opportunities for statisticians outside aca- authors of other outstanding papers sub- 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver
deme. Examples of past award winners are mitted to the Byar Award competition. as either a paper or poster presentation.
featured on the SPAIG web site. Applicants must meet the following
Applicants are encouraged, but not
The deadline for applying for the award criteria:
required, to submit their abstracts to the
is March 5, 2008. If you have questions,
• Having held a doctorate in statistics, Biometrics Section.
contact Rahul Parsa at rahul.parsa@drake.
biostatistics, or related quantitative field For the 2008 competition, application
edu or Morteza Marzjarani at Marzjara@
for three or fewer years as of April 1 of the materials should consist of the following,
svsu.edu.
current year or being currently enrolled as in electronic format:
a student in a doctoral program in statis-
• A cover letter certifying the applicant
tics or biostatistics and in active pursuit of
Byar Young
meets the eligibility requirements
a doctoral degree.
Investigator Award
• A current CV
• Being a current member of the ASA
Do you know a young investigator who
Biometrics Section (applicant may join
• One copy of the finished paper (drafts
is planning to submit an abstract for the
at the time of submission for a $3 annual
are not acceptable)
2008 Joint Statistical Meetings? If so, you
fee). Please note that membership in the Applicants also are invited to submit one
may wish to tell him or her that the ASA
ASA does not automatically confer sec- copy each of supplementary published or
Biometrics Section is seeking nomina-
tion membership; ASA members must in-press papers if they compose a body of
tions for the 2008 David P. Byar Young
join individual sections in addition to scientific work related to the paper to be
Investigator Award. This annual award
their generic memberships. presented. If these are not available elec-
is given to a young investigator for best
• Being first author of the paper submit-
tronically, contact the chair of the commit-
emerging work to be presented at JSM. The
ted for consideration for the award.
tee, Tom Ten Have, at
ttenhave@upenn.edu.
award is in memory of David Byar, an inter-
The paper may be unsubmitted, submit-
All materials, including the paper, must be
nationally known biostatistician who made
ted, or under review, but may not have
submitted on or before March 1, 2008.
significant contributions to the develop-
appeared in a journal, either online or in
The 2008 awards committee is com-
ment and application of statistical methods
print, at the time of the application or
posed of the 2008 current and past section
and was esteemed as an exceptional mentor
have been accepted for publication as of
chairs and chair-elect, as well as three indi-
during his career at the National Cancer
January 1, 2008.
viduals appointed by the section chairs prior
Institute. The winner will receive $1,000.
to the competition. Information regarding
In addition to the Byar Award, the • Being scheduled to present the same
this award also is available at www.bio.ri.ccf.
section may provide travel awards to the paper submitted for the award at the
org/Biometrics/dbyar.html. ■
Mortimer Spiegelman Award: Call for Nominations
The Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association
invites nominations for the 2008 Mortimer Spiegelman Award,
Nominations for the 2008 award
honoring a statistician aged 40 or younger who has made
must be submitted by April 1, 2008.
outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially pub-
lic health statistics. The award was established in 1970 and is
presented annually at the APHA meeting.
to public health concerns. A maximum of three supporting
The award serves three purposes
letters per nomination may be provided. Please send a
• To honor the outstanding achievements of both the nominating letter and the candidate’s CV to:
recipient and Spiegelman
2008 Spiegelman Award Committee
• To encourage further involvement in public health by
c/o Rebecca Betensky, Chair
the finest young statisticians
Department of Biostatistics
• To increase awareness of the APHA and Statistics Section
Harvard School of Public Health
in the academic statistical community
655 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
To be eligible for the 2008 Spiegelman Award, a candidate
Email inquires may be made to
betensky@hsph.harvard.edu.
must have been born in 1968 or later. Please state in the
nominating letter the candidate’s birthday. The nominator Further details about the award, including the list of past
should include one or two paragraphs in the nominating recipients and more information about the Statistics Section
letter describing how the nominee’s contributions relate of APHA, can be found at
www.aphastat.org.
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