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TSHS at JSM 2024 Recap


By Program Chair Usha Govindarajulu, PhD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) and TSHS Section Chair Melinda Higgins, PhD (Emory University)


The 2024 Joint Statistics Meetings (JSM) was held on August 3rd – 8th in Portland, Oregon. The Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences section of the ASA sponsored a variety of exciting events. Events included:

  • An Invited Paper Session:

    • “The Positive Power of Generative AI: Using AI for “Good” in Statistics Classrooms”

  • Two Invited Panel Sessions:

    • “Online (Bio)statistical Courses in the Era of Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges”

    • “Engaging with the Public to Combat Misinformation: our Job as Statisticians and Data Scientists?”

  • A Topic-Contributed Paper Session:

    • “Innovative Classroom Activities for Teaching Statistics” which included 5 contributed papers.

  • Two Topic-Contributed Panel Sessions:

    • “Collaborative Keys to Improve Active Learning in Asynchronous Online Statistics Courses”

    • “Infusing Data Equity Principles into Health Research: Training Initiatives and Implementation in Practice”

  • Three Roundtables – one breakfast and two lunch sessions:

    • Breakfast with Wenjing Yao on “Training the Next Generation of Statisticians in an Era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)”

    • Lunch with a presentation by David Farrar on “The Major Research Directions for Nonlinear Dose-Response Modeling”

    • Lunch with a presentation by Hoang Nguyen on “Unconventional and Engaging Methods for Teaching Statistics to Students in the Health Sciences”

  • One TSHS sponsored presentation during the “Case Studies in Statistical Consulting and Collaboration” by Kameryn Denaro on “Identifying Curricular Structures that Promote Student Success in STEM”

 

The TSHS Mixer and Business meeting was held on August 5th and began with approximately 60 attendees enjoying a variety of hors d’oeuvres and refreshments sponsored by STATA. After attendees had a chance to mingle, Melinda Higgins, Chair of TSHS, gave a warm welcome and invited all present to participate in the door prize drawings which included donations from:

  • ASA Store donated 30 ASA luggage tags, 7 ASA RFID protective card holder lanyards, 8 ASA heavy duty keyrings and 1 ASA tote bag;

  • CRC Press donated 2 $150 vouchers for books;

  • Cambridge Press donated a voucher for 1 free book;

  • Springer donated the book “Ten Projects in Applied Statistics”;

  • NCSS donated a 1 year FREE license for NCSS 2024 statistical analysis software; and

  • STATA donated $5000 for the mixer, an executive style folder and 2 FREE STATA Press books.

 

The recipients of these door prizes expressed great appreciation for their prizes!



The mixer also showcased the recipients of section awards, including the following individuals:

  • Outstanding Teaching Award given to Hilary Watt, MSc, senior teaching fellow in statistics, Imperial College of London, School of Public Health.



  • Young Investigator Award given to Alice J. Paul, PhD., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Associate Director of the Master’s graduate program in Biostatistics, Brown University.



  • Distinguished Achievement Award given to Jeff M. Szychowski, PhD., Professor and Chair of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham.



  • Council of Sections Outstanding Service Award given to Ann Brearley, PhD., Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.



  • 2024 Best Contributed JSM Paper Award given to Alex Kaizer, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus who presented “Teaching Reproducibility, Scientific Writing, and Dissemination by Publishing a Classroom Journals for Student Projects”


  • Darsy Darssan, PhD. Biostatistics lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Australia was also recognized for the 2023 Best Contributed JSM Paper Award which was announced after the 2023 JSM mixer.

 


During the 2024 TSHS Mixer, we also recognized the immense contributions to statistics education and the data portal by Dennis Pearl who is retiring this year. Additionally, we also heard from the new incoming editor for the Journal for Statistics and Data Science Education, Juana Sanchez PhD, who is taking over from Nicholas Horton, PhD.

 

The mixer was a wonderful event and well attended. We appreciate everyone’s contributions and attendance. To stay in touch and up to date with TSHS be sure to visit our:

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