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Developing a New Drug Successfully: Optimism, Luck and a Lot of Hard Work

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Drug development has always been a high-risk enterprise. It requires sustained optimism in the face of repeated failures. Define a successful drug as a drug that has been approved for marketing by regulators. Define success rate as the rate of successful drugs among all drugs that have been entered... more

Eltinge and Nunnelly Receive the NISS Distinguished Service Awards

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John Eltinge and Jamie Nunnelly have been presented the 2015 Distinguished Service Awards from the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). Nell Sedransk, Acting Director of NISS, announced the awards on August 10, 2015 at the NISS/SAMSI (Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences... more

World Statistics Congress Draws Statisticians from Around the World

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The following was written by NISS/Duke postdoc Mauricio Sadinle. Statisticians from around the world gathered under the enticing draw of the Brazilian culture during the 60th World Statistics Congress (WSC) in Rio de Janeiro. Held July 26-31 of this year, the WSC is organized biannually by... more

Jiming Jiang and Laura Steinberg Recipients of the first NISS Former Postdoc Achievement Awards

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As part of the 25th anniversary celebration at the NISS-SAMSI reception, the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) initiated a new award to recognize the extraordinary achievements of some of its former postdocs. NISS started mentoring postdoctoral fellows and associates in 1993. Since... more

Stephen E. Fienberg Bestowed the 2015 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross Disciplinary Research

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Seattle, Washington, August 11, 2015: Mary Batcher, chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS),announces that Dr. Stephen E. Fienberg has received the 2015 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research. The announcement was made by Dr. Nell... more

Profile on NISS Board of Trustees Member Dr. Gabriel Huerta

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Gabriel Huerta, Professor and Graduate Chair for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New Mexico, recently joined the NISS Board of Trustees.  Gabriel sat down with us to tell us about his background. Gabriel was born and raised in the thriving metropolis of... more

Hang Kim Receives the KISS Career Development Award

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Former NISS postdoc Hang Kim, who recently accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati, received the Korean Statistical Society's Career Development Award. The award was presented during the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Seattle, Washington,.  This is... more

Welcome to the new NISS blog!

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Welcome to the debut of NISS' new blog! We think this new feature will be a new and exciting way to start a conversation with you. It will have first-hand accounts from some of the workshops, profiles of people in the statistics field and highlights from some of our events What can I expect to... more

NISS Announces Two New Members to its Board of Trustees

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), a non-profit institution that conducts statistical science research, announced that Gabriel Huerta and Ray Bain have been selected to serve on the organization's Board of Trustees. The new Board members will begin their terms July 1, 2015 and... more

Former NISS Board member Janet Norwood Passes Away

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Former NISS Board of Trustee member Janet Norwood passed away March 27. She was 91. Norwood led the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1979 - 1991 and was a trailblazer for many female statisticians. Read about her amazing career in the New York Times obituary.Norwood served on the NISS Board of... more

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