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April 5, 2012
The Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award has been established in memory of Dr. Stephen Lagakos, a faculty member and former chair of the Department of Biostatistics who passed away in a tragic automobile accident in 2009.
Professor Lagakos was a leader in the Department, the School of Public Health, and more…
April 2, 2012
The PDF version of the April/May 2012 IMS Bulletin is online now: download the complete PDF from the archives here.…
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Huixia Judy Wang as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Huixia received her PhD in 2006 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University.
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COPSS-CMS white paper released
The white paper “Statistical Issues in Assessing Hospital Performance” has been released. The paper was commissioned by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies at the request of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The COPSS–CMS White Paper Committee included: Arlene S. Ash, Stephen…