Department of Biostatistics 
News at a Glance
Professor Roderick Little, recipient of the Fisher Lectureship and Award for 2012
Professor Roderick Little is the recipient of the Fisher Lectureship and Award for 2012. The Fisher Lectureship and Award, awarded annually, was established in 1963 by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) to honor the outstanding contributions of the late Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, and those of a current statistician, on aspects of statistics and probability that closely relate to the scientific collection and interpretation of data. The award exists to recognize the importance of statistical methods for scientific investigations. Congratulations !
Qi Gong, recipient of the 2012 John Van Ryzin Award!
Qi Gong's manuscript entitled "Partly Conditional Estimation of the Effect of a Time-Dependent Factor in the Presence of Dependent Censoring", has been selected as the best paper submitted this year to the International Biometric Society’s Eastern North American Region (ENAR) Distinguished Student Paper Award Competition. Qi Gong, is a Ph.D. student supervised by Dr. Douglas Schaubel. Congratulations!
Professor Roderick Little elected to the Institute of Medicine
Professor Roderick Little has been elected to the Institute of Medicine. Congratulations for this well-deserved honor. Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
Nicole Fenech receives the 2011 "Excellence in Staff Service Award"
Nicole Fenech, Student Administrative Coordinator in the Department of Biostatistics received the Excellence in Staff Service Award for 2011. Congratulations to Nicole for this well-deserved award.
SPH Excellence in Research awarded to Professor Jack Kalbfleisch
During the School of Public Health commencement ceromonies on April, 28, 2011, Jack Kalbfleisch, Ph.D. Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics, and Director of the Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (KECC) received the Excellence in Research Award. Congratulations for this well-deserved honor.
Meihua Wu, Rena Jie Sun and Kevin Zhe Hi win ENAR Student Awards
Three of our Ph.D. students have won an ENAR student award. Meihua Wu for his paper entitled "Designing Longitudinal Studies with Repeated Measures: the Case of Salivary Cortisol in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis"; Rena Jie Sun for "A Risk-Adjusted O-E CUSUM with a V-mask for Monitoring Medical Outcomes" and Kevin Zhi He for "Modifications of and Alternatives to the Standardized Mortality Ratio in Evaluating Center-Specific Mortality". Congratulations!
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