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ENAR Would Like to Acknowledge the Generous Support of the 2010 Local Acknowledgements NAR would like to acknowledge the generous support of the 2010 Local EArrangements Committee, chaired by Brian Marx, Louisiana State and Julia Voluafova, The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, and our student volunteers. ENAR is grateful for the support of the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious) and of the ENAR Junior Researchers’ Workshop Coalition (Emory University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbia University, Harvard University, The Johns Hopkins University, North Carolina State University, The Ohio State University, The University of Michigan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and The University of Wisconsin). We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable support and generosity of our Sponsors and Exhibitors. SPONSORS EXHIBITORS Abbott The Cambridge Group Ltd. Allergan Cambridge University Press AMGEN CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Cepahlon, Inc. DHHS/FDA/Center for Biologics Cytel Inc. Evaluation and Research GlaxoSmith Kline Food and Drug Administration Pfizer Kforce Clinical Research PPD, Inc. Oxford University Press RPS, Inc. Penn State World Campus Rho, Inc. RPS, Inc. SAS Salford Systems Statistics Collaborative, Inc. SAS SAS Institute SAS Institute Inc. – JMP Division SIAM Springer Wiley-Blackwell 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – OFFICERS Officers & President Sharon-Lise Normand Past President Lance Waller Committees President-Elect Amy Herring Secretary (2009-2010) Maura Stokes Treasurer (2010-2011) Michael Daniels REGIONAL COMMITTEE (RECOM) President (Chair) Sharon-Lise Normand Eight ordinary members (elected to 3-year terms): Hormuzd Katki (RAB Chair) 2008-2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 Jianwen Cai Daniel Heitjan Scarlett Bellamy Bradley Carlin José Pinheiro Vernon Chinchilli Peter Macdonald Joanna Shih Brent Coull REGIONAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOMETRIC SOCIETY Timothy G. Gregoire, Xihong Lin, Jane Pendergast, José Pinheiro, and Jeremy Taylor APPOINTED MEMBERS OF REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD (3-year terms) Chair: Hormuzd A. Katki 2008-2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 Karla V. Ballman Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Thomas Braun Craig Borkowf Andrew Finley Jaroslaw Harezlak Avital Cnaan Haoda Fu Yulei He Kimberly Drews Ronald Gangnon Robert Krafty Matthew Gurka Eugene Huang Sandra Lee Monica Jackson Renée Moore Karen Lynn Price Robert Johnson Roger Peng Bhramar Mukherjee Robert Lyles Jennifer Schumi Hernando Ombao Peter Song Brian Smith Juned Siddique Ram Tawari Rui Wang 2010 Joint Statistical Meeting 2011 Joint Statistical Meeting Programs Yulei He Bhramar Mukherjee 2010 Spring Meeting – New Orleans, LA Program Chair: Michael Daniels Program Co-Chair: Jeffrey Morris Local Arrangements Chairs: Brian Marx and Julia Volaufova 2011 Spring Meeting – Miami, Florida Program Chair: Ciprian Crainiceanu Program Co-Chair: Eugenio Andraca-Carrera Local Arrangement Chairs: Tulay Koru-Sengul and John Kairalla Biometrics Editor Marie Davidian Biometrics Co-Editors Geert Molenberghs, Naisyin Wang, and David Zucker Biometric Bulletin Editor Urania Dafni JABES Editor Carl Schwarz ENAR Correspondent for the Biometric Bulletin Lillian Lin ENAR Executive Director Kathy Hoskins International Biometric Society Business Manager Dee Ann Walker 2 Representatives COMMITTEE OF PRESIDENTS OF STATISTICAL SOCIETIES (COPSS) ENAR Representatives Sharon-Lise Normand (President) Lance Waller (Past-President) Amy Herring (President-Elect) ENAR Standing and Continuing Committees Nominations Committee Sponsorship Committee Eric Feuer, Chair Christine Clark, Chair Karen Bandeen-Roche Thomas Kelleher Lisa LaVange IkSung Cho Tom Louis Elizabeth Margosches Linda Young ENAR Representative on the ASA Committee on Meetings Distinguished Student Paper Awards Committee Maura Stokes, Committee Vice-Chair (January 2008-December 2010) Eric Feuer (Chair), National Cancer Institute Christopher Bilder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT Nilanjan Chatterjee, National Cancer Institute OF SCIENCE (Joint with WNAR) Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania Terms were through February 22, 2011 Yi Li, Harvard University Robert Lyles, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Section E, Geology and Geography Carol Gotway Crawford Laura Meyerson, Biogen Idec Section N, Medical Sciences Judy Bebchuk Peter Mueller, The University ofT exas MD Section G, Biological Sciences Geof Givens Anderson Cancer Center Section U, Statistics Mary Foulkes Daniel Scharfstein, Johns Hopkins University Section O, Agriculture Mary Christman Jeremy Taylor, University of Michigan Heping Zhang, Yale University NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES Haibo Zhou, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill (ENAR President is also an ex-officio member) Board ofT rustees Members: Sharon-Lise Normand, ENAR President Distinguished Student Paper Award Winners Donna Brogan Van Ryzin Award Winner Workshop for Junior Researchers Brian Hobbs, University of Minnesota Yi Li (Chair), Harvard University DuBois Bowman, Emory University Award Winners Kimberly Drews, George Washington University Ying Ding, University of Michigan Amy Herring, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hedlin Haley, Johns Hopkins University Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan Yijuan Hu, University of Minnesota Limin Peng, Emory University Xin Huang, Georgia State University Shahedul Khan, University of Waterloo 2010 Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop Se Hee Kim, University of North Carolina Reneé H. Moore (co-chair), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Seonjoo Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adriana Perez (co-chair), The University ofT exas Health Science Sang Mee Lee, University of Minnesota Center At Houston Pei Li, University of Minnesota Scarlett Bellamy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Xiaoyun Li, Florida State University DuBois Bowman, Emory University Miguel Marino, Harvard University Kathryn Chaloner, University of Iowa Hui Nie, University of Pennsylvania Tahera Darensburg, Emory University School of Public Health Seo Young Park, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Amita Manatunga, Emory University School of Public Health Debdeep Pati, Duke University Sastry Pantula, North Carolina State University Xinyu Tang, University of Pittsburgh Dionne Price, Food and Drug Administration Jincao Wu, University of Michigan DeJuran Richardson, Lake Forest College Hui Zhang, University of Rochester Louise Ryan, Harvard University School of Public Health Rongmei Zhang, University of Pennsylvania Keith Soper, Merck Research Laboratories Hong Zhu, Johns Hopkins University Lance Waller, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health Visit the ENAR website (www.enar.org) for the most up to date source of information on ENAR activities. 3 Special Thanks 2010 ENAR Program Committee IMS Program Chair Michael Daniels (Chair), University of Florida Marie Davidian (Chair), North Carolina State University Jeffrey Morris (Co-Chair), University ofT exas MD Anderson Helen Zhang (Co-Chair), North Carolina State University Cancer Center ENAR Educational Advisory Committee At-Large Members Thomas Braun, University of Michigan Kimberly Drews, George Washington University Xihong Lin, Harvard University Joseph Hogan, Brown University Paul Rathouz, University of Chicago Eugene Huang, Emory University Hongtu Zhu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Local Arrangements Committee Brian Marx (Chair), Louisiana State University ASA Section Representatives Julia Volaufova, Louisiana State University Health Science Alyson Wilson (Bayesian Statistical Sciences Section), Iowa Center State University Liang Li (Biometrics Section), Cleveland Clinic ENAR Student Awards Committee Dionne Price (Biopharmaceutical Section), Food and Drug Eric (Rocky) Feuer (Chair), National Cancer Institute Administration Ji Zhu (Statistical Learning and Data Mining Section), ENAR Diversity Workshop Committee University of Michigan Renee Moore (Co-Chair), University of Pennsylvania Recai Yucel (Health Policy Statistics Section), State University Adriana Perez (Co-Chair), University of Texas at Houston New York at Albany Health Science Center Elizabeth Stuart (Social Statistics Section), Johns Hopkins University ENAR Workshop for Junior Researchers Committee Paul Albert (Statistics in Epidemiology Section), National Yi Li (Chair), Harvard University Institute of Child and Human Development Constantine Daskalakis (Teaching of Statistics in Health Sciences Section), Thomas Jefferson University 44 Welcome to New Orleans! here is no doubt that New Orleans is one of the most exciting and culturally diverse places to travel. 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