Ash did her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Harvard College. She earned a master's degree in mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, and a PhD in statistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.[1] Ash taught mathematics in the Peace Corps in the 1960s, helped start two feminist health centers in Chicago in the 1970s, and founded a company, DxCG Inc., to apply her risk adjustment models. Since 1978, she has been involved as an expert witness in public policy issues, including the environmental impact of a nuclear power plant and equity in pay for women teachers. Before joining the University of Massachusetts she taught at Boston University.[2]
^ abcSnider, Valerie (September 2007), (PDF), Statisticians in History, Amstat News, pp. 4–5, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-21, retrieved 2017-10-20
arlene, arlene, sandra, american, statistician, works, risk, adjustment, health, services, professor, quantitative, health, sciences, university, massachusetts, medical, school, chief, biostatistics, health, services, research, division, there, undergraduate, . Arlene Sandra Ash is an American statistician who works on risk adjustment in health services She is a professor of Quantitative Health Sciences in the University of Massachusetts Medical School and chief of the Biostatistics and Health Services Research division there 1 Ash did her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Harvard College She earned a master s degree in mathematics from Washington University in St Louis and a PhD in statistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago 1 Ash taught mathematics in the Peace Corps in the 1960s helped start two feminist health centers in Chicago in the 1970s and founded a company DxCG Inc to apply her risk adjustment models Since 1978 she has been involved as an expert witness in public policy issues including the environmental impact of a nuclear power plant and equity in pay for women teachers Before joining the University of Massachusetts she taught at Boston University 2 Beyond health Ash is also interested in electoral integrity and has chaired the American Statistical Association Subcommittee on Electoral Integrity 2 3 She has also been involved in the anti nuclear movement and has worked for equal pay for women 2 She was President of the Caucus for Women in Statistics in 1986 She became a fellow of the American Statistical Association 1 in 1998 and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute 4 In 2010 she won the Long Term Excellence Award of the American Statistical Association Section on Health Policy Statistics 3 References edit a b c Arlene S Ash PhD UMass Profiles University of Massachusetts Medical School retrieved 2017 10 20 a b c Snider Valerie September 2007 Arlene Sandra Ash PDF Statisticians in History Amstat News pp 4 5 archived from the original PDF on 2017 10 21 retrieved 2017 10 20 a b Dr Arlene Ash receives Long Term Excellence Award from the ASA University of Massachusetts Medical School archived from the original on 2017 10 21 retrieved 2017 10 20 Individual members International Statistical Institute archived from the original on 2017 07 29 retrieved 2018 12 18External links editArlene Ash publications indexed by Google Scholar Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arlene Ash amp oldid 1174407414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
