SECTION NEWS
Biometrics
JSM Sessions, Byar Award Top ‘To-Do’ List
Page Moore, Biometrics section Publications Officer
JSM Invited Sessions
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s part of the section’s member initiative, “Developing
the Next Generation of Biostatisticians,” four propos-
The Biometrics Section is pleased to sponsor the following
als were recently funded, including the following:
invited sessions at JSM 2009:
Illustrating Biostatistical Research: An
Nonparametric Approaches for High-
Audiovisual Vignette, stacia Desantis,
Dimensional Data, organized by Annie Qu of the
Medical University of south Carolina
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
North Carolina High-School Students:
Recent Developments in Dimension Reduction, orga-
Learning About Biostatistics, the Discipline,
nized by wensheng Guo of the University of Pennsylvania
and the Job Opportunities, Jane Monaco, The
Statistical Issues and Second Code of Life:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Epigenomics, organized by Rebecca Doerge
Iowa Field of Dreams Conference
of Purdue University and Jaya satagopan of
2009, The University of Iowa
Memorial sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
A Continued Effort to Recruit Future Biostatisticians
The Issues of High Dimensionality and Missing
in Arkansas High Schools, Page Moore and songthip
Data in Complex Epidemiological Studies, orga-
Ounpraseuth, University of Arkansas for Medical sciences
nized by samiran sinha of Texas A&M
Congratulations to all whose projects are included in this Statistical Challenges in Personalized Medicine and
important initiative. Many thanks to members of the mem-
Genetic Guided Clinical Trials, organized by Colin
bership initiatives subcommittee, chaired by Bonnie LaFleur,
wu of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
for their excellent work.
Time to Submit Abstracts for JSM
mitted to the Byar award competition.
Abstract submission opened December 1 for contributed
Applicants must have held a doctorate in statistics, bio-
and topic-contributed papers to be presented during JSM
statistics, or a related quantitative field for three or fewer
2009, which will be held August 1–6 in Washington, DC. All
years as of April 1 of the current year or be enrolled as a
abstracts are due by February 2. See
www.amstat.org/meetings/
doctoral student in statistics or biostatistics and in active
jsm/2009 for more information.
pursuit of a doctoral degree. They also must be first author
Wensheng Guo, 2009 JSM Biometrics Section Program
of the paper submitted and a current member of the ASA
Chair, is collecting proposals for topic-contributed sessions
Biometrics Section. (Membership in the ASA does not auto-
and seeks volunteers to chair contributed sessions. If you are
matically confer section membership. Applicants may join
interested in organizing a topic-contributed session or would
at the time of submission for a $3 annual membership fee.)
like to chair a session, contact Guo at
wguo@mail.med.upenn.
The paper may be submitted to a journal or under review,
edu. The deadline for submitting topic-contributed session
but may not have appeared online or in print at the time of
proposals is December 20.
the application or have been accepted for publication as of
January 1, 2009. Finally, applicants must be scheduled to
Nominations Sought
present the submitted paper at JSM 2009 in Washington,
Do you know a young investigator who is planning to submit
DC, as a talk or poster presentation.
an abstract for JSM 2009? If so, you may wish to tell him
Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit
or her that the ASA Biometrics Section is seeking nom-
their abstracts to the Biometrics Section. Application materi-
inations for the 2009 David P. Byar Young Investigator
als should consist of the following in electronic format: a cover
Award. This annual award is given to a young investigator
letter certifying that the applicant meets the eligibility require-
for best emerging work to be presented at JSM. The award
ments, a current CV, and a copy of the finished paper (drafts
is in memory of David Byar, who made significant contri-
are not acceptable).
butions to the development and application of statistical
Applicants are invited to submit one copy each of supple-
methods and was esteemed as an exceptional mentor dur-
mentary published or in-press papers if they compose a body
ing his career at the National Cancer Institute. The winner
of scientific work related to the paper to be presented. If these
will receive a $1,000 award.
are not available electronically, contact Jeremy Taylor, chair
In addition to the Byar Award, the section may provide
of the 2009 Biometrics Section Awards Committee, at jmgt@
travel awards to the authors of other outstanding papers sub-
umich.edu. All materials, including the paper, must be submit-
ted electronically on or before March 1, 2009. n
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