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State of the Nation’s Health Data Infrastructure: Experts Weigh in …

WebJennifer Madans. served as the NCHS associate director for science, acting deputy director, and acting director, retiring from federal service in December 2020.. …

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Data Literacy as a Tool for Community Health and Social Justice

WebData is one of the world’s most valuable resources and an important tool for improving community health. Therefore, knowledge of how to understand, interpret, and …

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The Demand for Literacy Training on Quantitative Public Health …

WebThis information often includes data visualizations and tables viewers must interpret to better understand the pandemic’s scope and its impact on local communities …

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AI–Enabled Medical Devices and Diagnostics: Statistical Challenges …

WebGene Pennello is a statistician and Frank Samuelson a physicist for the US Food and Drug Administration Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software …

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ICHPS 2023 Offers Opportunities for Professional Growth, …

WebICHPS Outreach Committee Members The International Conference on Health Policy Statistics will take place in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 9–11, 2023. After …

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NHANES: 50 Years of Health Measures and Their Contributions to …

WebThe National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) recently celebrated 50 years of providing data to inform public health policy in the United States.. …

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The Statistician’s Role in an Integrated Health Care System

WebA health care system can then focus quality improvement efforts in the area with the greatest need. Statisticians are typically involved with the data retrieval, …

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Christopher Schmid Talks Health Statistics Amstat News

WebChristopher Schmid is professor in and chair of the department of biostatistics at the Brown University School of Public Health. He is a fellow of the American Statistical …

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Statistics and Statisticians: Essential to Evidence-Based

WebA key tool to improving health care decisionmaking is evidence-based medicine, a term that appeared in the early 1990s. Evidence-based medicine is defined …

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ICHPS Organizers Share Hopes, Plans for 2023 Conference in Arizona

WebPlanning is ongoing for the 2023 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS), a forum for discussing research needs and solutions to the …

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Innovators Present Methods to Manage Hospital Emergency Rooms

WebThe quantification of medical and health care has revolutionized human lives and effected long-lasting social and economic change. This revolution stems from …

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A Conversation with Anirban Basu Amstat News

WebA conversation including 39 questions with Anirban Basu. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 18 (4), 287–297. At the 2018 International Conference …

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My ASA Story: Alexandra L. Hanlon, Professor of Practice, Center

WebIn 2019, I arrived at Virginia Tech to build and direct the Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science. My team and I work with researchers from across Virginia Tech, as well as …

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More Work Needed to Increase Racial, Ethnic Diversity in …

WebMelody Goodman, Jemar Bather, Xiangying Chu, Marcello Pagano, Christine Plepys, and Ronnie Sebro recently published a paper titled “Racial and Ethnic Diversity …

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Proposals Being Accepted for Health Policy Statistics Conference

WebThe American Statistical Association and Health Policy Statistics Section are planning the 15th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics January 6–8, …

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January, San Diego, and Leveraging Data to Shape the Future

WebThe conference will provide a unique forum for the advancement and dissemination of statistical methods focused on health policy, health care, and health …

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ICHPS 2023 Offers Opportunity for Professional Growth, Innovative

WebMichael Baiocchi, Ruth Etzioni, Beth Ann Griffin, and Lisa Lix The International Conference on Health Policy Statistics was held January 9–11 in Scottsdale Arizona. …

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Biden Administration’s First Budget Request Favors NIH, NSF; Flat …

WebThe Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 (FY22) budget request sends a strong signal for its support of research funding, proposing 20 percent increases for the …

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Meet Sylva Collins, Director of the Office of Biostatistics, US Food

WebSylva Collins joined the US Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Biostatistics in the Office of Translational Sciences of the Center for Drug Evaluation and …

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Nawar Shara Appointed MedStar Chief of Research Data Science

WebASA member Nawar Shara was recently appointed chief of research data science for the MedStar Health Research Institute. Shara is a seasoned investigator, …

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ASA, GMU Team on Project to Assess Health of Federal Statistical

WebRecently, a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded a collaboration between the American Statistical Association and George Mason University to assess …

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