X. Shirley Liu recently received the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Award to identify novel immunotherapy targets to treat triple negative breast cancers. Guo-Cheng Yuan was awarded an R01, “A Systems … Continue reading “Faculty News: Shirley Liu & GC Yuan”
The American Statistical Association recently presented Alumnus Nicholas Horton, ScD ’99, with a Founders Award, the association’s highest honor. The Founders Award is bestowed upon ASA members with longstanding and … Continue reading “Nick Horton Receives ASA Founders Award”
Donald B. Rubin has been awarded the 2017 Rao Prize for Outstanding Research in Statistics. The C.R. Rao and Bhargavi Prize honors outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and … Continue reading “News from the Statistics Department”
Doctoral student Sheila Gaynor was awarded an F31 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH. Her grant, titled “Integrative analysis of lung disease genotypes and … Continue reading “Sheila Gaynor Awarded NHLBI F31 Grant”
Tyler VanderWeele was awarded the 2017 Presidents’ Award by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore last week. The COPSS consists of the American … Continue reading “Faculty Receive Two Prestigious Awards at JSM”
Congratulations to the following students and postdocs who received awards for the ASA student paper competitions at JSM: Chanmin Kim, Biometrics Section Joseph Antonelli, Biometrics Section Shelley Liu, Biometrics Section … Continue reading “ASA Student Paper Award Winners at JSM”
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jeffrey Miller who was recently chosen by The McLennan Dean’s Challenge Grant Program selection committee to receive funding in the amount of $50,000 to support research on “Studying mechanisms of … Continue reading “Jeff Miller Awarded Dean’s Challenge Grant”
We are very excited to announce that Dr. Ciprian Crainiceanu will be this year’s recipient of the 2017 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship. Dr. Crainiceanu will be presented with the award and will deliver a lecture … Continue reading “2017 Myrto Award Winner: Ciprian Crainiceanu”
We are extremely proud to announce that Dr. Nicholas Horton, ScD ’99, will be this year’s recipient of the annual Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Horton will be presented with the award and … Continue reading “Nick Horton: Lagakos Alumni Award Winner”
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at the Commencement Eve Celebration. A big congratulations to the following members of the Department who received awards this year! … Continue reading “Award Winners”
