The Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences Section is accepting nominations for the Young Investigators Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award.
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International Prize in Statistics Nominations to Open Soon
Nominations for the International Prize in Statistics—one of the highest honors in statistics—will open in early 2020.
GSS Mentoring Roundtable Brings Positive Feedback
The Government Statistics Section hosted a mentoring roundtable at JSM 2019 to encourage diverse participation and engage young professionals and students.
Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is accepting applications for the Ellis R. Ott Scholarship, which supports students in a graduate program with a concentration in applied statistics and/or quality management.
Mental Health Statistics Section Student Paper Competition
The Mental Health Statistics Section is sponsoring a student paper competition. Winners will receive $1,000 toward the cost of travel to the Joint Statistical Meetings.
Biometrics Section Seeks Byar Award Nominations and Applications for Strategic Initiatives Grant
The ASA Biometrics Section offers early-stage investigator awards and provides funding to support projects focused on enhancing awareness of biostatistics among quantitatively talented US students.
SPAIG Award Goes to Two
Two SPAIG awards were presented during the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings. The first award was presented to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Sanofi Pasteur. The second award went to Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and MassMutual Financial Group.
Student Paper Competitions Help Pay for Travel
All section-sponsored student paper awards for JSM 2020 follow general policies and procedures.
A Conversation with Anirban Basu
In preparation for the next Health Policy Statistics conference, which will take place in January 2020, we’re running a series of interviews about previous HPSS award winners. Last year, Anirban Basu was awarded the mid-career excellence award and James O’Malley interviewed him.
Bruce Meyer to Give 2019 Links Lecture
Bruce Meyer, the McCormick Foundation Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, has been selected as the 2019 awardee for the Links Lecture Award.