Biography:J. Lynn Palmer
J. Lynn Palmer is an American biostatistician known for her research on missing data and on treatment of cancer.[1]
Education and career
Palmer studied sociology as an undergraduate at Oklahoma State University, earned a bachelor's degree there in 1976, and stayed on for a master's degree in 1978. After being inspired by the statistics classes she took in her graduate program, she earned a second master's degree at Oklahoma State in statistics in 1980. She completed her Ph.D. in biometry in 1988, at the University of Texas School of Public Health.[1]
She worked at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for many years, and in 2013 became director of programs for the American Statistical Association.[1]
Recognition
In 2010 Palmer was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[2] She became president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics for the 2012 term.[3] She is also an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gotherman, Melissa (March 1, 2013), "ASA Welcomes Lynn Palmer, Director of Programs", AMSTAT News (American Statistical Association), http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2013/03/01/palmer/, retrieved 2019-01-07
- ↑ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx, retrieved 2019-01-07
- ↑ Presidents 1971–2017, Caucus for Women in Statistics, https://cwstat.org/wp-content/uploads/presidents-through-2016.pdf, retrieved 2019-01-07
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