The October 17 announcement states, “Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.”
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People News for December 2022
ASA member Mulugeta Gebregziabher won an award, while Hollylynne Lee and Gemma Mojica were given a grant.
Two Honored with 2022 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award
For the second time in the award’s history, there are two recipients: Montserrat Garcia-Closas and Barry Graubard. Both were chosen for their outstanding mentoring and will be honored during a virtual ceremony.
King of Belgium Presents Statistics Prize
The first Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics was presented to the winners by his Majesty King Philippe of Belgium.
Obituary for November 2022
Missouri Southern State College professor William “Bill” R. Livingston recently passed away.
People News for November 2022
ASA members Jordan Ellenberg, Grant Sanderson, and Trevor Hastie made remarkable achievements recently.
COPSS Honors 11 at JSM 2022
These awards are jointly sponsored by COPSS founding partner members: the American Statistical Association; Institute of Mathematical Statistics; Eastern and Western regions of the International Biometric Society; and Statistical Society of Canada.
Oxford University Hosts EDGE Summer Program for Women in Mathematics
A group of 14 students comprise the 2022 cohort of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Summer Program, designed for women about to enter PhD programs in the mathematical sciences. Now in its 25th year, EDGE has reached a milestone by hosting a program not based in the US.
Leslie McClure Awarded Lectureship
The Barry P. Katz Lectureship in Biostatistics and Health Data Science was created to bring experts in biostatistics and health data science to Indianapolis, the Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.
Obituaries for October 2022
ASA members Bruce Trumbo and Othmar Winkler passed away recently.