The 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting, February 11-15 in Washington, DC, will include seven sessions submitted by the Statistics Section (aka Section U) and other statistics-centric sessions. The large number represents the ongoing, concerted effort of Section U and the broader statistical community (e.g., Marie Davidian's 2013 ASA Presidential Initiative) to raise the profile of statistics within AAAS, the largest, broadest scientific professional association.
Current Section U Chair and 2006 ASA President, Sallie Keller said of this year's statistics sessions, "this year’s Section U program offers a diverse set of sessions, strongly aligned with the AAAS theme of Global Science Engagement. Beyond the sessions highlighted here, the overall program is very rich, with something of interest to all statisticians and I hope everyone will consider attending."
The session organized and submitted by the Statistics Section are:
- Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak: Designing Vaccine Trials for Emerging Diseases, Friday, February 12, 2016: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
- Multiple Paths to Ensuring Global Food Security, Friday, February 12, 2016: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
- Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate Innovation in Intelligence Analysis, Saturday, February 13, 2016: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
- Statisticians Building Global Science Capacity and Infrastructure, Saturday, February 13, 2016: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
- Measles Vaccination: Global Challenges, Sunday, February 14, 2016: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
- Does Hydraulic Fracturing Allow Gas to Reach Drinking Water?, Sunday, February 14, 2016: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
- Forensic Sciences: Toward a Stronger Scientific Framework, Sunday, February 14, 2016: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
David Spiegelhalter will also be giving a topic lecture, titled, "Can Your Lifestyle Make You Older or Younger? Metaphors for Communicating Chronic Risks;" Saturday, February 13, 2016: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM.
The Section U business meeting will take place Saturday, February 13, 2016: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM.
If I'm missing a talk above, please let me know.
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