Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen of the University of Pennsylvania, Nancy Zhang of the University of Pennsylvania, and Richard Samworth of the University of Cambridge were recently named winners of the inaugural David Cox Medal for Statistics. This medal is awarded to commemorate the work of the late world-leading statistician and former Royal Statistical Society president Sir David Cox.
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Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop Creates Lasting Opportunities
The Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop introduces historically under-represented undergraduate students to biostatistics and offers networking opportunities, mentoring (peer and near-peer), and professional development opportunities to graduate students. Learn more about the history of this workshop.
People News for April 2023
Read about some of the noteworthy achievements of ASA members in this month’s People News.
Rosemary Bailey
Rosemary Bailey grew up in the countryside northwest of London. In primary school, her classmates mocked her for being good at arithmetic, but her parents told her she should decide for herself who she wanted to be and ignore such comments. She did and earned both her first and second degrees in mathematics from Oxford University. She was president of the British Region of the International Biometric Society from 2000–2002 and is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and mathematics and statistics professor at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
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.
Gertrude M. Cox Award Nominations Sought
Nominate an early- to mid-career statistician for the Gertrude Cox Award by February 28.
Nominations Sought for JABES Editor
The Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics publishes articles aimed at applied researchers and statistical consultants in the agricultural sciences, biological sciences, and environmental sciences.
And the Award Goes To …
Leading statistical groups create prestigious platform to recognize far-reaching contributions—The International Prize in Statistics.