The IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award provides funds for travel to present the Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture at the IMS New Researchers Conference. The recipient of the 2025 Tweedie New Researcher Award is Bingxin Zhao.

Dr. Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. The IMS Committee on Travel Awards selected him: “For seminal contributions to imaging genetics in neuroscience and genetics and for significant theoretical contributions to statistical genetics, particularly in the development of methods for polygenic risk score (PRS) prediction, cross-trait genetic analysis, linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSC), and trans-ancestry genetic correlation estimation.”