Each year the Section on Statistical Consulting gives awards to those top presenters in sessions sponsored by the Section. The awards this year have been given to
1) Julia Sharp of Clemson University. For organizing the Best Topic Contributed Session titled “Collaborative Statisticians Advancing Their Careers in an Academic Setting” she will receive $750, a plaque, and a membership in the Section (if not already).
2) Emanuel Msemo of Virginia Tech. Emanuel won the Best Contributed Paper, “Impacting Agricultural Productivity in Tanzania Through the Wheels of Statistics.” He will receive a $500, a plaque, and a membership in the Section (if not already).
3) Meng-Ru Cheng, Amylou Dueck, Evan P. Kransdorf, Octavio E. Pajaro, and Yu-Hui Chang, from the Mayo Clinic. They receive the award of Best Poster for their poster titled “Rate Data Modeling: Using the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing Database”. They will receive $250, a plaque, and a membership in the Section (if not already).
Congratulations to all the winners.
We encourage members to submit papers and posters for next year's conference to sessions sponsored by the section.