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UPCOMING EVENTS

07/21/2026 12 noon to 1 PM EST Chapter Annual Virtual Meeting. All members are welcome! At the meeting, we will introduce our current and newly elected officers, report the summary of our chapter's activities in the past year, membership, and financial data. We will also take questions and feedback from attendees. Please email us if you are a current member and would like to register for this event. 

07/22/2026 11AM to 12 noon EST Career development for students and early to mid-career pharmaceutical statisticians. We have invited four panelists working in the greater Philadelphia area who will speak to their career pathways and share tips on career advancement. Live Q & A will be followed. Please email us if you are interested in egistering for this event. 

OTHER CHAPTER-SPONSORED EVENT

DataFest Philly 2026 will take place on April 10-12, 2026 at Villanova University. Current undergraduate students may register in teams of 2-5 or sign up individually to be matched with a team. Please contact Dr. Michael Posner if you are interested in serving as consultants or judges. 

OTHER EVENTS IN THE AREA

10/22-24/2026 Next Southest and Atlantic SAS User Group (SEASUG 2026) will take place in Penn State Great Valley Graduate Campus. Check out their information page. Students can apply for a free registration! 

Let us know if your organization has any statistical-related events you would like us to post! 

CHAPTER AWARDS

These annual awards recognize outstanding statisticians in the greater Philadelphia area for excellence in research,  practice, and teaching. Two student awards are also established for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students. Nominations for 2025-2026 Awards is now closed. Please stay tuned for the 2026-2027 award nomination season, usually open around mid October. Email us if you have any questions about the awards and the nomination process. See award criteria, the past award recipients, and recipient highlights.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAPTER MEMBERS

  • Newly recipient of ASA Founders Award for 2026! 
    • Alexandra Hanlon – Virginia Tech
  • Newly elected ASA fellows for 2026! 
    • Weijie Su  – University of Pennsylvania
    • Loni Tabb – Drexel University
  • Iris Horng, a PhD student of the University of Pennsylvania received ASA 2026 Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship Early Career Award
  • Outstanding Chapter Service Award
    Congratulations to Bill Huber!!! Bill is recognized by ASA for this award at 2025 JSM!!!  We thank Bill for his contributions to the Chapter over multiple years in various positions including vice president and treasurer, as well his continuded efforts advising the current chapter officers.
  • Prior Service Award recipients include Bill Pikounis, Alexandra Hanlon, Cindy Gargano, Debra Panebianco, Paul Johansen, Devan Mehrotra, Albert Getson, Boris Iglewicz, Jason Martin, Scott McClintock, and Zoe Zhang. 

  • ASA Philadelphia Chapter won the 2024 ASA Chapter Challenge on Giving Day for region 2!! 

    Congratulations to our Chapter and Chapter members and a BIG THANK YOU to those who contributed. 

               We would like to share your accomplishments, please let us know!!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

We are often looking for Chapter members to participate in webinar presentation, career development workshop, etc. Contact us by email if you want to learn more! 

CHAPTER OFFICERS ELECTION

Chapter officers are elected annually with the new term starts August 1. Voting for 2026-2027 election is now ended. We are please to announce the new 2026-2027 Chapter Officers as follows: President (Yimei Li, Penn), Vice-President (Li He, Merck), Treasurer (Yangping Liu, Pfizer), Secretary (Jingwei Wu, Temple), Members at Large (Peng Zhao, U of Delaware, Wujian Xue, Sallie Mae). Please email us if you have any questions about the chapter officers election or want to nominate someone for the positions.

    Contact Us for Questions or Comments!

      ASA CHAPTER CHATTERS 

      Check out the Summer 2024 issue of the newsletter for the last year's events and news by our Chapter!

      Webinar Series

      The webinars are organized to promote discussion, collaboration, and interactive learning in various fields of statistics, with topics ranging from teaching, statistical consultation, statistical applications as well as methodology and theory.

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      Mentoring Program

      In 2017, the Philadelphia Chapter mentoring program was launched. We surveyed the chapter members about their interest in becoming a mentee or mentor. Mentors and mentees then were matched based on their responses.

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      Career Events

      These events are designed to provide useful information for early-career statisticians or students who are interested in pursuing career in statistics. Statisticians from local or regional companies or colleges/universities will be invited to participate as panelists.

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      Member Highlights

      Members of the Philadelphia Chapter are often highlighted by ASA Amstat News or other ASA publications. Do you want to know their career paths or why they choose the fields of statistics? Check out their stories here!

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