{"id":221,"date":"2012-08-05T20:08:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T20:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/inside-nchs\/?p=221"},"modified":"2022-10-31T20:30:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:30:44","slug":"milestones-and-honors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2012\/08\/05\/221\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestones and Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Nathaniel Schenker Elected American Statistical Association 2014 President<\/h2>\n
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Dr. Nathaniel Schenker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The American Statistical Association (ASA), the world\u2019s largest community of statisticians, has elected NCHS\u2019s Dr. Nathaniel Schenker to serve as ASA\u2019s 109th president.\u00a0 Dr. Schenker will serve as president-elect in 2013 and become president on January 1, 2014.\u00a0 He formerly served as the association\u2019s vice president.<\/p>\n

Dr. Schenker is NCHS\u2019s Associate Director for Research and Methodology and received NCHS\u2019s Elijah White Outstanding Scientist Award in 2010.\u00a0 He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland.\u00a0 Dr. Schenker has also been honored by ASA, which awarded him the Roger Herriott Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics in 2006 and its prestigious Founders Award for distinguished service in 2011.<\/p>\n

Dr. Schenker will serve a 3-year term on ASA\u2019s Board of Directors in 2013-2015, with 1 year each as President-Elect, President, and Past President.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Dr. Schenker!<\/p>\n

Read more about his election<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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NCHS Takes Top Poster Honors at Population Association of America Event<\/h2>\n
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Dr. Gladys Martinez and Dr. Casey Copen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Gladys Martinez and Dr. Casey Copen turned their family research into a prize-winning poster this May at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in San Francisco.\u00a0 The poster, entitled, \u201cThe Weakening Link:\u00a0 The Sequencing of First Sex, First Marriage, and First Births Among Women in the U.S.: National Survey of Family Growth 1988-2010,\u201d received first-place honors at one of the meeting\u2019s poster sessions.<\/p>\n

The poster looked at how the sequencing of first sex, first marriage, and first birth vary by Hispanic origin and race, and how these patterns have changed over time.\u00a0 Data came from four cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth between 1988 and 2010.\u00a0 Specifically, the poster (below) highlighted:<\/p>\n