J. Lynn Palmer

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J. Lynn Palmer is an American biostatistician known for her research on missing data and on treatment of cancer. [1]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gotherman, Melissa (March 1, 2013), "ASA Welcomes Lynn Palmer, Director of Programs", AMSTAT News, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2019-01-07
  2. ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, archived from the original on 2019-04-25, retrieved 2019-01-07
  3. Presidents 1971–2017 (PDF), Caucus for Women in Statistics , retrieved 2019-01-07