COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar: Making an Impact on Public Health Through Statistical Leadership

This webinar will feature insights from distinguished panelists who have leveraged their statistical expertise to drive meaningful change in public health. The discussion will explore how leaders in the field of biostatistics make critical decisions about impactful projects, navigate challenges in conducting impact-driven work, and adapt to emerging trends in the field. Panelists will share personal experiences, highlight key projects that shaped their careers, and provide advice for early- and mid-career statisticians aiming to make a societal impact. Attendees will gain practical guidance and inspiration for using their statistical training to advance population health.

Download the Flyer here:  Feb252025-flyer.pdf (1.01 MB)

Panelists

Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Data Science and Data Equity; Anna M.R Lauder Professor of Biostatistics; Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Statistics and Data Science at Yale School of Public Health

Thomas Fleming, PhD, Professor and former Chair, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington; Member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Moderator

Jennifer Bobb, PhD, Associate Investigator at Kaiser Permanente, Washington Health Research Institute, and Affiliate Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Washington

About the Speakers

Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, is the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH). Professor Mukherjee serves as the inaugural Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Data Science and Data Equity at YSPH. She holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Statistics and Data Science and is affiliated with the MacMillan Center and the Institute for the Foundations of Data Science. She serves on the Yale Cancer Center Director’s cabinet. See full profile: https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/bhramar-mukherjee/

Thomas Fleming, PhD, is a Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics at the University of Washington and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He has been involved for 5 decades as an educator, a researcher of new statistical methodology, an advisor to FDA and WHO, a consultant to industry, and more recently as a member of the National Academy of Medicine.  His major research interests are in survival analysis and the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials, including in AIDS research for 4 decades as a collaborator in NIAID's multi-center AIDS cooperative groups.

See full profile: https://www.biostat.washington.edu/people/thomas-fleming

About the Moderator

Jennifer Bobb, PhD, is an Associate Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and Affiliate Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on advancing statistical methods to address challenges in real-world data, such as electronic health records and administrative claims, to inform clinical practice and health policy. She provides statistical leadership for pragmatic trials addressing substance use disorders and has led large-scale epidemiological studies of the health effects of exposure to extreme heat and air pollution. Dr. Bobb serves as an Associate Editor for Biostatistics, is Past-Chair of the ASA Biometrics Section, and received a 2024 COPSS Emerging Leader Award. She completed her PhD in biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

About the COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series

COPSS (Committee of the Presidents of Statistical Societies) and NISS have come together to organize and host a new webinar series focusing on leadership in statistics and data science. Plan to attend these webinars every month during the academic year! Visit the COPSS-NISS Leadership Series Page for previous webinars.

The COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series is co-organized by the Committee of the Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) Emerging Leaders in Statistics and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). The purpose of the webinar series is to promote leadership skills for members of the statistical societies at any stage in their careers. The series features conversations with leaders throughout the discipline, including leaders from major academic and government institutions, and companies. Invited speakers share their leadership stories and answer questions about their experiences. Each webinar is moderated by a member of the COPSS Emerging Leaders in Statistics program.

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