Saturday, September 22, 2018, Amherst College Science Center

Free parking for attendees is available at the Alumni Lot (100 Churchill St., Amherst, MA) and the Hills Lot (151 College Street, Amherst, MA).

8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast and Registration

Exhibitors will be available during the day in the main lobby with tables for graduate schools, sponsors, and recruiters

9:30-9:50am Welcome and Opening Remarks Recording

  • Reneé Moore, ASA CMS and StatFest Committee Chair (Emory University)
  • Biddy Martin, President (Amherst College)
  • Barry Nussbaum, ASA Past-President (thanks for free ASA membership for students!)

9:50-10:30am Keynote Address Recording

Scarlett Bellamy, ENAR Past-President, (Drexel University) [slides]

10:30-10:50am Recognition of Sponsors and Networking Initiative Instructions

  • Reneé Moore (Emory University)
  • Christine Pfeil and Jennifer Halbleib (Mass Mutual)
  • Adrian Coles, Networking Facilitator (Duke Clinical Research Institute, DCRI)

10:50-11:15am Break

Snacks and networking in lobby

11:15-noon Opportunities in Statistics and Data Science

  • Moderator: Felicia Simpson (Winston Salem State University)
  • Therri Usher (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
  • Sean Simpson (Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine)
  • Alisa Stephens-Shields (Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania)

Noon-12:10pm Group photo

Main lobby

12:10-12:55pm Lunch and Small Networking Groups

Lunch available: room location for lunch is assigned at registration

1:00-1:40 pm Keynote Address Recording

Fernando Perez (University of California/Berkeley, Berkeley Institute for Data Science) [slides]

1:40-2:25 pm Opportunities in Statistics and Data Science

  • Moderator: Adrian Coles (DCRI)
  • Jason Bernard (Major League Baseball Advanced Media)
  • Portia Exum (SAS)
  • Dionne Swift (Proctor & Gamble)

2:25-2:40 pm Summer Opportunities [slides]

Sherri Rose (Department of Health Care Policy and Biostatistics, Harvard Medical School)

2:40-3:00pm Break

Snacks and networking in lobby

3:00-4:00pm Parallel Sessions

Students: The Graduate Student Experience

  • Facilitator: Brittney Bailey, recent PhD (Amherst College)
  • Jemar Bather, doctoral student (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health)
  • Ixavier Higgins, biostatistics doctoral student (Emory University)
  • Gabrielle Saint Vil, statistics doctoral student (University of Connecticut)

Professionals: Attracting and Retaining Students - Promoting Diversity in the Profession

  • Facilitator: DeJuran Richardson, (Dept of Mathematics & Computer Science, Lake Forest College; Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics, Rush University Medical Center)

4:00 – 4:30pm Conference Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks

  • Networking Results: Adrian Coles (DCRI) [survey]

Concluding Remarks - Brittney Bailey and Nicholas Horton (Amherst College) - Reneé Moore (Emory University)

4:30-5:30pm Poster Session and Ice Cream Reception

Lobby

authored by Nicholas Horton, Amherst College.