IOWA
Chapterof the American Statistical Association
IOWA
Chapter
of the American Statistical Association
Newsletter March/April 2011
Please mark Wednesday, April 13, 2011, on your calendars. Plan to attend the upcoming chapter event, which includes a talk, dinner, and business meeting. (To attend the dinner, we ask that you make a reservation as soon as possible and before Friday, April 8, 2011.)
Chapter Event at Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Schedule of Events:
Talk: 4:30 Rm 1023 Science Building, Grinnell College (directions)
Dinner: 6:30 Pagliai's Pizza (directions)
Business Meeting: 7:30 Pagliai's Pizza
Speakers: Brooke Fridley, Kari Rabe, and Beth Atkinson, all statisticians at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota
Title: Biostatistics at the Mayo Clinic
Abstract: Mayo has a long history of medical research dating back over a century. With the genomic explosion and with electronic medical records, we now have the ability to investigate increasingly complex questions. Three of Mayo's 171 statisticians will share overviews of research programs they are involved with, highlighting some of the diversity of data and analysis questions present in current medical research.
6:30pm, Pagliai's Pizza (reservations requested). The cost will be around $10.00 per person. You can pay when you get to Paglai's.
Instructions for Making Dinner Reservations. Because an approximate head count is necessary, we ask that you make a reservation by emailing Joe Lang at joseph-lang@uiowa.edu by Friday, April 8, 2011. Joe asks that you include the phrase "Dinner Reservation" in the subject line of your email reservation. In your message, please include (1) your name and (2) the number having dinner.
7:30pm, Pagliai's Pizza, Grinnell.
Agenda:
Election of officers. Please email your nominations (self-nominations are encouraged) and any other agenda items to Dan Nordman before April 8, 2011.
Other items: TBA.
From I-80: Take exit 182 north three miles on Highway 146. Turn east (right) on Sixth Avenue (Highway 6). Proceed three blocks to the corner of Sixth Avenue and Park St., which is the southwest corner of campus. Continue along Sixth Avenue, around the south end of campus, across the railroad tracks to East St. Turn left onto East St. The first available right hand turn will put you into a parking lot directly across the street from a long series of connected dorms that run along East St. This lot will say that it is restricted to either Faculty-Staff or Students, but you should park there anyway; Campus Security has assured us that they will not ticket cars. Cross the street, enter dorm loggia, and ask directions to the Science Building. You can find a campus map at: http://www.grinnell.edu/aboutinfo/map . The Science Building is labeled EA on that map. Signs in the Science Building will direct you to Room 1023.
Those coming from Ames will probably take U.S. 30 to Route 146, south to Grinnell. Find Route 6 and continue as above.
Those coming from the Cedar Falls area on Route 63, will turn right at Route 6, drive about 10 miles into Grinnell from the east. Several blocks after entering town you will see East St. Turn right and find the parking lot immediately on your right.
Last updated: Monday, April 11, 2011 02:53:49 PM -0500, Joseph B. Lang