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Patricia Gunning Secures Postdoctoral Fellow Position for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences

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April 28, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC - Patricia Gunning from University of Limerick has been hired as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) beginning June 1. NISS is a research institution created by the statistical professional societies... more

Paper Refutes Notion that Eating a Certain Cereal will Result in More Male Babies

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January 14, 2009: RTP, NC – Researchers S. Stanley Young, Ph.D., Assistant Director of the National Instituteof Statistical Sciences, Heejung Bang, Ph.D., of Cornell University and Kutluk Oktay. MD, FACOG, Professorof Obstetrics & Gynecology and Director, Division of Reproductive Medicine... more

JAMA Article Contends Earlier Study Overstated Validity of Findings on Bisphenol A - Multiple Testing Involved

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In a letter to be published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Dr. S. Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, and Ming Yu, University of British Columbia, highlight the statistical limitations of a study... more

Wall Street Journal - Why That Big Meal You Just Ate Made You Hungry

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S. Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics at NISS, was quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article.

Newsweek article: Designer Babies - Eat Cereal Have Boy Babies

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S. Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics at NISS, was mentioned in this article dated January 15, 2009 in Newsweek. Young, along with Heejung Bang, Ph.D., of Cornell University and Kutluk Oktay. MD, FACOG, Professorof Obstetrics & Gynecology and Director, Division of Reproductive... more

WebMD: Is Mom's Diet a Key to Her Baby's Sex?

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S. Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics for NISS, was quoted in this article for WebMD.

NISS Celebrates Opening of New Wing with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony & Open House

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November 8, 2008, Research Triangle Park, NC - The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) celebrated the opening of a new wing to its existing building in Research Triangle Park on Friday. NISS held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house. Nearly 80 people were on hand from academia,... more

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