Live or Work in the Metropolitan Washington, DC 

Area? Use Statistical or Data Science Methods or 

Data? If the Answers to These Questions are "Yes" 

...J oin the Washington Statistical Society (WSS)

10.26.23

Erin Tanenbaum
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Based in 

Washington, DC

Over 700 

members from 

across the globe

Chapter of the 

American Statistical 

Society (ASA)

Membership with 

ASA is optional
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J eff Gonzalez

President

Erin Tanenbaum

Past President

J onathan Auerbach

President Elect

Dan Liao

Secretary

Amy Lin

Treasurer

Cha-Chi Fan

Communications 

Chair

Qing Pan

Methodology Section 

Chair

Bev Pratt

Sabrina Zhang

Maura Bardos

Aaron Gilary

Representative at 

Large

Taylor Lewis

Council of Chapters 

Representative

Board 

members 

are elected 

each spring
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Over 50 people volunteered in 2023 hundreds attended an event.
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WSS builds a local 

statistical community

Activities for

• Cons idering the profes s ion

• Students 

• Early career

• Mid-career

• Experienced 

*Footnote

Profes s ional 

Promotion

Education

Networking
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Seminars and 

workshops Provide opportunities to 

learn about the latest 

statistical methodologies, 

tools, and best practices.
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DC-AAPOR / WSS 2023 

Review Preview 

Conference

Hosted by WSS and DC-AAPOR

Brings conference presentations 

to the DMV:

JSM

AAPOR

J uly 28, 2023 at the National Academy of Sciences
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Guest speakers and 

presentations

Morris Hansen Lecture

President’s Invited Talk 

Gertrude M. Cox Award 

Rebecca Hubbard, Gertrude M Cox Award 2023

Too big to fail: Bias , fairnes s and ethics of conducting medical 

res earch in the era of big data 
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Networking and career 

development

Mentoring

Holiday Party

Annual Dinner
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Volunteer opportunities: become a judge

Student support

• WSS Travel Award

• Outs tanding Graduate Student Awards

• Pos ter Competition

• Science Fair Competition

Great opportunity to 

give back and get 

others excited about 

statistics
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Countless activities

• News letter

• Lis ts erv 

• Webs ite – under cons truction!!

• Griffith Mentoring Award

• Roger Herriot Award

• Curtis J acobs Award

• J ulius Shis kin Award

• Wray J acks on Smith Scholars hip

• The World of Statis tics

• DC SAS Us ers Group

How will you 

interact with WSS 

this year?
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How to join

Cost: $15 ($3 students)

ASA members select WSS as your 

chapter 

Associate Members: 

https ://was hs tat.org/as s ociate_online_form.html
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Become an integral part of 

WSS

Email me 

Tanenbaum-Erin@norc.org

The president: 

Gonzalez.J effrey@bls.gov

Or respond to 

announcements via our listserv
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I hope to see you at a WSS event

J oin WSS

Attend an event

Volunteer

Run for election
Thank you. Erin Tanenbaum

WSS Pas t Pres ident

Tanenbaum-Erin@norc.org