Jackson Smith Scholarship is intended The scholarship is targeted to those
2007–2008 Ott
to reward promising young statisticians early in their careers in government sta-
for their diligence, thereby encouraging tistics. Applicants must have a bachelor’s
Scholarship Winners
them to consider a future in government degree or equivalent level of education.
statistics. Everyone is encouraged to seek Membership in the Government Statistics
During the last 10 years,
out promising candidates and urge them Section, Social Statistics Section, or the
scholarships totaling
to apply. ASA is not required. For more informa-
$155,000 have been awarded
Cosponsored by the Washington tion, contact Cohen at mpcohen@juno.
Statistical Society, the Caucus for Women com. Announcements of the awardees will
to 31 deserving students.
in Statistics, Harris-Smith Institutes, be made by June 1, 2008. All applicants
Scholarship winners for the
Mathematica Policy Research, and will be notified by email.
2007–2008 academic year Synectics for Management Decisions
are Michelle Quinlan of
Inc., the award provides $1,000 for use 2008 Mortimer Spiegelman
the University of Nebraska,
in exploring any of a broad number of
Award: Call for Nominations
opportunities for furthering the develop-
Lincoln, and Shannon Fraker
ment of a career related to government
The Statistics Section of the American
of Virginia Polytechnic and
statistics. Applicants are encouraged to be
Public Health Association invites nomina-
State University, both in the creative in seeking support for a variety of
tions for the 2008 Mortimer Spiegelman
PhD category.
uses, including tuition, board, and books
Award, honoring a statistician aged 40 or
for courses or short courses; conference
younger who has made outstanding contri-
attendance; and the purchase of software,
butions to health statistics, especially public
data sets, or other supporting materials
health statistics. The award was established
applied statistics and/or quality manage-
for research projects related to govern-
in 1970 and is presented annually at the
ment. This includes the theory and appli-
ment statistics.
APHA meeting.
cation of statistical inference, statistical
Activities may relate to any level of gov-
The award serves three purposes
decisionmaking, experimental design,
ernment, but must be statistical in nature,
To honor the outstanding achievements of
analysis and interpretation of data, statis-
focusing on data, methodology, analysis, or
both the recipient and Spiegelman
tical process control, quality control, qual-
data presentation. Recent award winners
ity assurance, quality improvement, qual-
have used the scholarship to fund atten-
To encourage further involvement in public
ity management, and related fields. The
dance at the Joint Statistical Meetings, sup-
health by the finest young statisticians
emphasis is on applications, as opposed to
port continued public policy research, and
theory. Studies must take place at North-
take short courses to better understand and To increase awareness of the APHA and
American institutions.
analyze data for current research. Statistics Section in the academic statisti-
Qualified applicants must have gradu-
The deadline for submitting an appli- cal community
ated in good academic standing in any field
cation is April 15, 2008. Include a com-
of undergraduate study. Scholarship awards
pleted application form (found at www.
Nominations for the 2008 award must
are based on demonstrated ability, academic
amstat.org/sections/sgovt); a proposal of
be submitted by April 1, 2008. To be eli-
achievement, industrial and teaching expe-
activity to be funded; academic transcript
gible for the 2008 Spiegelman Award, a
rience, involvement in student or profes-
(for current/recent students), job per-
candidate must have been born in 1968 or
sional organizations, faculty recommenda-
formance reviews for the past two years
later. Please state the candidate’s birthday
tions, and career objectives.
(for nonstudents), or equivalent proof
in the nominating letter. The nominator
Application instructions and forms
of superior academic and/or professional
should include one or two paragraphs in
are available at
www.asqstatdiv.org. Forms
performance; and two letters of recom-
the nominating letter describing how the
for the 2008–2009 academic year will
mendation. Send all materials to Wray
nominee’s contributions relate to pub-
be accepted between January 1 and April
Jackson Smith Scholarship Committee,
lic health concerns. A maximum of three
1, 2008. For more information, contact
c/o Michael P. Cohen, 1615 Q Street NW
supporting letters per nomination may be
Lynne B. Hare, 39 Mile Drive, Chester, NJ
#T-1, Washington, DC 20009-6310 or
provided. Send a nominating letter and the
07930;
lynnehare@patmedia.net.
mpcohen@juno.com.
candidate’s CV to 2008 Spiegelman Award
The scholarship committee will review
Committee, c/o Rebecca Betensky, Chair,
Wray Jackson Smith
each proposal based on an established rating
Department of Biostatistics, Harvard
Scholarship
scheme and select the awardee. Each appli-
School of Public Health, 655 Huntington
cation will be judged based on the appli-
Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.
The Government Statistics and the Social cant’s career stage and past performance,
Email inquires may be made to
Statistics sections of the ASA are pleased quality of the proposed activity, relevance of
betensky@hsph.harvard.edu. Details about
to announce the availability of a scholar- the activity to government statistics, innova-
the award, including the list of past recipi-
ship in memory of Wray Jackson Smith, a tion/ingenuity of the proposed project, fea-
ents and more information about the
founding member of GSS and long-time sibility of the completion of the activity, and
Statistics Section of APHA, can be found at
contributor to federal statistics. The Wray two letters of recommendation.
www.aphastat.org. n
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