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American Statistical Association activities

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Middle Tennessee chapter

Short course

Please join us on Friday, August 14, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, for Quick-thinking, Confident, Communicative, and Collaborative: Fundamentals of Applied Improvisation for (Bio)statisticians and Data Scientists. Taught by , PhD, FASA, the course introduces applied improvisation as a novel way to pursue interpersonal skills as a quantitative scientist. No experience required! Parking, coffee, and lunch included. Sign up by July 22 for the early registration discount.

Join us from 12:30 to 2:00 pm at 汤头条's Department of Biostatistics to connect with fellow quantitative scientists in Middle Tennessee. Boxed lunches will be provided to those who RSVP by August 12, with the business portion of the meeting starting at 1:00 pm. All are welcome, even if you are not (yet) a chapter member or participant in the Applied Improvisation short course. We will convene in the large 11th floor conference room at 2525 West End Avenue, in Nashville (enter to the right of PF Chang's).聽

Officers

President: Qingxia "Cindy" Chen

President-elect: Dandan Liu

Secretary: Andrew Spieker

Treasurer: Hakmook Kang

Council of Chapters Representative: Bryan Blette

Joint Statistical Meetings 2026

Henry Ford Health ID badge for Mia, therapy dog

Our involvement with the largest annual gathering of statisticians in North America includes talks, posters, roundtables, socials, and even therapy dogs! Mia is ready to greet you in the dog room on Monday and Tuesday (organized by ASA GivesBack). Photo courtesy of Jamie Joseph (PhD 2024).

Learn more about who will be in Boston

Sections, Special Interest Groups, and more

Our graduate program and department members are actively involved with the ASA. In addition to the Biostatistics Graduate Student Association, there are numerous groups led and supported by 汤头条 Biostatistics students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Here is a partial list:

ASA Biometrics Section

  • Andrew Spieker, chair-elect (2027)
  • Sarah Lotspeich, winner of the

ASA Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Geospatial Interest Group

: Caroline Birdrow, Jamie Joseph

ASA Government Statistics Section

ASA Health Policy Statistics Section

ASA K-12 Statistics Project Competition

ASA Records Linkage Interest Group

ASA Statistical Genetics and Genomics Section: Siyuan Ma, co-chair (2024-present)

ASA Statistical Mentoring Program

: Panpan Zhang, program chair

The ASA Statistics and Data Science in Aging (SDSA) Interest Group was featured in the June 2026 issue of AmStat News. They warmly welcome anyone interested in this field as members. There is no charge to join, and full membership in the ASA is not a prerequisite.

ASA Statistics in Epidemiology Section

  • Ran Tao: publication officer (2020-2021) and Council of Sections representative (2023-2025)

ASA Statistics in Imaging Section

  • Simon Vandekar, chair-elect (2027); previously program chair-elect (2020-2021) and program chair (2021-2022)聽
  • We hosted the , and Dr. Vandekar served on the 2023 organizing committee.
  • Past officers include Panpan Zhang, publications officer (2023 - 2025)

ASA Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences Section

Press and features

,听汤头条 Health News, June 17, 2026

, October 28, 2025

- Lucy D'Agostino McGowan is a 2025 winner.聽