James O’Malley is a joint recipient of the 2025 Research Excellence Award for Senior Faculty in Foundational Science from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. The award celebrates outstanding scientific contributions and advances within the Geisel community exemplified in scientific scholarship through significant author contributions, peer-reviewed awards, or honorary distinctions.

James O’Malley’s innovative methodological research in biostatistics was emphasized in the award announcement as particularly noteworthy for a faculty member in a medical school, while his extensive collaborative research in clinical and health services research was also highlighted. His statistical research areas include statistical analysis of social networks, causal inference involving instrumental variables, multivariate-hierarchical modeling, and Bayesian statistics.

O’Malley holds the Peggy Y. Thomson Chair in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is an ASA Fellow and a life member of IMS.

More information about the award can be found at https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/research-excellence-awards-program.