The Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Section (TSHS) invites everyone to compete in the 2016 TSHS Innovation Challenge. A prize of $500 will be awarded by the section to the best submission of a health sciences-related dataset with associated teaching materials to the newly launched TSHS Teaching Resources Portal (https://www.causeweb.org/tshs/).
The mission of the TSHS Teaching Resources Portal is to promote excellence in the teaching of statistics in the health sciences through the dissemination of peer-reviewed/approved teaching materials that are centrally archived in an easily-navigated public domain website. The focus of the 2016 Innovation Challenge is to publicize the Portal and increase the number of datasets and teaching materials available on the site. Portal submissions that will be eligible for the 2016 prize must include both a health sciences-related dataset and codebook and at least one set of teaching materials related to the dataset; teaching materials could include classroom activities, lab activities, quiz questions, homework problems, lecture notes, etc. (Portal submissions consisting of just a new dataset/codebook or just new teaching materials to accompany a currently posted dataset are also welcome, but are not eligible for the 2016 prize.) All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the TSHS Portal editorial board, and the accepted submissions will be posted to the Portal. The best accepted submission, as judged by the editorial board, will be awarded the 2016 Innovation Challenge prize, which will be presented at the TSHS section mixer at the 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Chicago this August.
More information about the 2016 Innovation Challenge, along with submission instructions, can be found at www.causeweb.org/tshs/challenge. Questions can be directed to the TSHS Portal editorial board via tshsportal@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2016.
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Ann M. Brearley, PhD, MS
Instructor, Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Research Fellow, Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center (BDAC), Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
University of Minnesota
brea0022@umn.edu------------------------------