, and “Enhancing Statistical
all of Harvard University, and Lu Tian of
their curricula and teaching strategies.
Literacy in the Medical Professions” will
Northwestern University. It will cover non-
Speakers will introduce strategies they have
take place Wednesday. This type of infor-
inferiority trials, benefit-risk analysis, meta-
designed and implemented.
mal forum is ideal for thought exchange
analysis, causal inference, use of prediction
The TSHS section also worked with
and networking. These events have a mod-
to identify biomarkers, data monitoring
the Committee on Outreach Education
est fee that includes breakfast. n
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