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Nancy Bates
Nancy Bates was recently
selected as senior researcher
for the Survey Methodology
Department at the U.S.
Census Bureau.
Bates began her career
at the bureau as a survey
statistician in the Center for
Survey Methods Research. Hoerl ellenberg Williams
She served as special assistant
to the associate director for
from NBC and GE Capital National Institute of Allergy Biostatistics at the University
methodology and standards
to GE Aircraft Engines and Infectious Diseases and of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
and staff group leader for
and GE Power Systems. in the Biometric Research Williams served as vice
initial phase evaluations
A Fellow of both the ASA Branch in the Cancer president of the ASA and
in the former Planning,
and the American Society Therapy Evaluation Program president of the Society
Research, and Evaluation
for Quality (ASQ), he won at the National Cancer for Clinical Trials. He is a
Division. Currently, Bates is
ASQ’s 2001 Brumbaugh Institute. member of the NISS board
lead researcher for the 2010
Award for the published Ellenberg is a Fellow of trustees and a Fellow
Communications Campaign.
paper with the greatest of the ASA, the Society of the ASA, Society for
Her position of record is in
impact on industrial quality for Clinical Trials, and the Clinical Trials, American
the demographic surveys
control applications. Hoerl American Association for College of Epidemiology,
division, where she conducts
is a coauthor of Statistical the Advancement of Science. and American Heart
survey research to improve
Thinking: Improving Business She is an elected member of Association. He has served
the U.S. Census Bureau
Performance, an innovative
the International Statistical as a member of the ENAR
demographic surveys.
guide to the strategic use of
Institute. Her book, Data Regional Committee and
Bates holds a bachelor’s
data and statistics in solving
Monitoring Committees in as a member of several
degree in public administra-
business problems.
Clinical Trials: A Practical NIH review committees
tion and a master’s degree
Ellenberg is associate
Perspective, coauthored with and data and safety moni-
in applied sociology, both
dean for clinical research
Thomas Fleming and David toring boards.
from the University of
at the University of
DeMets, was named Wiley
Oklahoma. She resides in
Pennsylvania. Her research
Europe Statistics Book of
Washington, DC.
focuses on designing, con-
the Year for 2002.
ducting, and analyzing data
Williams is vice presi-
Roger Hoerl,
from clinical trials. She has
dent of global biomedical
published extensively in
data sciences at Amgen. He
Susan Ellenberg, both statistical and medical
joined Amgen in August
and George
journals, on topics includ-
2002. Previously, he served
Williams
ing surrogate endpoints,
as vice president of biosta-
data-monitoring commit-
tistics and programming
The National Institute of
tees, clinical trial designs,
at Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Statistical Sciences’ cor-
adverse event monitoring,
He joined Bristol-Myers
poration members voted
vaccine safety, and special
Squibb in December of Hosmer
unanimously to elect Roger
issues in cancer and AIDS
2001 after retiring from
Hoerl, Susan Ellenberg,
trials. From 1993 to 2004,
Merck Research Laboratories
and George Williams to
she served as director of the
as senior vice president of
David W. Hosmer
three-year terms on the
Office of Biostatistics and
biostatistics and research
David W. Hosmer Jr. was
board of trustees. The elec-
Epidemiology in the Center
data systems. From 1980
chosen recently to receive
tions took place at the
for Biologics Evaluation
to 1991, Williams was
the 2009 Mosteller award
NISS annual meeting on
and Research (CBER) at
the founding chair of the
by the Boston Chapter of
November 7.
the U.S. Food and Drug
Department of Biostatistics
the ASA (serving members
Hoerl is manager of GE
Administration. Prior to
and Epidemiology at
in Massachusetts, Vermont,
Research & Development’s
that, she served as the first
the Cleveland Clinic
New Hampshire, and
Applied Statistics Lab. He
chief of the Biostatistics
Foundation, and from 1972
Maine). The award will be
partners on research projects
Research Branch in the
to 1980, he was on the fac-
presented at an evening
with GE businesses ranging
Division of AIDS at the
ulty of the Department of
chapter meeting on February
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