Portal Community – Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences

Founding Supporters

American Statistical Association Member Initiative Program
American Statistical Association Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences Section
American Statistical Association Biometrics Section

2025 Co-Directors

Carol Bigelow. 2022 Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA), 2012 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Research Associate Professor (Retired), Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Email. cbigelow@schoolph.umass.edu

Jenna C. Carlson. Associate Professor, Faculty in Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Email. jnc35@pitt.edu

2025 Editorial Board (in alphabetic order)

Jenna C. Carlson. Associate Professor, Faculty in Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Edward J. Gracely. Webmaster (formerly Newsletter Editor), American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Douglas Landsittel. Chair, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.

Amy S. Nowacki. 2019 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Associate Staff Biostatistician, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Robert A. Oster. 2020 Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA), 2004 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Professor, General Internal Medicine and Population Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

Laila Poisson. 2020 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, Vice-Chair of Biostatistics, Henry Ford Health, Detroit MI.

Kendra Schmid. Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Interim Dean, Graduate Studies, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.

Jesse D. Troy. 2021-23 Secretary, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS) and Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Portal Developers (in alphabetic order)

Ann M. Brearley. 2021 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Deborah Dawson. 2013-2015 Secretary and Treasurer, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Morris Bernstein Professor Emerita and Director of Biostatistics and Research Design, Dows Research Institute, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Felicity T. Enders. 2020 Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA), 2016 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Clinical Translational Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Steven C. Grambow. 2013 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Education, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Jodi A. Lapidus. 2015 Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA), 2010 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, Oregon Heath & Science University, Portland, OR.

Dennis K. Pearl. 2002 Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA), Founder of CAUSE and Professor Emeritus, Biostatistics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

Roslyn A. Stone. Professor (Retired), Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Jose-Miguel Yamal. 2017 Chair, American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS), Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Director, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

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