Nominations for the Ninth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award Due by June 25th
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2010
The Section on Statistical Genetics and the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are pleased to request nominations for the Ninth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. The award will be conferred on Wed 9/15/2010. The award recipient will be invited to deliver a lecture at the UAB award ceremony, and will receive all expenses, the award, and a $5,000 prize.
Eligible individuals are women who have completed their terminal degree, have made outstanding contributions to the statistical sciences, and, if selected, are willing to deliver a lecture at the award ceremony. For additional details about the award, please feel invited to visit our website at http://www.soph.uab.edu/ssg/norwoodaward/aboutaward.
How to nominate: Please send a full curriculum vitae accompanied by a letter of not more than two pages in length describing the nature of the candidate's contributions. Contributions may be in the area of development and evaluation of statistical methods, teaching of statistics, application of statistics, or any other activity that can arguably be said to have advanced the field of statistical science. Self-nominations are acceptable.
Please send nominations to:
David B. Allison, Ph.D.
Professor & Head Section on Statistical Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Biostatistics
1665 University Boulevard, RPHB 327
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0022
Email: dallison@uab.edu
Deadline for receipt of nominations is Fri 6/25/2010. Electronic submissions of nominations are accepted and encouraged. The winner will be announced by Fri 7/2/2010.
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