Bios Buzz March 18, 2016 - Rollins School of Public Health

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Department
Bios Buzz
March 18, 2016
KUDOS
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Inside This Issue
AmitaManatungaisrunningforChair-ElectoftheMentalHealth
StatisticsSectionintheASA2016election.Ifyouareamemberofthe
ASAMentalHealthStatisticsSection,pleaseconsidersupporting
Amita.Youcanfindthelistofallcandidateshere:
http://www.amstat.org/candidatebios/2016candidatebios.pdf
INTERESTING READS
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MarchMadnessanalyticsandvisualization,updatedinrealtime!
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-march-madnesspredictions/
“DearData”datavisualizationproject:
http://www.dear-data.com/all
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INTERESTING READS
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QUOTES
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UPCOMING DEPARTMENT MEETINGS
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NIH NEWS
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BIG DATA CHALLENGE
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STUDENT INTERNSHIP
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STATISTICS CARTOONS
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QUOTES
"It's not over. I'm confident they can do it. But it's
not a closed case."
-Dick Vitale
“The invention of basketball was not an
accident. It was developed to meet a
need. Those boys simply would not play
'Drop the Handkerchief.'”
-James Naismith
“Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't
matter whether you're a basketball player,
a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge
player.”
-Bill Gates
“Trying to take money out of politics is like
trying to take jumping out of basketball.”
-Bill Bradley
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UPCOMING DEPARTMENT MEETINGS
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Nomeetingsthisweek.Lancewillbeoutoftowntoparticipateinadissertationdefense.
NIH NEWS
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NIGMSApplicationandFundingTrends
o https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/2016/03/application-and-funding-trends/
BIG DATA CHALLENGE
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BoozAllenHamilton,TaskForceforGlobalHealthandEmoryUniversity’sRollinsSchoolofPublicHealthwillbesponsoringa
CollaborativeBigDataChallengeinAtlantaonApril7th,2016,onapressingpublichealth/datascienceproblem,to
developamethodtoforecastvirusriskfactorsfrominfluenzagenesequencedata.Resultswillbemadeavailabletothe
CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC),aswellasTheTaskForceforGlobalHealthintheircontinuingeffortsto
rapidlyidentifyemergingdiseasesandapplytheselessonstotheirworkahead.
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http://www.boozallen.com/lp/atlanta-big-data-analytics-challenge
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DoyoulikeDataScience?Haveinnovativeideas?Interestedinlearningmorecloudcomputingandbigdataintegration?
Youareinvitedcollaboratewithexpertandnovicedatascientists,healthscientistsandcomputerscientiststosharenew
thinkingandtestfreshideaswhilestructuringanddesigningyourteam'scloudsolution.Participantswillbeplacedinteams
comprisedofcurious,novice,andexpertsintheirrespectivefields.Eachteamwillbejudgedontheirsolution,design,and
innovativeapproach.Prizeswillbeawardedtothefirst,second,andthirdplaceteams.
1stplaceteam-$4,000,2ndplaceteam-$2,000,3rdplaceteam-$1,000
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STUDENT INTERNSHIP
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• InternshipopportunitywiththeAgencyforToxicSubstancesandDiseaseRegistry(ATSDR)attheCDCin
Atlanta:
• ThestudentwillworkwithDr.DavidWilliamson’steamonthefollowingproject:
“WehaveanExceldatabasethatincludesrecordsforapproximately300healthstudies
performed/sponsoredbyATSDRthroughouttheAgency’shistory.Wewouldliketoproducefrequency
tablesforthosestudiesby“disease/healtheffect”and“pathway”.Moreexplicitly,wewishtoidwhat
diseases/healtheffectswereinvestigatedineachstudyaspotentiallycausedbythecontaminantsinthe
study,andthroughwhatpathways(air,soil,water,etc.)werepeopleexposedtothecontaminantsineach
study.Weneedsomeone(i.e.,thisstudent)toreviewtheabstractsand/orpublications/reportsforthe300
studies,idthehealtheffectsandpathwaysineachstudy,andputthemintothedatabaseunderthe
“disease/healtheffect”and“pathway”variables.Thenwecancreatethosefrequencytablestoseehowmany
ofourstudiesinvestigatedthosespecificdiseases/healtheffectsandhowmanystudieshadexposuresbythe
differentpathways.”
• InterestedstudentsshouldforwardtheirresumetoKimberlyRiversatGDE6@CDC.GOV.Youmayalso
contactherwithanyquestionsorconcernsbyemailorbyphoneat7704883686.
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STATISTICS CARTOONS
CARTOONS SOURCE:
• http://www.trbimg.com/img-4f6c8b42/turbine/os-march-madnessmoon-20120323/600/600x338
• http://huntnewsnu.com/files/2011/03/march-madness.jpg
• http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/files/2012/03/PPPayack_Chronicle_03-22-12.jpg
• https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/education-teaching-ncaa-scholarship-athletic_program-university-universitiesjsh120312_low.jpg
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