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Activity Number: 2
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Sunday, July 29, 2012 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: SPAIG Committee
Abstract - #303506
Title: Partnerships to Engage and Train the Next Generation: Challenges and Opportunities
Author(s): Marie Davidian*+
Companies: North Carolina State University
Address: , , ,
Keywords: Graduate programs ; Internships ; Summer training programs
Abstract:

Scientific inquiry, public policy, and decision-making in industry are increasingly dependent on collection and interpretation of vast, complex data, and statisticians are uniquely qualified to lead these efforts. However, US students are not pursuing graduate training in statistics in the numbers required. Many still do not know enough about opportunities for statisticians, and there are far too few "hands-on" training programs available for graduate-level statistics students. Programs such as the NIH-sponsored Summer Institutes for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS), which expose US students to biostatistics and encourage them to attend graduate school; and opportunities such as NIH training grant programs and industry-sponsored internships are critical to achieving the US statistical workforce required; however, the current small number of such programs is insufficient. I will argue for a broad effort in which stakeholders from industry, government, and academia, come together to conceive of and support programs to increase the numbers of US students entering graduate programs in statistics and to provide them with essential practical training.


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