Thread by @stephaniehicks

What a fantastic way to start a week!

Thank you to @sallycmorton and @FDuBoisBowman for visiting us in the COPSS @COPSSNews leadership academy yesterday!

A short 🧵 on how these meetings came about and few things I learned from these wise folks.

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https://twitter.com/BhramarBioStat/status/1467919690857164803

First, the zoom meeting (pictured above) took place because of the visionaries @BhramarBioStat and Huixia Judy Wang, who conceived the idea of the COPSS Leadership Academy and brought it to fruition!

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The purpose of this award is to "recognize early career statistical scientists who show evidence of and potential for leadership and who will help shape and strengthen the field".

#Statistics #DataScience 3/n

community.amstat.org/copss/awards/l…

The inaugural cohort of awardees were announced in March 2021. 4/n

https://twitter.com/COPSSNews/status/1368986355380989953

And if you're curious, you can read about the bios of folks here:

community.amstat.org/copss/awards/l…

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Before #JSM2021, we were asked to record a 20 second video of the things we are trying to answer or things we hope to use this incredible platform for. See answers from people here:



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So many great 💡 but some favs:
- diversifying our field & fostering an inclusive & anti-racist culture (@EKTBenn)
- new ideas for #dataprivacy & #confidentiality (@ClaireMKBowen)
- reduce confs carbon footprint (Aaditya Ramdas)
- make academia more sustainable (Jonas Peters)
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During #JSM2021, I was *beyond* excited to see @jtleek named the winner of the COPSS Presdient's Award. Selfishly because he is a mentor & colleague of mine @jhubiostat, but mostly because of how big of an inspiration he is to our field as a whole 8/n

https://twitter.com/COPSSNews/status/1425577328722300933

After #JSM2021, Judy & @BhramarBioStat kindly organized a meeting for us to talk w/ winners of the COPSS Presdient's Award (@jtleek) & COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship (Wing Hung Wong -- hugely influential in my fields of research) to share their wisdom
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It was around this time that @BhramarBioStat kindly asked us how she could best support us.

Myself, @jeff_goldsmith and others suggested that one thing we felt would be really beneficial is more training in leadership from mentors and/or leaders in our field.

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We were asked to nominate individuals and then Judy and and @BhramarBioStat said they would do their best to ask those individuals if they would come speak to us to share their insights and stories.

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Let me tell you, I think Judy and Bhramar have super powers, because they have managed to convince some incredibly talented folks to come talk with us including @Rodjlittle, @BandeenKaren, @daniela_witten, @XiaoLiMeng1, @FDuBoisBowman and @sallycmorton!

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So much to unpack there, but I'll wrap up this 🧵 with some wise thoughts from @sallycmorton and @FDuBoisBowman this past Monday.

"What are important things to think about when starting out in a position where you are leading folks?"

@sallycmorton -- "be inclusive, offer clear communication and clear objectives (think strategic planning!), and process is just as important as the end goal"

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"What are effective strategies to encourage (bio)stats depts to embrace change (e.g. curriculum, students, faculty hires, etc) in a more data-driven world?"

@FDuBoisBowman -- "Interview folks in industry, aggregate skills, and let that guide/motivate changes in curriculumn" 15/n

I'm so appreciative of this experience thus far, and assuming this thread is helpful to someone, I would like to keep it up by sharing insights that I have found helpful and useful.

Also, nominations for the 2022 COPSS awards are Dec 15!

https://twitter.com/COPSSNews/status/1440691812734099458

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Thank you @BhramarBioStat, Judy, @katecalder9 & the entire @COPSSNews leadership academy selection committee for bringing us together. 🤩

Our field has a very bright future ahead!

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