Lester R. Curtin Award

Most Recent Winners

Dennis Baidoo

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Emmanuel Kubuafor

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

About the Award

The Lester R. Curtin Award was established to help promising young health statisticians get the skills and training they need to make significant contributions in their area of study. The award was created to honor the memory of Lester, or “Randy,” and his long career of working tirelessly to teach and mentor his colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The award will provide $1,000 for general registration and travel support in addition to up to $400 toward CE course registration offered at an ASA conference of the awardee’s choosing within one calendar year of receiving the award.

Selection Criteria

Past chairs from the Health Policy Statistics, Survey Research Methods, Biopharmaceutical, Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences, Mental Health Statistics, Statistics in Epidemiology, and Biometrics sections will select the award winner. To be eligible for the award, applicants must work in the field of health statistics (broadly defined as either applied, including public health policy, or clinical work) or be enrolled in a graduate program to prepare for such work. Preference will be given to those who have been working in the field for five or fewer years, or who are still in graduate school.

Award Recipient Responsibilities

The award recipient is responsible for providing a current photograph and general personal information the year the award is presented. The American Statistical Association uses this information to publicize the award and prepare the check and certificate.

Nominations

Nominations are due by March 1 and require the following:

Candidate’s CV
Personal essay addressing the following:
- Your career goals
- What you hope to learn by attending the conference
- How you plan to contribute to real-world applications of statistics
Two reference letters - not to exceed two pages each

Questions

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