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Meier Steps Down as Biostatistics Head
After five highly productive years of service, Paul Meier, Ph.D., stepped down as head of the Division of Biostatistics in February. He will continue in his academic role as a professor in the Division, and also will continue his activities as Chair of the Department of Statistics in the Graduate School of Arts of Sciences, where he was recently named Howard Levene Professor of Statistics. Bruce Levin, Ph.D., will serve as acting head of the Division, and Richard Mayeux, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Public Health, and Director of the Sergievsky Center, is chairing the search committee for a new division head.
In recognizing Meier’s success in increasing the strength and scholarly creativity of the Division’s academic, research and service programs, CSPH Dean Allan Rosenfield, M.D., cited Meier’s “leadership in building the clinical trials activities of the Division,” and his excellent recruitment of new faculty and unwavering support of the interests of the faculty.
“He has maintained very high levels of student quality and morale, which have been of great importance to the School and the clinical department in Health Sciences,” Rosenfield said.
In other Biostatistics news, Daniel Heitjan, Ph.D., and Shaw-Hwa Lo, Ph.D., were elected fellows of the American Statistical association. Heitjan also delivered an invited lecture at the Conference on Burning Issues in Medical Statistics, at De Montfort University, Leicester, England.
Acting Division Head Bruce Levin, Ph.D., spoke at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, in San Francisco, on the topic of “Randomized Designs and Alternatives.” He also recently presented “Clinical Trials with assured New Treatment for Those at Greater Risk,” at Harvard University.
Wei-Yann Tsai, Ph.D., organized an invited section on biostatistics at a meeting of the international Chinese Statistical association, held in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Christine Waternaux, Ph.D., participated in a Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture, sponsored by the National institutes of Health’s office of Alternative Medicine and office of Medical Research Application. in addition, she joined a National institutes of Mental Health initial review group for Mental Health Clinical Research Centers, as well as a NIMH-wide Data and Safety Monitoring Board.
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