Physical and Engineering Sciences
A Message from the Incoming SPES Chair
Tom Loughin, sPes Chair, Kansas state University
long after that, Russ Lenth got me to building relationships. All one has to
A
butterfly flaps its wings in
Manhattan, Kansas, and 14 years referee papers for Technometrics (when
do is show up somewhere and start talk-
later I am writing this article Karen Kafadar was editor).
ing to people. And SPES offers so many
from Surrey, British Columbia. The In 2003, at the Spring Research
opportunities for networking that it is
butterfly (disguised as former colleague Conference (SRC) in Dayton, Ohio,
easy to build meaningful relationships
Bill Noble) asked me a question that Kafadar knew an easy mark when she
and explore common interests.
got us thinking and talking and eventu- saw one and got me involved in orga-
The SRC, Fall Technical Conference
ally led to a paper we published in nizing SRC 2004, whereupon I met
(FTC), and joint mixer with Q&P
Technometrics. Dennis Lin, who got me started on the
at JSM are fun, productive, and well
Reverberations carried me through SPES executive committee by nominat-
worth the time. In fact, the 2009
Toronto a year later, where a talk on ing me to be SPES program chair. From
SRC will be hosted by my department
Noble’s and my work gave me the the executive committee meetings, I got
May 27–29, 2009, at the Executive
chance to meet Randy Sitter and, to know Bob Wilkinson, and next thing
Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre in
through him, Derek Bingham. Not I knew, I was on the ballot to become
Coquitlam, British Columbia (see
SPES chair. www.stat.sfu.ca/~boxint/src2009). You’ll
In the meantime, Bill Notz asked want to arrange an extra day or two to
me to serve as an associate editor drive up the Sea-to-Sky Highway, visit
for Technometrics and Bingham and the mountains of the North Shore, or
GI L L I N G S SC H O O L O F
Sitter both moved back to Simon even just walk up Burnaby Mountain to
GL O B A L PU B L I C HE A L T H
Fraser University in Burnaby, British the main SFU campus and take in the
Biostatistics Workshops Columbia. Through them, I found gorgeous view.
May 18-22, 2009
out about an opening for a faculty As a last lesson, it is plain to see there
The Department of Biostatistics at the Univer-
position at their campus, and now are many ways to become involved with
sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is pleased here I sit in Surrey, looking back on and engaged in your association. There
to announce a week of workshops May 18-22
14 years of association with SPES on are positions to be filled, tasks to be
in Chapel Hill, NC, cosponsored by SAS Insti-
one level or another. completed, and ideas to be developed.
tute. A two-day Clinical Trials Workshop, led by
Drs. Joseph Ibrahim and Anastasia Ivanova, will
If you’ve ever wondered how you can
cover adaptive designs from both frequentist and
Lessons Learned
have a part in the direction and contin-
Bayesian perspectives. New SAS software for
There are many lessons I’ve learned
ued redevelopment of SPES, consider
group sequential methods will be introduced.
along this twisty path. The first les-
this your invitation to contact me at
son is that SPES is all about people.
tloughin@sfu.ca and let me know how
Two 1½-day genetics workshops will be led by
Drs. Fred Wright, Wei Sun, and Fei Zou. The Ge-
At every step, I’ve learned from, been
you would like to get involved. Or, feel
netic Association Analysis Workshop will intro- helped by, and become friends with
free to ask me for suggestions. I’m sure
duce analysis methods for genotype and disease
some of the best people the statistics
we can find something that will suit any
associations, including specifi c genomic regions
profession has to offer. These are hard-
eager volunteer’s interests.
and whole-genome scans. The Microarray-based
Gene Expression Analysis Workshop will intro-
working, friendly, professional people
who have made me feel right at home
Connecting
duce methods for the analysis of high-throughput
expression datasets. Prior experience in genetics from the outset. Speaking of relationship-building,
is not required.
Second, networking (or “relationship Web 2.0 offers a virtual cornucopia of
building,” if you prefer) is an amazing opportunities for networking, and I’m
Practicing biostatisticians and other public health
researchers interested in attending one or more
thing. It doesn’t have to be done delib- sure more are on the way. Social and
workshops can register at
www.sph.unc.edu/oce
erately; just meeting new people, shar- professional networking sites such as
beginning January, 2009. ing stories, and talking about common LinkedIn and Facebook are growing in
issues and problems is simultaneously popularity (recruiters at Simon Fraser
38 AMsTAT NeWs JANUARy 2009
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