Upcoming deadlinesGet involvedAttend & present Meet colleagues from across the West at our friendly annual meeting. Propose an invited session or submit a talk or poster. Students Student membership is free. Enter the Student Paper Award and Oral Presentation Competition, or apply for the Indigenous Student Travel Award. Student paper competition → Awards & nominations Recognize the work of your colleagues by nominating them for a WNAR award. Outstanding Impact Award → Support WNAR Donate or sponsor the 2027 meeting, including the Expanding Opportunities Workshop on June 13, 2027, which builds mentorship and belonging in quantitative fields. Donate → Help lead WNAR WNAR is run by volunteers. Nominate yourself or a colleague for a committee or an elected leadership position. Self-nominations are welcome, and committee nominations are accepted year-round.
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About WNAR
WNAR is the Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society (IBS), the professional society for statisticians, biostatisticians, and data scientists working in the biosciences. IBS was founded in 1947 and WNAR in 1948.
Our main activity is an annual meeting each June, held jointly with the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), with invited and contributed talks, short courses, posters, and the Student Paper Award and Oral Presentation Competition. It is a friendly, volunteer-run meeting that keeps registration affordable and is especially welcoming to students and early-career researchers. We also meet with ASA and IMS each August at the Joint Statistical Meetings.
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in biostatistics, biometrics, and quantitative biology who lives in the western U.S. or western Canada. Student membership is free. All members agree to the WNAR Code of Conduct.
More about WNAR → Join WNAR → Officers and committees →
Our community
Past and current WNAR presidents at the 2025 WNAR/IMS Annual Meeting in Whistler, BC.
Past WNAR presidents at the 2023 WNAR/IMS Annual Meeting (WNAR’s 75th anniversary) in Anchorage, Alaska.
Territorial acknowledgement: We acknowledge that the lands and waters where WNAR members work and gather are the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples. We are committed to building respectful and collaborative relationships with these communities.