The Michael H. Kutner Award for Distinguished Service to the Discipline is given annually to a graduate of the Emory University Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. This year’s award recipient is Cheryl L. Addy from the University of South Carolina.
After earning her doctoral degree from Emory in 1988, Addy took a position as instructor in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, where she advanced to associate professor in 1993 and full professor in 2014. She served as the department chair from 1994–1999, assistant dean for administration from 1998–2002, and associate dean for academic affairs from 2002–2005. In 2005, Addy was appointed as executive associate dean of the Arnold School of Public Health and, in 2008, she was appointed as senior associate dean for academic affairs. Currently, Addy is the vice provost and dean of the graduate school at the University of South Carolina.
Addy has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the American Statistical Association in 1997, Faculty Service Award from the Arnold School of Public Health in 2008, and Academic Award from the American Public Health Association Statistics Section in 2011. She has established a stellar collaborative record as a biostatistician with more than 100 co-authored publications in high-impact journals. She served as the statistical editor for the Journal of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior from 1990–1996.
Addy has also played an active role with the Council of Education for Public Health, having made 13 accreditation site visits while chairing six of them. For the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, she has served on the Biometrics Council since 1996 (co-chair in 2011). Addy has also served on the Education Committee since 2008. Since 2002, she has served as the section representative for academic affairs for the Council of Associate Deans. Additionally, she has served the University of South Carolina in numerous ways. These include serving as graduate director for the department of epidemiology and biostatistics from 1997–2005, serving on the faculty senate from 1991–1994, serving on the Inter-Professional Education for the Health Sciences Steering Committee since 2011, and serving as a member of the Council of Graduate Directors since 1997.
Recent Kutner Award Winners
2019: Michael G. Hudgens
2018: Dionne Price
2017: Brent Blumenstein
2016: Scott Clark
2015: Raymond Bain
2014: Edward Frome and David Dunson
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