Our Recent Winners

Presidents' Award

Richard J. Samworth, University of Cambridge

For fundamental contributions to nonparametric inference under shape constraints, nonparametric classification, high-dimensional variable selection change point estimation; for many substantial contributions to the profession including editorial service, extensive service to statistical societies; and for the training and mentoring of junior researchers.

Elizabeth L. Scott Award

Bin Yu, University of California, Berkeley

For principled leadership in the international scientific community; for commitment and actions towards diversity, equity and inclusion; for consistently mentoring and encouraging women students and new researchers in statistics and data science; and for scientific contributions to statistical and machine learning methodology at the highest scholarly level.

R.A. Fisher Award

Susan A. Murphy, Harvard University

For scientific contributions to statistical theory and methods at the highest level and for fundamental advances in the innovative use of statistics to further behavioral and mental health research

Presidents' Award

Tyler J. VanderWeele, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

For fundamental contributions to causal inference and the understanding of causal mechanisms; for profound advancement of epidemiologic theory and methods and the application of statistics throughout medical and social sciences; and for excellent service to the profession including exceptional contributions to teaching, mentoring, and bridging many academic disciplines with statistics.

Florence N. David Award

Xihong Lin, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

For leadership and collaborative research in statistical genetics and bioinformatics; and for passion and dedication in mentoring students and young statisticians.

George W. Snedecor Award

Aurore Delaigle, University of Melbourne

For fundamental and groundbreaking contributions to the statistical theory of group testing of pooled laboratory samples, and for contributions to measurement error methods and density estimation.

R.A. Fisher Award

Robert E. Kass, Carnegie Mellon University

For ground-breaking contributions to several areas of statistics including of differential geometry in statistical theory as well as theory and methodology of Bayesian inference; for commitment to the application of principled statistical thinking and modeling to problems in computational neuroscience; and for his strong dedication to of students and users of statistics

R.A. Fisher Award

Alice S. Whittemore, Stanford University School of Medicine

For fundamental contributions to biostatistics and epidemiology, covering a wide range of topics from environmental risk assessment to genetic linkage analysis, genetic association studies and cancer epidemiology; for bringing her statistical and mathematical insight to bear on the collection and interpretation of scientific data; for her leadership in large consortia of cancer studies; and for being a role model for many young scientists.

E.L. Scott Award

Amanda L. Golbeck,  of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

For her outstanding efforts in enhancing the status of women and minorities, fostering new leadership opportunities for women and men, promoting diversity at all levels, and advocating for a more inclusive, open and supportive atmosphere in statistical sciences.

Presidents' Award

Nicolai Meinshausen, ETH Zurich

For fundamental and ingenious contributions to high-dimensional inference, variable selection, multiple testing, graphical models, machine learning and causal inference for heterogeneous data.

G. W. Snedecor Award

Danyu Lin, University of North Carolina

For foundational contributions to the field of biometry, especially for semiparametric regression models with censored data. For influential research in genome-wide association next-generation sequencing studies. For steadfast service to the profession.

F.N. David Award

Francesca Dominici, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

For her premiere research in biostatistics and public health, including development of statistical methods for the analysis of large observational data with the ultimate goal of addressing important questions in environmental health science, health-related impacts of climate change, and public health; for her outstanding contribution to research on outdoor air pollution and health which has formed the critical basis for policies on air quality; for her leadership in multidisciplinary collaborations for research and her commitment to scientific research at the highest level with studies designed to improve public health; and for being an insightful mentor and exemplary role model for future generations of statisticians, especially young women.

Presidents' Award

John D. Storey, Princeton University

For transformative and groundbreaking research on the theory, methods, and applications of inference methods, particularly significance testing applied to high-dimensional data analysis problems. For impactful development and application of statistics to modern biological and medical research.  For service to the field of statistics in interdisciplinary activities.

R.A. Fisher Award

Stephen E. Fienberg, Carnegie Mellon University

For wide-ranging and highly influential contributions to the theory and practice of statistics; for fundamental advances in methodology, interpretation and computation in the analysis of categorical data; for broad-reaching contributions to statistical methods for sample surveys; for seminal work on record linkage, privacy and social network analysis; for outstanding and prolific service to the profession and to society; and for being a role model, advocate and mentor to young statisticians.

Fisher Award and Lecture

Grace Wahba, University of Wisconsin

For fundamental contributions to many areas of statistics, including time series, splines, smoothing, nonparametric statistics, likelihood estimation, density estimation, and to interdisciplinary areas including climatology, epidemiology, bioinformatics machine learning. In particular, her work in reproducing kernel Hilbert space representation and generalized cross-validation have become standard practice in scientific research and industry.

Presidents' Award

Martin J. Wainwright, University of California, Berkeley

For fundamental and ground-breaking contributions to high-dimensional statistics, graphical , machine learning, optimization and algorithms covering deep and elegant mathematical analysis, as well as methodology with wide-ranging implications for numerous applications

E. L. Scott Award

Kathryn Chaloner, University of Iowa

For her commitment and success in developing programs to encourage and facilitate women to undertake careers in statistics; for extensive mentoring of women students and young faculty; for work to identify and remove inequities in employment for under-represented components of the profession; and for serving as a role model, balancing work and family while excelling as a teacher, researcher and academic administrator.