Myra Samuels Biostatistics Fund
Myra Samules
(1940-1992)
The Myra Samuels Biostatistics fund provides for travel and expenses for speakers on the topic of biostatistics as part of the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture series.
The lecture series is named in memory of Myra Samuels, who was Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in Purdue's Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and Associate Director of Statistical Consulting in the Department of Statistics. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, under Jerzy Newman, and taught at Purdue for 24 years. Her research was oriented toward issues in biostatistics and included both conceptual issues mathematical statistics and collaborations on applications.
Myra was a member of the American Statistical Association, the Biometric Society and the Society for Clinical Trials. Her textbook, "Statistics for the Life Sciences", published in 1989, is now in its third edition, revised by Jeff Witmer. The textbook is still widely used in courses in statistics.
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