American Statistical Association Names 57 Fellows for 2009

Fifty-seven members of the American Statistical Association (ASA) have been elected as Fellows of the association. The recipients were recognized for their outstanding professional contributions to and leadership in the field of statistical science. The Fellows will receive their certificates at a ceremony on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC. A list of fellows by state follows the release.

Alexandria VA (PRWEB) June 4, 2009 -- Fifty-seven members of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation's preeminent professional statistical society, have been elected as Fellows of the association, ASA announced today. The recipients were recognized for their outstanding professional contributions to and leadership in the field of statistical science. The Fellows will receive their certificates at a ceremony on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC.

"The ASA Fellows, from academia, government and industry, are outstanding individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to our profession in a variety of areas," said Sally Morton, ASA president. "Their many achievements enhance our profession and we are proud and pleased to recognize them as Fellows.

The 2009 Fellows come from 19 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, England, Denmark, New Zealand, India, and China. A list of the 2009 Fellows by state follows this release.

The designation of Fellow has been a superlative honor in ASA for more than 90 years. According to the association by-laws, each year the Committee on Fellows can elect no more than one-third of one percent of the total ASA membership as Fellows. Individuals are nominated for the honor by fellow members and must have an established reputation and made outstanding contributions in some aspect of statistical work to be selected.

The Committee on Fellows evaluates candidates' contributions to the advancements of statistics, giving due weight to publications, the positions held by the candidates in the organizations in which they are employed, activities within the association, membership and attainments in other societies, and other professional activities.

About the American Statistical Association

The American Statistical Association (ASA), a scientific and educational society founded in Boston in 1839, is the second oldest continuously operating professional society in the United States. For 170 years, ASA has been providing its 18,000 members serving in academia, government, and industry and the public with up-to-date, useful information about statistics. The ASA has a proud tradition of service to statisticians, quantitative scientists, and users of statistics across a wealth of academic areas and applications. For additional information about the American Statistical Association, please visit the association's web site at http://www.amstat.org or call 703.684.1221.

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2009 American Statistical Association Fellows

NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA

Janna Lynn Asher, self-employed, Takoma Park, MD

William P. Butz, Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC

Limin X. Clegg, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

Stephen H. Cohen, National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Arlington, VA

Julia I. Lane, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

Gary Shapiro, Westat, Rockville

ARKANSAS

Edward E. Gbur Jr., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

CALIFORNIA

Ronald D. Fricker Jr., Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey

John E. Kimmel, Springer Science + Business Media LLC, Dana Point

Herbert K.H. Lee, University of California, Santa Cruz

Dwayne L. Steffey, Exponent Inc., Menlo Park

Daniel O. Stram, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

GEORGIA

T. N. Sriram, University of Georgia, Athens

ILLINOIS

Theodore G. Karrison, University of Chicago, Chicago

Domenic J. Reda, Hines Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines

INDIANA

Alex Dmitrienko, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis

IOWA

Song Xi Chen, Iowa State University, Ames

Jian Huang, University of Iowa, Iowa City

MARYLAND

Rafael A. Irizarry, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore

Daniel O. Scharfstein, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore

MASSACHUSETTS

Mark Chang, AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc., Lexington

Robert J. Gray, Harvard School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

Gary King, Harvard, Cambridge

MINNESOTA

Peihua Qiu, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Daniel J. Shaid, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

MONTANA

Robert J. Boik, Montana State University, Bozeman

NEW JERSEY

Mohammad Ahsanullah, Rider University, Lawrenceville

Stan Altan, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLD, Raritan

David A. James, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover

Mani Y. Lakshminarayanan, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway

Christopher A. Sims, Princeton University, Princeton

NEW YORK

John M. Abowd, Cornell University, Ithica, NY

NORTH CAROLINA

Sujit Kumar Ghosh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

William F. Hunt Jr., North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Randall D. Tobias, SAS Institute Inc., Cary

David M. Umbach, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle

Rick L. Williams, RTI International, Raleigh

OHIO

John E. Orban, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus

PENNSYLVANIA

Naomi S. Altman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Marshall Joffe, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

TENNESSEE

William D. Dupont, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville

TEXAS

Nandini Kannan, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio

Michael T. Longnecker, Texas A&M University, College Station

VIRGINIA

Feifang Hu, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

WASHINGTON

Sung K. Ahn, Washington State University, Pullman

Mark S. Handcock, University of Washington, Seattle

INTERNATIONAL

Syed Ejaz Ahmed, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Keumhee Chough Carriere, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jiahua Chen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ming-Yen Cheng, University College London, London, England

Philip Hougaard, H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej, Valby, Denmark

Ian T. Jolliffe, Universities of Exeter, Kent and Aberdeen, Gurnard, Cowes, Isle of Wright, U.K.

Thomas C.M. Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Colorado State University, Shatin, Hong Kong

Ashis SenGupta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal India

Daniel A. Sorenson, University of Aarhus, Tjele, Denmark

Christopher J. Wild, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England

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