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March 31, 2023
Citation: For foundational, creative, and original contributions to mathematical statistics; for methodological developments in empirical processes and machine learning; for advancement of precision health; and for mentoring of students, postdocs, and junior faculty. Sebastien Haneuse and Eric Laber write: Michael Kosorok is the consummate biostatistics methodologist. His work is creative,…

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Citation: For outstanding leadership and service in the biostatistics and statistics community, for her leadership in statistical education, and for her achievements in biostatistical research, particularly in the field of aging research and frailty. Brian Caffo, Ingo Ruczinski and Catherine Crespi write: For the past 15 years Karen Bandeen-Roche has…

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Maya Sternberg, the COPSS Secretary/Treasurer, introduces the eight new COPSS Emerging Leaders. In creating this award, COPSS recognizes the increasingly important role that early-career statistical scientists are playing in shaping the future of the discipline.  The award is designed both to call attention to the efforts of these individuals and…

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On a cloudy February day in Seattle in early 2014, I was feeling pretty good. My tenure process had made it through all but the final stage of approval (which is typically a formality), my husband and I were expecting our first baby in just over five weeks, and I…

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The Applied Public Health Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) presents the Mortimer Spiegelman Award annually to honor a statistician below the age of 40 in the calendar year of the award who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially public health statistics. The award, established…

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