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The International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the International Biometric Society (IBS) are jointly sponsoring an initiative to fund two young statisticians who are members of both Societies to participate in the 65th ISI World Statistics Congress at The Hague, 2025 (https://www.isi-next.org/conferences/isi-wsc2025/). There is a growing cohort read more

Three leading mid-career statisticians have been announced as the winners of the David Cox Medal for Statistics, which has been awarded for the first time in 2025 to commemorate the work of the late world-leading statistician and former Royal Statistical Society president, Sir David Cox. The three winners are Prof Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen read more

During the Atlanta, USA International Biometric Conference in December 2024, our latest group of major award winners was announced. Thanks to those who honored the winners with their presence during the ceremony! The Rob Kempton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Biometry in the Developing World was awarded to Girma Taye Aweke read more

The International Biometric Society and the American Statistical Association have invited nominations for the position of editor of the Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (JABES) . JABES publishes articles of immediate and practical value to applied researchers and statistical read more

I was pleased to see that our next IBS Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Sherri Rose from Stanford University, delivered the closing keynote address at the American Statistical Association’s 2025 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics in San Diego, California a few days ago. Congratulations, Sherri! We are very fortunate to have Dr. read more