IMS member Jemar R. Bather has been awarded the Penn State Alumni Association’s 2024 Alumni Achievement Award. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger for their extraordinary professional accomplishments. Jemar Bather graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s degree in statistics in 2014 and embarked on a career in data analytics within nonprofit organizations, assisting charter schools in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He pursued a Master’s in applied statistics for social science research at New York University and earned a PhD in biostatistics from Harvard University. Currently, Bather is part of a cross-functional team at Merck, where he applies his statistical expertise to developing new medications that enhance health outcomes for those affected by infectious diseases. In addition to the Penn State award, Bather was honored in 2023 with the Albert Schweitzer Award from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. View the award ceremony on YouTube at https://bit.ly/3x0XMtx