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The Chicago Tribune reported that a large scale study will be conducted following a couple of thousand Chicago-area children from womb to 21. The data will feed into the National Children's Study.

Stan Young, assistant director of bioinformatics at NISS, notes that the large number of questions the study will attempt to address could lead to analytical issues. Read more here.

The American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation's preeminent professional statistical society, has named the winners of its prestigious 2010 Founders Award, given to ASA members who have rendered distinguished service to the association.Winners were presented the award at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 3.

Dan Solomon and George Williams, both whom serve on the NISS Board of Trustees, received the Founders Award this year.

Dr. Stan Young, Assistant Director for Bioinformatics at NISS, lectured at the SCOPES Academy at North Carolina State University in April and his presentation caught the interest of Dr. Ward Robinson. Click here to read Dr. Robinson's remarks.

Stan Young, Assistant Director, Bioinformatics at NISS, was part of a panel that spoke at the AAAS conference in San Diego in February 2010. This article describes that most times, epidemiology studies have problems with statistics. The author of this article  from Ars Technica believes that the statistical tools for evaluating the science hasn't kept up pace with the scientific output. Click here to read the article.