2008 Mortimer Spiegelman Award:  Call for Nominations

The Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association invites nominations for the 2008 Mortimer Spiegelman Award honoring a statistician aged 40 or younger who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially public health statistics.   The award was established in 1970 and is presented annually at the APHA meeting.   The award serves three purposes:  to honor the outstanding achievements of both the recipient and Spiegelman, to encourage further involvement in public health of the finest young statisticians, and to increase awareness of APHA and the Statistics Section in the academic statistical community.   Details about the award, including a list of the past recipients, and more information about the Statistics Sections of APHA can be found at http://www.aphastat.org .

To be eligible for the 2008 Spiegelman Award, a candidate must have been born in 1968 or later.  Please send a nominating letter and the candidate’s CV to the 2008 Spiegelman Award Committee Chair:  

   Rebecca Betensky, Department of Biostatistics, 655 Huntington Avenue, Building II Room 421, Boston, MA 02115.

E-mail inquiries may be addressed to betensky@hsph.harvard.edu.   Please state in the nominating letter the candidate’s birthday.   The nominator should include one or two paragraphs in the nominating letter that describe how the nominee’s contributions relate to public health concerns.   A maximum of three supporting letters per nomination can be provided.   Nominations for the 2008 Award must be submitted by April 1, 2008.