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Sage Advice for Statisticians Looking to Advance their Career in Academia

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The NISS Affiliates Committee held the third of its virtual meet-ups on April 23.  The first two meet-ups targeted landing a job and improving communication skills.  This last meet-up asked experienced and veteran statisticians, from three very different academic environments, what their... more

Follow-up NISS/Merck Meet-up on Real-World Data

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On April 1, 2019, 352 statisticians, epidemiologists and biostatisticians spent a long lunch hour together listening to speakers share examples and talk about their experiences with real-world data.  This was a follow-up to a first meet-up that was held back on October 4, 2018 on this... more

Survey Workshop on Improving the Representativeness of Nonprobability Samples

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A little over 30 statisticians from government, industry, and academia attended the half-day NISS workshop, “Using Surveys to Improve the Representativeness of Nonprobability Samples in Epidemiologic Studies” at BLS’s Janet Norwood Conference and Training Center on March 11.   Four major... more

Have a position to fill? Announce your Job Openings on the NISS website

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Did you know that the NISS website has a section of it reserved for the posting of job announcements for all affiliates?  It can’t hurt to share your announcement with other organizations associated with NISS or other visitors to our website.  There are couple of ways you can get this... more

NISS R & Spark Workshop at BLS

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About 25 individuals, mostly from various government agencies in and around the Washington, D.C. area, recently came together for a two-day workshop taught by Dr. James Harner at the Bureau of Labor Statistic's conference and training center. The workshop focuses on the data science process of... more

News of Special Note! Congratulations Michael Robbins!

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Michael Robbins, Statistician and Researcher at Rand Corporation and former NISS PostDoc Fellow from 2009 to 2011, was recently the recipient of a major NSF grant entitled “BIGDATA: IA: A Multi-phase Survey Strategy for Generalizing Inferences from Big Data”. This project will develop new... more

NISS Welcomes New Staff

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Candyce Hughes has significant experience in project management, operations and organizational planning. Prior to joining NISS, Candyce served for four years as the Director of Administration at Sirona Strategies and prior to that she was the Director of Management Operations at St. Elizabeth’s... more

New Website Feature: Meet-Up Recordings

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It seems that virtual meetings are here to stay!  They certainly are convenient, both in terms of travel and expense.  While one drawback might be having to put up with the occaisional technical glitch or audio levels that just won’t seem to cooperate, the upside is that we automatically... more

Highlight: Meet NISS Research Associate Luca Sartore!

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Luca Sartore grew up in a small town in the northeastern countryside of Italy that has spectacular views of the Alps.  He earned his undergraduate degree in three separate areas by majoring in statistics, computer science and management at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.  He then... more

"Statistical Challenges in Immuno-Oncology", the Latest in a Successful Series of Meet-ups

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Over 250 participants took part in the fifth NISS-Merck Meet-up, and the first one of 2019.  This meet-up focused on "Statistical Challenges in Immuno-Oncology".  Immuno-oncology is the study and development of treatments that take advantage of the body’s immune system to fight... more

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