Members of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) are pleased to announce their 2015 awards, which were presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Seattle, Washington.

Storey

The winner of the 2015 Presidents’ Award is John Storey of Princeton University, Berkeley, for transformative and groundbreaking research on the theory, methods and applications of inference methods, particularly significance testing, applied to high-dimensional data analysis problems; important development and application of statistics to modern biological and medical research; and service to the field of statistics through interdisciplinary activities.

Fienberg

The 2015 Fisher Lecturer is Stephen E. Fienberg of Carnegie Mellon University, for wide-ranging and highly influential contributions to the theory and practice of statistics; fundamental advances in methodology, interpretation, and computation in the analysis of categorical data; broad-reaching contributions to statistical methods for sample surveys; seminal work on record linkage, privacy, and social network analysis; outstanding and prolific service to the profession and to society; and being a role model, advocate, and mentor for young statisticians. His lecture was titled “R.A. Fisher and the Statistical ABCs.”

Lin

Danyu Lin of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received the 2015 G. W. Snedecor Award for foundational contribution to the field of biometrics, especially for semiparametric regression models with censored data; influential work in genome-wide association studies and next-generation sequencing studies; and steadfast service to the profession.

Dominici

Francesca Dominici of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health received the 2015 F. N. David Award for her premiere research in biostatistics and public health, including development of statistical methods for the analysis of large observational data with the ultimate goal of addressing important questions in environmental health science, health-related impacts of climate change, and public health; outstanding contribution to research on outdoor air pollution and health, which has formed the critical basis for policies on air quality; leadership in multidisciplinary collaborations for policy-relevant research; commitment to scientific research at the highest level, with studies designed to improve public health; and being an insightful mentor and exemplary role model for future generations of statisticians, especially young women.

These awards are jointly sponsored by COPSS founding partner members—the American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Eastern and Western North American regions of the International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), and Statistical Society of Canada.

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