The Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Section is accepting nominations for the following two major awards in 2020:

Outstanding Teaching Award

This award recognizes an outstanding statistics educator and mentor in the health sciences.

Young Investigator Award

This award recognizes a promising “young investigator” for her/his promise as a statistics educator or in conducting statistics education research in the health sciences. A young investigator is defined as a current graduate student or a recent graduate who has received her/his terminal degree no more than seven years ago and who is in a position with rank below associate professor and does not hold tenure (or equivalent classification).

The first award carries a $250 cash prize, while the second carries a $500 cash prize.

The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2020. Any inquiries and all award nominations should be submitted to tshs.asa@gmail.com.

Information will be posted on the section blog.