The Applied Public Health Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) invites nominations for the 2016 Mortimer Spiegelman Award, which honors a statistician below the age of 40 in the calendar year of the award 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 the following three purposes:
- To honor the outstanding achievements of both the recipient and Spiegelman
- To encourage further involvement in public health by the finest young statisticians
- To increase awareness of APHA and the Applied Public Health Statistics Section in the academic statistical community
To be eligible, a candidate must satisfy one of the following two criteria:
- he/she cannot turn 40 before December 31, 2016
- for those that may have gone to school at a later age but are still early career, the candidate must have received their terminal statistical related degree in 2006 or later
Please email a nominating letter that states the candidate’s date of birth and how their contributions relate to public health concerns, up to three letters of support, and the candidate’s CV to the award committee chair, Debashis Ghosh, at debashis.ghosh@ucdenver.edu. Nominations are due by April 1, 2016.
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Debashis Ghosh
Chair and Professor
Unversity of Colorado-School of Public Health
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