Events

HACASA 2025 Student Symposium

January 17, 2025
University of Houston

2025 Call for Participation

The Houston Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association (HACASA) 2025 Student Symposium call for participation deadline is December 13, 2024. Submit your research to the premier statistics meeting that brings together Houston area data and statistical professionals. Our symposium covers a wide range of topics from statistical methodology to the applications of statistics in industry.

The symposium will be held at the University of Houston Melcher Life Sciences Building on January 17th, 2025, from 9am to 4pm. The purpose of the symposium is to showcase student research and foster networking and scientific collaboration (non-students are invited too). The program will feature student podium presentations, poster sessions, and a keynote address. With your proposal, you have the option to request a presentation type (poster or speaker), and topic. Registration is free for presenters. HACASA will offer awards for outstanding student posters and presentations.

Submit Your Proposal with title and abstract: https://forms.office.com/r/LNZ12ctfwB

To ensure smooth communication, please make sure that the Membership Committee has your most recent and accurate email address on file. If you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact the Membership Committee privately at houstonasa@gmail.com.

Modern Ethnical Issues and Best Practices in Data, Analytics, and AI

Traveling Course on 9/19/2025

Instructor: David J. Corliss, Principle Data Scientist, Grafham Analytics

Full Day Online Course 

SYMPOSIUM ON SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DATA SCIENCE FOR POPULATION HEALTH

Eric Boerwinkle, PhD
Dean of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Blake Hanson, PhD
Assistant Professor of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences

Qian Xiao, PhD
Associate Professor of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences

Jennifer Deegan, MPAff
Vice President of UTHealth Houston Office of the EVP and Chief Academic Officer of Health Policy and Systems Strategy

Kelly Nelson, PhD
Professor of MD Anderson, Department of Dermatology, Division of Internal Medicine

David Berrigan, PhD
Program Director of National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Behavioral Research Program

Wenjun Li, PhD
Professor of UMass Lowell Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, Center for Health Statistics and Biostatistics Core, Health Statistics and Geography Lab

Date: Friday, March 1
Time: 9am - 4pm
Location: Cooley Center (7440 Cambridge St, Houston, TX 77054)

Link to event: go.uth.edu/CSMAPS2024Symposium

Symposium: The IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON DATA SCIENCE AND (BIO)STATISTICS

Dr. Mi Yan
Senior Data Scientist, Intuit Inc

Dr. Mikyoung Jun
Professor of Mathematics and ConocoPhillips Data Science, University of Houston

Dr. Xiaoying Yu
Associate Professor,
Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, The University of Texas Medical Branch

Dr. Cici Bauer
James W. Rockwell Professorship in Public Health (Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology) and Associate Professor Founding Director, Center for Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Applications in Population Science (CSMAPS) 
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, UTHealth School of Public Health

Dr. Yongsu Lee
Assistant Professor, 
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, UTHealth School of Public Health

Dr. Yiping (Bonnie) Dou
Assistant Professor,
Center for Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Applications in Population Science (CSMAPS) UTHealth School of Public Health