CDC/ATSDR Statistical Advisory Group (SAG)

The SAG is one of several scientific workgroups formed to benefit scientific excellence and accomplish the agencys public health mission.

SAG activities

• Provide technical assistance to CDC/ATSDR leadership, journals, and staff in statistical and data science.
• Recognize achievements through annual events such as Statistics Day, Statistical Science Awards, and Professional Development and Career Awards.
• Provide training and professional development opportunities through periodic training courses, quarterly seminar series, and cross-working sponsored short course series.

Contact

SAG-Leadership@cdc.gov

SAG's major activities

SAG Professional Development: Provides professional development opportunities including mentorship on scientific work or career development.

SAG Training and Seminars: By planning, co-sponsoring, presenting, and publicizing statistical lectures, short courses, monthly seminars and other activities, SAG supports the professional development of individuals and the statistical community within CDC, and enhances the use and application of quantitative methods. This is done in collaboration with CDC University and other partners.

CDC/ATSDR Statistics Day: An annual daylong event that gives CDC quantitative researchers an opportunity to experience the breadth of CDCs analytic work, showcase projects, share ideas, interact with fellow data analysts, statisticians, and other data scientists at CDC.

CDC Statistics-Related Resources

COVID-19 data tracker provides maps and charts tracking cases, deaths, and trends of COVID-19 in the United States, updated daily

FastStats provides selected statistics on a variety of health topics.

Data & Statistics provides Data and Stats by topic and other CDC tools.

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From your email account, open a new message and enter the following information in each field: 1. To: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov 2. Subject: <leave subject line blank> 3. Body of email: Subscribe CDC-SAGC <your first name> <your last name>

The response email acknowledging your request to subscribe should come back to your email inbox within a few minutes.

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