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Nicholas P. Jewell has been honored with the ASA’s 2021 Nathan Mantel Award, given every two years to a researcher for lifetime contributions to the development and application of statistical science to problems and issues in epidemiology.
Nicholas is Chair of Biostatistics & Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene…
The Royal Statistical Society’s Research Prize for 2021 is awarded to Chengchun Shi for his impressive contributions to the statistical analysis of complex data. Of particular note is his paper “Maximin projection learning for optimal treatment decision with heterogeneous individualized treatment effects” (co-authored with Rui Song, Wenbin Lu and Bo…
The 2021 International Prize in Statistics has been awarded to US biostatistician Nan Laird, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Biostatistics (Emerita) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in recognition of her work on powerful methods that have made possible the analysis of complex longitudinal studies.
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The William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics recognizes exceptional mathematical contributions that have had a lasting impact on scientific, business, finance and engineering applications. It is awarded to an individual for a single contribution or a body of contributions they have achieved in their lifetime of research and achievement in…
The 26th Pfizer/ASA/UConn Distinguished Statistician Colloquium is scheduled on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 3:00-5:00pm via webinar. This year’s distinguished speaker will be Professor Peter Bickel, Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley. The title of his presentation will be Four Excursions in Genomics.
The colloquium will be followed by a…