The ASA SPAIG Award website has a complete list of recent and past recipients.
2024 SPAIG Award Winners
Winner: The Setting International Standards in Analyzing Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life Endpoints in Cancer Clinical Trials- Innovative Medicines Initiative
(SISAQOL-IMI)
Citation: In recognition of an exemplary collaboration resulting in international guidelines for the design, analysis, and interpretation of patient-reported outcome data.
Key Contributors
Madeline Pe European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
Corneel Coens European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
Ahu Alanya European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
Martin Taphoorn Leiden University
Saskia le Cessie Leiden University
Bernhard Holzner Medical University of Innsbruck
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Elektra Papadopoulos AbbVie
Vivek Pawar EMD Serono
Michael Schlichting Merck Healthcare KGaA
Jane Chang Pfizer
Satrajit Roychoudhury Pfizer
Joseph Cappelleri Pfizer
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Johannes Giesinger Medical University of Innsbruck
Lisa Wintner Medical University of Innsbruck
Silene ten Seldam Myeloma Patients Europe (representing WECAN)
Kristin Bjordal Oslo University Hospital
Anders Ingelgard Boehringer Ingelheim
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Paul Cislo Pfizer
Anja Schiel Norwegian Medicines Agency
Chantal Quinten European Medicines Agency
Mallorie Fiero US Food and Drug Administration
Vishal Bhatnagar US Food and Drug Administration
Maxime Sasseville Health Canada
Khadija Rantell Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulations Agency
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2023 SPAIG Award Winners
Winner: UNC, Merck, and NCI
Citation: For outstanding and impactful research in clinical trials and outcomes research, setting the standard for academic-industry-government collaborations.
Key Contributors:
Lisa M LaVange, UNC
Joseph G Ibrahim, UNC
The late Joseph Heyse, Merck
Ming-Hui Chen, UConn
Arvind K Shah, Merck
William Wang, Merck
Sungduk Kim, NCI
Jianxin Lin, Merck
Donglin Zeng, UNC
Guoqing Diao, GWU
Ethan Alt, UNC
Amarjot Kaur, Merck
2022 SPAIG Award Winners
Amstat News Article: 2022 SPAIG Award Honors Two Collaborations
Winner: Harvard and Partners in Health
Citation: The COVID-19 Multicountry Research Group (CovMRG) convened statisticians, epidemiologists, and program implementers for data-driven responses in eight countries.
Key Contributors:
Bethany L Hedt-Gauthier (Harvard University)
Isabel R Fulcher (Harvard University)
Megan B Murray (Harvard University)
Dale Barnhart (Harvard University/ Partners In Health)
Jean Claude Mugunga (Partners In Health)
Peterson Abnis I Faure (Partners In Health/ Haiti)
Melino Ndayizigiye (Partners In Health/ Lesotho)
Emma Boley (Partners In Health/ Liberia)
Moses B Aron (Partners In Health/ Malawi)
Zeus Aranda (Partners In Health/ Mexico)
Jesus Peinado (Partners In Health/ Peru)
Vincent K Cubaka (Partners In Health/ Rwanda)
Foday Boima, (Partners In Health/ Sierra Leon)
2021 SPAIG Award Winners
Amstat News Article: 2021 SPAIG Award Honors Two Collaborations
Winner #1: DELPHI: COVIDcast project
Citation: For commitment to the theory and practice of epidemic tracking and forecasting through building and modeling unique public health data streams.
Key Contributors:
Roni Rosenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University)
Ryan Tibshirani (Carnegie Mellon University)
Carrie Reed (CDC)
Matt Biggerstaff (CDC)
Michael Johansson (CDC)
Paul Nielson (Optum Technology)
John Santelli (UnitedHealth Group)
Hal Varian (Google)
Brett Slatkin (Google)
Curtiss Cobb (Facebook)
Tim Suther (Change Healthcare)
John Tamerius (Quidel)
Winner #2: Intermediate Clinical Endpoints of Prostate Cancer (ICECaP) initiative.
Citation: For building a statistically sound and solid foundation for identifying surrogate endpoints and collaborating with academics, industry, and government.
Key Contributors:
Chris Sweeney (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
Meredith Regan (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
Marc Buyse (International Drug Development Institute)
Susan Halabi (Duke University)
Wanling Xie (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
Catherine Tangen (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
James Dignam (The University of Chicago)
Laurence Collette (International Drug Development Institute)
Matt Sydes (University College London)
Max Parmer (University College London)
Jayne Tierney (University College London)
Boris Freidlin (National Cancer Institute)
2020 SPAIG Award Winners
Amstat News Article: 2020 SPAIG Award Honors Research Collaboration
Industry Track: Procter & Gamble
Academic Track: Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For collaborative research leading to significant advancements in quality, reliability, and analysis and design of physical and computer experiments.
Key Contributors:
William A. Brenneman (Procter & Gamble)
Roshan V. Joseph (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Shan Ba (LinkedIn)
Fang Cao (Wells Fargo)
Li Gu (Amazon Inc.)
Evren Gul (Loyalty One)
Lulu Kang (Illinois Institute of Technology)
William R. Myers (Procter & Gamble)
Chien-Fu J. Wu (Georgia Institute of Technology)
2019 SPAIG Award Winners
AmStat News Article: SPAIG Award Goes to Two
Winner #1: Advances in Dengue Fever Vaccine
Academic Track: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Industry Track: Sanofi Pasteur
Description: Statistical partnership for the CYD-TDV dengue vaccine clinical research program, for addressing critical public health concerns on safety and efficacy of a dengue vaccine through development and application of novel statistical methods.
Recipients:
Brenda Price (UW/Fred Hutch)
Carlos DiazGranados (Sanofi Pasteur)
Youyi Fong (Fred Hutch/UW)
Peter Gilbert (Fred Hutch/UW)
Ying Huang (Fred Hutch/UW)
Michal Juraska (Fred Hutch)
Edith Langevin (Sanofi Pasteur)
Winner #2: Growth of the Statistics and Data Science Community in Western Massachusetts
Academic Track: Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and Hampshire Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Industry Track: MassMutual Financial Group
Description: Over the past five years, the statistics and data science community in the Pioneer Valley
has grown rapidly, thanks in large part to efforts made by MassMutual and faculty at each of the Five Colleges. This partnership fostered a diverse and inclusive community around statistics and data science that celebrates academic research, excellence in higher education, and innovative data-driven solutions.
Recipients:
Ben Baumer (Smith)
Andrea Foulkes Foulkes (Mount Holyoke)
Krista Gile (University of Massachusetts)
Nicholas Horton (Amherst)
David Jensen (University of Massachusetts)
Andrew McCallum (University of Massachusetts)
Sears Merritt (MassMutual)
Ethan Meyers (Hampshire)
Nick Reich (University of Massachusetts)
Gareth Ross (MassMutual)
Amy Wagaman (Amherst)