"The 3rd edition of my book, Statistical Methods of Quality Improvement, is scheduled to be published in late July. The publisher is Wiley. Another book, Sample Size Determination and Power, will be published by Springer early next year. That will be my fifth statistics book.

In addition to these books, I also teach online courses and do occasional online consulting."

"Welcomed a second girl, Eliana Lilly, into the family on January 30, 2010. She joins big sister Maya, now 8. I'm in my 19th year as a Biostatistician with the EMMES Corporation. I currently work on the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 the National NeuroAids Tissue Consortium and a special project with the FDA, in addition to helping develop other new studies. I recently co-authored a publication in Opthalmology looking at the association between c-reactive protein and certain genetic variants on the prevalence of age-related macular generation.

"I finished my Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Georgia in 2010. After finishing my degree I was hired as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University."

"I was promoted to Vice President, Data Quality at Equifax. I also revived my music career by becoming the lead singer in a band."

"My son Caleb, a senior in High School at Regents School of Austin lead his football team to the TAPPS Division 3 State Championship as the Quarterback. This Spring, he has signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Auburn University beginning in 2011."

"I am currently in my 2nd year of post doctoral training at National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, MD. I am working on 'Coalescent Analysis', a branch of theoretical population genetics."

"I retired from teaching after 35 years of service. I currently spend my time enjoying my 7 grandchildren, reading & doing all sorts of craft projects! I am also a 7 year survivor of colon cancer!"

"I am working for FivexFive Analytics in Atlanta as an analyst, a small startup consulting and technology firm (www.fivexfive.com) and I love it. And I got engaged last month! My wedding will be May of next year."

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University Professor Lynne Billard is the recipient of the Tenth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. She will accept the award at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at the Alys Stephens Center, where Lynne Billard will give a distinguished lecture and meet with students and young faculty at UAB. For more details, please click http://www.soph.uab.edu/ssg/norwoodaward/tenthaward