ASA members Jackie Dietz, M. Ataharul Islam, and Susan Ruth Wilson passed away recently.
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Eight Statisticians Honored by AAAS
In November, the American Association for the Advancement of Science council elected nearly 500 members as fellows. A virtual induction ceremony for the 489 newly elected fellows will take place on February 13.
James O’Malley Wins Award for Methodological Research
The ASA External Nominations and Awards Committee successfully nominated James O’Malley, professor of biomedical data science for The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, for the 2019 Award for Excellence in Methodology in Health Economics and Outcomes Research from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.
Cheryl Addy Wins Kutner Award
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.
2020 Fall Data Challenge Winners Announced
In this year’s Fall Data Challenge, “Get Out the Vote,” 56 teams submitted recommendations for increasing voter turnout using voting behavior data provided by IPUMS.
Beaumont Appointed Survey Methodology Editor
Statistics Canada recently appointed Jean-François Beaumont, senior statistical adviser at Statistics Canada, as the new editor of Survey Methodology.
People News for December 2020
Ruth Etzioni and Emery N. Brown were honored recently.
A Statistical Star from the East Shines in the West
Bimal Sinha of the University of Maryland Baltimore County was recently honored with an endowed chair of statistics named after him.
Obituary: Xiangrong Yin
Xiangrong Yin, professor of statistics at the University of Kentucky, passed away suddenly on the afternoon of August 11, 2020, at the age of 54.
People News for November 2020
Marie Diener-West and Erin Tanenbaum were honored recently.