News

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 MHSS Student Paper Award competition. 

The quality of all submissions this year was very high. As a result, in addition to awarding two prizes for the top papers, we are also announcing two honorable mentions for exceptional scholarship. 

The 2024 MHSS Student Paper Award Winners: 

• Yixi Xu (Indiana University)
• Xiaohui Yin (University of Connecticut)

The 2024 MHSS Student Paper Award Honorable Mentions: 

• Miyeon Yeon (Florida State University)
• Xiaojing Sun (Purdue University)

There will be an award ceremony at the Mental Health Statistics Section mixer at JSM 2024 to announce the winning submissions and honorable mentions and to present awards. We look forward to seeing you then! 

Three MHSS members have been selected to be Fellows of the American Statistical Association. We congratulate

Booil Jo - Stanford University
Robert Todd Krafty - Emory University
Tyler Harris McCormick - University of Washington

Please join us to celebrate at the Mental Health Statistics Section Mixer (co-hosted by the Health Policy Statistics Section).

Date: Monday, August 7 2023
Time:  6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Cactus Club Cafe 
77 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 1P9
https://goo.gl/maps/8mUJwaCTVckgB8Wq9

The mixer is open to members of both sections, friends, and other enthusiasts. There will be a short presentation honoring the student paper competition award winners and new ASA Fellows. 

Monday, August 7^th, 2023

8:30 AM – 10:20 AM

Novel applications and methodologies to analyze intensive longitudinal data

Topic-Contributed Paper Session 

Room: CC-206B 

12:30 PM - 1:50 PM 

Round table:  Real-time tracking of Mental Health Prevalence - Are we there yet?

Round table 

Room: CC-501

2:00 PM – 3:50 PM

Advances in Causal Inference for Precision Health Using Wearable and Mobile Devices

Invited Paper Session 

Room: CC-715B 

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Mixer (Mental Health & Health Policy Sections)

Location: Cactus Club Cafe 
77 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 1P9

The mixer is open to members of both sections, friends, and other enthusiasts. There will be a short presentation honoring the student paper competition award winners. 

Tuesday, August 8^th, 2023

10:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Contributed Poster Presentations: Mental Health Statistics Section

Contributed Posters 

Room: CC-Hall E 

10:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Latent Variables and Complex Data Types in Mental Health Research

Contributed Papers 

Room: CC-203B

12:30 PM - 1:50 PM 

Round table: Data analysis methods for depression screening tool data 

Round table 

Room: CC-501 

Wednesday, August 9^th, 2023

8:30 AM – 10:20 AM

Emerging Roles of Latent Variables in Biomedical and Social Data Science

Invited Paper Session

Room: CC-203C,CC-203D 

10:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Novel Approaches for Planning and Analyzing Data from Mental Health Clinical Trials and Observational Studies

Contributed Papers 

Room: CC-206E 

12:30 PM – 1:50 PM 

Round table: Let's talk about collaborations 

Round table 

Room: CC-501 

2:00 PM – 3:50 PM

Recent developments in methods for digital Brain Health data

Topic-Contributed Paper Session 

Room: CC-715A