Awards

Early Career Awards (previously Young Investigator Awards)

2026 call for applications (deadline 11/15/2025)

EARLY CAREER AWARDS OF THE SECTION ON STATISTICS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Section on Statistics in Epidemiology (SIE) of the ASA invites applications from early stage
investigators for the 2026 SIE Early Career paper competition. The competition is open to all
current graduate students in statistics, biostatistics, and epidemiology, as well as recent graduates
who received their degrees no earlier than December 31, 2023. Submissions presenting research
on statistical methods for epidemiological applications as well as substantive applied
epidemiological papers are particularly welcome. While jointly authored papers are acceptable,
the applicant is expected to be the lead author. A letter by the current (or former) supervisor
confirming the early investigator status of the applicant is required for the submission.
 
Winners of the competition will present their paper at the 2026 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM)
to take place in Boston, MA in a topic-contributed session sponsored by SIE. The top paper will
be awarded the Norman Breslow Prize with a $1000 stipend. Other winners will be awarded
$800 to help defray travel costs to attend the JSM. A reception will be held at the Boston
meeting to honor award recipients.
 
Papers should be BLINDED and submitted in PDF format with 12-point type, double-spaced
and one-inch margins. Papers should include an abstract and be no longer than 30 pages
including all figures, tables, appendices and references. The paper may be unsubmitted,
submitted, or under review at a journal but may not have already been accepted by or published
in a journal or conference proceeding either online or in print at the time of application. The
general rules of the ASA student paper competitions apply, including that an individual may
submit a paper to no more than two sections.
 
To apply for the award, please submit the paper no later than 5:00 pm Pacific Time on
November 15, 2025. Early submissions are encouraged. To apply, please follow the instructions
found on this Google form. Please note that you will need to sign in to a Google account to
submit the paper through the form. Winners will be notified by January 15, 2026.
 
Questions should be sent to Bikram Karmakar, bkarmakar@wisc.edu, 2025 SIE Education Chair
and to Kayleigh Keller, kayleigh.keller@colostate.edu, 2026 SIE Program Chair Elect.

2025 [Awardees]





NATHAN MANTEL AWARD FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATISTICS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

2025 call for Nominations (deadline 02/15/2025)

The Section on Statistics in Epidemiology (SIE) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) invites nominations for the Nathan Mantel Award for lifetime contributions to the development and application of statistical science to problems and issues in epidemiology. The award is in honor of Nathan Mantel (1919-2002), in recognition of his pivotal contributions to statistics in epidemiology.  The award consists of $1000 and a plaque and will be presented by the SIE Section at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Nashville, TN in August 2025.

The nominee should be a person widely known to have a strong established record in developing statistical methods for epidemiology. The nominee should be a member of the ASA, but consideration is not limited to candidates who are members of the SIE Section.

To submit a nomination, please submit a CV and cover letter to Nicole Pashley (np755@stat.rutgers.edu), the Section Secretary/Treasurer, by February 1, 2025.  Questions about the award can also be addressed to Veronica Berrocal, the 2025 Section Chair at vberroca@uci.edu.

Previous recipients of the Nathan Mantel Award include Dale Preston, Nicholas Jewell, Norman Breslow, Ron Brookmeyer, Mitchell Gail, Ross Prentice, Jamie Robins, Clarice Weinberg, Alice Whittemore, Paul Rosenbaum, and Betz Halloran.

2025 [Awardee]


Early Career Awards (previously Young Investigator Awards)

2025 call for applications (deadline 11/15/2024)

EARLY CAREER AWARDS OF THE SECTION ON STATISTICS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Section on Statistics in Epidemiology (SIE) of the ASA invites applications from early stage investigators who will present their papers at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings, taking place August 2-7, 2025 In Nashville, TN, USA. The awards honor the best papers by early stage investigators in statistics in epidemiology presented at the JSM. The awards are open to all current graduate students in statistics, biostatistics, and epidemiology, and also recent graduates who received their degrees no earlier than December 31, 2022. The top paper will be awarded the Norman Breslow Prize with a $1000 stipend. Additional awards consisting of $800 to help defray travel costs to the JSM will also be awarded. A reception will be held at the Nashville meeting to honor award recipients.

Preference will be given to papers with both methodological contributions and substantive epidemiological applications. Jointly authored papers are certainly acceptable, but the applicant is expected to be the lead author and present the work at the 2025 JSM. The presentation at JSM may be in a regular session, speed session or poster session. Further, the presentation does not
have to be in a session sponsored by the SIE Section, nor must applicants necessarily be current members of the SIE Section. The presentation at JSM must, however, correspond to the paper receiving the award.

Papers should be BLINDED and submitted in .pdf format with 12-point type, double-spaced and one-inch margins. We strongly recommend that papers be no longer than 20 pages, but this is not an absolute maximum.

In order to apply for the award, please submit the paper no later than November 15, 2024. Early submissions are encouraged. To apply, please follow the instructions found on the Google form at https://forms.gle/nYW626KgSrLHqwCk8

Questions should be sent to Jenna Krall, jkrall@gmu.edu, Section Secretary/Treasurer.

2025 [Awardees]





Service Award

2024 call for applications (deadline 1/15/2024)

The Statistcs in Epidemiology (SIE) section service award is given every three years to a member of the section that has demonstrated extraordinary service and dedication to the goals of the section. Examples include, but are not limited to, serving as a mentor to junior investigators through the SIE mentoring program, serving as a section officer, being a judge for SIE young investigator paper awards, leading diversity and inclusion initiatives, or teaching SIE sponsored workshops.

To nominate an individual, please send a brief description of the nominee's service activities and how they have had an impact on our section to our Section Representatives: Ran Tao (r.tao@vumc.org) and Elizabeth Handorf (ehandorf@cinj.rutgers.edu). 

Self-nominations are welcome!

Nominations are due January 15, 2024.

2024 Service Awardee

Congratulations to Charles B. Hall, Ph.D., for receiving a service award. He is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Biostatistics) and in The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.