• The Caucus for Women in Statistics 2009
• Strategic Planning Process Implemented
• International Women's conference, London, March 2007
• Girls Missing in Science and Engineering
• Tenure: Is It Really Outmoded?
• High-level round table of the Commission on the Status of Women
• Winner of the Jan Tinbergen Prize
• Winner of the IASS Cochran-Hansen Prize
• Winners of the American Statistical Association Survey Research Methods Section 2005 Student Paper Competitition
• Young Statistician  Award
• Janet L. Norwood Award
• Participation of Women in the Joint Statistical Meetings
• UK Senior Civil Service Women’s Network Views
• International Fellowships and Grants given by the American Association of University Women
• Writing Successful Grant Proposals
• Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ) website
• Women and Men in Europe and North America
• Women and Science

The Caucus for Women in Statistics 2009.
The Caucus for Women in Statistics is an organization that supports the role of women statisticians.  The Caucus is very visible at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) sponsored by the American Statistical Association, the Statistical Society of Canada, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the Eastern North America and Western North America Biometrics Associations.  At the August 2009 JSM the Caucus sponsored several events.  They co-hosted the First Time (JSM) Attendee luncheon reception with the American Statistical Association.  Cynthia Clark, Administrator at the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service presented advice on how to take advantage of the large number of opportunities available at the JSM. The Caucus hosted an invited paper session and breakfast roundtables at the meeting.  They also sponsored the 20th Gertrude Cox Scholarship race, and honored graduate students who received the Gertrude Cox Scholarship recognition in the Tuesday evening JSM Award Ceremony. 

The Caucus-sponsored an invited paper session entitled, “The Gertrude Cox Scholarship:  20 years of Recognizing Young Women in Statistics”, organized by Holly Shulman (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  The speakers discussed the history of the Gertrude Cox Scholarship, the history of the Cox Race that brought funds to the scholarship, and the impact of the scholarship on the professional careers of those who received the recognition.  Partipants included Holly Shulman, Stephanie Shipp, (Science and Technology Policy Institute), Julia Bienias (Consultant), and Elizabeth Stuart (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).  Holly, Stephanie, and Julia are former presidents of the Caucus.  A poster of past Gertrude Cox scholarship winners is on the Caucus website (http://caucusforwomeninstatistics.com).  The breakfast buffet roundtable was held at a restaurant near the meeting location.  There were 33 attendees with three discussion tables.  This was an excellent opportunity for networking and exchange of experiences.  Individuals (both women and men) may join the Caucus by contacting Anna Nevius at anna.nevius@fda.hhs.gov.  The membership fee is $25.

International Women's conference in London, March 2007 by Jane Longhurst article

Girls Missing in Science and Engineering.  According to a recent study by the National Academies' Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), women are a small portion of the science and engineering faculty members at research universities, and they typically receive fewer resources and less support than their male colleagues. The report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, concluded that the representation of women in leadership positions in academic institutions, scientific and professional societies, and honorary organizations is low relative to the numbers of women qualified to hold these positions. The committee attributes this discovery largely to unintentional biases and outmoded institutional structures that hinder the access and advancement of women not the lack of talent. Go to www7.nationalacademier.org/womeninacademe/ to view more information on the study.

Tenure: Is It Really Outmoded?  "Recently, there has been an increase in the numbers of faculty hired on limited term contracts of five years or less and an increase in the numbers of part-time temporary faculty hired. Is this an indication that demanding a “life lasting” job might not be the most realistic approach in an academic career? Read more about issues of tenure for women in sciences in " Tenure: Is it really outmoded?" , by Tena I. Katsaounis. PhD, Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Ovalwood 383, 1760 University Drive, Mansfield OH 4906, katsaounis.1@osu.edu.
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High-level roundtable of the Commission on the Status of Women on gaps and challenges in measuring progress in implementation, in the context of the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly.   March 2004, United Nations, New York City.  Report submitted by the co-chairpersons Kyung-wha Kang (Republic of Korea) and Katherine K. Wallman (USA).  article

Jan Tinbergen Prizes: 

(2005) Kavitha Bhat (India)
(2005) Romain Glele Kakai (Benin)
(2005) Mayna Y. Ogay (Ukraine)

(2001) Madhuchanda Bhattacharjee

IASS Cochran-Hansen Prize
Competition for Young Survey Statisticians from Developing and Transitional Countries

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the International Association of Survey Statisticians established the Cochran-Hansen Prize to be awarded every two years to the best paper on survey research methods submitted by a young statistician from a developing or transitional country.

(2005) Maiki Ilves (Estonia)

(2001) Kristiina Rajaleid.

Winners of the American Statistical Association Survey Research Methods Section 2005 Student Paper Competitition.  Two women among the five winners:  Gabriele Beissel Durrant (University of Southampton, Imputation of Missing Hourly Pay Data Using Data Augmentation in the Case of Nonignorable Item-Nonresponse), and Kelly Dixon (University of Maryland Joint Program in Survey Methodology, Errors associated with period reporters in Estimates of Retail Trade).

Young Statistician  Award.   

(2005)  First Runner-up.  Dr. Gabriele Beissel-Durrant, United Kingdom.  Gabriele Durrant is a Senior Research Fellow at the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute and the National Centre for Research Methods, University of Southampton, U.K.  She completed a Ph.D. under Professor Christopher Skinner at the University of Southampton.  She has research interests in design and analysis of sample surveys, measurement error, missing data and imputation, official statistics and statistical modelling in the social sciences.  She has taught various courses related to survey methods and statistical modelling, including multilevel modelling.

Janet L. Norwood Award: For outstanding achievement by a woman in the statistical sciences.

Awarded by the Section on Statistical Genetics and the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

(2008)  Dr. Xihong Lin, Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard's School of Public Health. Dr. Lin is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. She is a recipient of the COPSS President's Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.

(2007)  Dr. Marie Davidian, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University. Dr. Davidian is the 2004 past president of the International Biometric Society (ENAR). She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

(2006)  Dr. Janet Turk Wittes, President of Statistics Collaborative Inc. Dr. Wittes is the previous Chief of the Biostatistics Branch of the NIDDK, as well as the past president of the International Biometric Society (ENAR) and the Society for Clinical Trials. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and the Society for Clinical Trials.

(2005)  Dr. Clarice R. Weinberg, Chief of the Biostatistics Branch of the NIEHS. Dr. Weinberg holds Adjunct Professorships at the University of North Carolina's Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. She was elected as a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1995.

(2004)  Dr. Alice S. Whittemore, Professor and Co-Chair of Health Research and Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Whittemore is a member of the Institute of Medicine, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and a past President of the International Biometric Society.

(2003)  Dr. Nan M. Laird, the Henry Pickering Walcott Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

(2002)  Dr. Jane F. Gentleman, Director of the Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics and Vice President of the American Statistical Association.

Participation of Women in the Joint Statistical Meetings:  1996-2003, Committee Corner, AmStat News, January 2005.   article

UK Senior Civil Service Women’s Network Views relating to issues relevant to Career Advancement of Women, September 2005.  powerpoint slides |  article

International Fellowships and Grants given by the American Association of University Women.  Application deadline for the subsequent academic year is generally August 1.  Visit the website at http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/internat.html for more information.  More Information

Writing Successful Grant Proposals.  A useful powerpoint presentation is on the website:  http://www.aaas.org/international/eca/present.shtml. 

Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ) website, http://fehps.une.edu.au/serj.  Most of the site is accessible to the general public.  However, access to the current and most recent issues of the journal will be restricted to IASE members.

Women and Men in Europe and North America, published by the United Nations, June 2001.  It contains 54 country profiles that reveal gender inequalities in different countries of the region.

Women and Science website contains extensive information about gender sensitive indicators.  Research on this is being carried out at the Women and Science sector of the European Commission Directorate General for Research, October 2000.